The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke's Greatest Hits

The Dells Sing Dionne Warwicke’s Greatest Hits [sic] is an album by the vocal group The Dells consisting of music written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David and originally performed by Dionne Warwick.

Reissue summary
From Dusty Groove: Chess Records takes on the music of Burt Bacharach, with amazing results – thanks to deep soul vocals from The Dells and impeccable production from the legendary Charles Stepney! The album’s a tremendous meeting of the minds, as The Dells really transform Bacharach’s brilliant compositions – giving them depth and feeling in ways that are quite different from any other renditions of the songs. The arrangements by Stepney are incredible too – on a par with his famous work for Minnie Riperton, Rotary Connection, and Ramsey Lewis – as majestic as Burt Bacharach might have wanted, but with a very different approach, and a slight undercurrent of funk. Instrumentation is by Stepney, Phil Upchurch, and members of The Pharaohs – plus a full string section as well. Another baroque soul classic from the glory days of the Chicago soul scene!

Track listing

 * All songs written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

Personnel

 * The Dells
 * Marvin Junior (baritone)
 * Johnny Carter (tenor)
 * Verne Allison (tenor)
 * Mickey McGill (baritone)
 * Chuck Barksdale (bass)


 * Additional musicians
 * Charles Stepney – Fender Rhodes, piano, harpsichord, congas, percussion
 * Phil Upchurch & Roland Faulkner – guitar
 * Cash McCall – guitar (on I Just Don’t Know)
 * Art Hoyle & Robert Lewis – trumpets
 * Ed Druzinsky – harp
 * Ether Merker & Paul Ondracek - horns
 * Morris Jennings & Donny Simmons – drums
 * Bobby Christian – percussion
 * Derf Reklaw, Ealee Satterfield, & Oye Bisi Nalls – bongos & congas


 * Technical personnel
 * Arrangements, supervision, & production – Charles Stepney
 * Engineers – Gary Starr, Roger Anfinsen, Brian Christian
 * Album Coordination – Mia Krinsky
 * Production Supervision – Bob Scerbo