VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
DIONE WARWICK
SONGWRITERS: ANDRÉ PREVIN
& DORY PREVIN
COUNTRY: U. S. A.
ALBUM: VALLEY OF THE DOLLS
LABEL: SCEPTER
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1968
Marie Dionne Warwick (/ˈdiːɒn/DEE-on;
née Warrick; born
December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, television host, and former Goodwill
Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture
Organization.
Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest hit makers
between 1955 and 1999, based on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Charts. She is one of the most-charted female
vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Billboard Hot 100
between 1962 and 1998, and 80 singles making all Billboard charts combined.
Marie Dionne Warrick, later Warwick, was born
in Orange, New Jersey to Lee Drinkard and Mancel Warrick. Her mother was manager of the Drinkard
Singers, and her father was a Pullman porter, chef,
record promoter and CPA.
Dionne was named after her aunt on her mother's side. She had a sister, Delia ("Dee Dee"),
who died in 2008, and a brother, Mancel Jr., who was killed in an accident in
1968 at age 21. Her parents were both African American,
and she also has Native
American, Brazilian and Dutch ancestry.
She was raised in East Orange,
New Jersey and was a Girl Scout for a time.
After finishing East Orange
High School in 1959, Warwick pursued her passion
at the Hartt College
of Music in West Hartford, Connecticut. She
landed some work with her group singing backing vocals for recording sessions
in New York City. During one session, Warwick met Burt Bacharach, who hired her
to record demos featuring songs written by him and lyricist Hal David. She later landed her own record
deal.
Valley Of The Dolls
In the valley of the dolls
we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Born with a void hard to
destroy
With love or hope
Built with a heart, broken
from the start
And now I die slow
In the valley of the dolls
we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last
hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley (x3)
Pick a personality for free
When you feel like nobody
Born with a void hard to
destroy
With love or hope
Built with a heart, broken
from the start
And now I die slow
In the valley of the dolls
we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last
hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley (x3)
Back to zero, here we go
again
Racing down into oblivion
Back to zero, here we go
I can feel it coming to the
end
The end
In the valley of the dolls
we sleep
Got a hole inside of me
Living with identities
That do not belong to me
In my life, I got this far
Now I'm ready for the last
hoorah
Dying like a shooting star
In the valley (x3)
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