Love this song, Dionne Warwick is good, but this song is way better by Melissa!! I have MM's "tribuite" lp and I know Melissa likes Dionne, but Melissa is way bettter!! And most performers are definately honored that someone else records their songs. So I'm sure Dionne was honored!
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song with Dionne Warwick in mind (she was under contract to them at the time). Melissa Manchester is an outstanding popular singer by any standard. I could only imagine that Bacharach, David, and Warwick would have been flattered that she would perform it.
You're actually serious. I meant no disrespect; it's just that all I think about Dionne is Psychic Friends ripoff and getting busted at airports for drugs. I guess we know where Whitney got her training.
Melissa sang this as a tribute to Dionne. She changed the subject (the video was about homeless people) and the tone. She was trying to make it different. Even Melissa would agree that the song is truly Dionne's.
@mikesterSTLMO Dionne did become a mess....just like whitney...but in her day..which was before my time...she was a huge star. I like Melissa's voice so much better.
Obviously, a lot of people have recorded this Burt Bacharach-Hal David chestnut, most notably, Dionne Warwick and Isaac Hayes. I'll give the nod to Melissa Manachster.
by far the best version of Walk On By! so intense and so sad at the same time.... I felt like I wanted to cry when I heard this song....
mielschatz 3 weeks ago
Love this song, Dionne Warwick is good, but this song is way better by Melissa!! I have MM's "tribuite" lp and I know Melissa likes Dionne, but Melissa is way bettter!! And most performers are definately honored that someone else records their songs. So I'm sure Dionne was honored!
PARADISE7670 1 month ago
Burt Bacharach and Hal David wrote this song with Dionne Warwick in mind (she was under contract to them at the time). Melissa Manchester is an outstanding popular singer by any standard. I could only imagine that Bacharach, David, and Warwick would have been flattered that she would perform it.
legatofancier 1 year ago
Melissa Manchesters voice is by far better than Dionne Warwicks.
dumbthings1970 1 year ago
I like Melissa's rendition of this song.
snootzie78 1 year ago
You're actually serious. I meant no disrespect; it's just that all I think about Dionne is Psychic Friends ripoff and getting busted at airports for drugs. I guess we know where Whitney got her training.
mikesterSTLMO 1 year ago
She i wearing the hell outa that dress.
fred5399 1 year ago
dionne sings the song a million times better are you nuts .dionne is the gueen of this song
gemmni11 2 years ago
Melissa sang this as a tribute to Dionne. She changed the subject (the video was about homeless people) and the tone. She was trying to make it different. Even Melissa would agree that the song is truly Dionne's.
spongeworthyvideo 2 years ago
@spongeworthyvideo A tribute to Dionne? LOL ... ya right.
mikesterSTLMO 1 year ago
Yes...if you read her tribute albums liner notes it's all tributes to her favorite
female preformers...including Dionne. Dionne had Melissa on her show
"Dionne and Friends" to perform it. If it bothered her ...she wouldn't have been on her show...they are actually friends.
spongeworthyvideo 1 year ago
@mikesterSTLMO Dionne did become a mess....just like whitney...but in her day..which was before my time...she was a huge star. I like Melissa's voice so much better.
spongeworthyvideo 1 year ago
@spongeworthyvideo MELISSA IS BETTER!!!
fff1313 1 year ago
Melissa's version in my opinion is better than the original. Check out her 1989 album "Tribute". A truly great singer-songwriter.
Britmusicfan 2 years ago 2
Obviously, a lot of people have recorded this Burt Bacharach-Hal David chestnut, most notably, Dionne Warwick and Isaac Hayes. I'll give the nod to Melissa Manachster.
peeterpoon 2 years ago
she looks awesome here. What year is it? I just love her swagger!!
blakpach 2 years ago
Thank you for the comment. I believe it was 1990. She guest starred one year and hosted it the NY Party the next.
spongeworthyvideo 2 years ago
Always LOVED her version of this. Thanks for posting.
PhilLatio99 2 years ago 3