TORCHBEARER AWARD

Dionne Warwick is currently celebrating her seventh decade in entertainment. From the works produced/written by Burt Bacharach/Hal David to the recently aired CNN documentary, Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over, Ms. Warwick is a trailblazer in music, the performing arts, Civil Rights and her humanitarian efforts. She scored two number one pop hits—one with the Spinners, "Then Came You" (1974), then with her Friends (Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight) with "That's What Friends Are For" (1985)—with sales from the latter benefiting amfAR, the Foundation for AIDS Research. A five-time Grammy-winner, Warwick earned a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Recording Academy in 2019, and continued recording into the 2020s.