They Don't Give Medals To Yesterday's
Heroes
Dionne has bagged a total of
five Grammy Awards and eight nominations; her
earliest in 1968 for 'Do You Know The Way To San Jose' while her latest was in
1986 for 'That's What Friends Are For'. The current eligibility period is
October 1 through September 30. Nominations and awards are issued early
the following year. Hence her 1968 award was presented in 1969. Here is a list of her wins.
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1968 Best
Contemporary Pop Vocal Performance Female
Do You
Know The Way To San Jose
1970 Best
Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female
I'll
Never Fall In Love Again
1979 Best
Pop Vocal Performance, Female
I'll
Never Love This Way Again
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1979 Best Rhythm
& Blues Vocal Performance, Female
Deja Vu
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1986 Best
Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocal
That's
What Friends Are For
(with Elton
John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder)
Grammy Nominations:
1. 1964 Best Rhythm & Blues Recording for 'Walk
On By'
Winner: Nancy Wilson's 'How Glad I Am'
2. 1967 Best Contemporary Solo Vocal Performance, Female
for 'I Say A Little Prayer'
Winner: Bobbie Gentry's 'Ode to Billie Joe'
3. 1967 Best Vocal Performance, Female for 'Alfie'
Winner: Bobbie Gentry's 'Ode to Billie Joe'
4. 1969 Best Contemporary Vocal Performance, Female for
'This Girl's In Love With You'
Winner: Peggy Lee's 'Is That All There Is?'
5. 1974 Best Pop Vocal Performance by A Duo, Group or
Chorus for
'Then Came You' [Dionne Warwick, The Spinners]
Winner: Paul McCartney & Wing's' 'Band On The Run'
6. 1985 Record Of The Year for 'That's What Friends Are
For'
Winner: Steve Winwood's 'Higher Love'
7. 1985 Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female for 'Friends'
Winner: Barbra Streisand's 'The Broadway Album'
8. 1991 Best Rhythm & Blues Performance by A Duo Or
Group with Vocal for
'Superwoman' [Gladys Knight, Patti Labelle, Dionne Warwick)
Winner: Boyz II Men's 'Cooleyhighharmony'
February 20 2003 - The Rhythm & Blues
Foundation 13th Annual Pioneer Awards - The Foundation's LIFETIME
ACHIEVEMENT AWARD goes to Dionne Warwick, a true international superstar with
more than sixty records that have made the charts since 1963's Don't Make Me
Over'. The award was presented to her by Aretha Franklin.
March 20, 2003 - Global Diversity Award. Presented to Dionne at the
Royal Horticulture Society Hall, London ENGLAND
Footnotes:
1. Soul Train Awards 2003 - Originally scheduled to receive the
life-time achievement award in 2003, she was replaced by Mariah Carey as she was unable to attend
the award ceremony due to her hectic touring.
2. Dionne has never won an American Music Award.
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