Dionne has a new album out on November 7 called My Friends and Me. I know it's an album of duets and collaborations with people like Olivia Newton-John, Gloria Estefan and others. According to her official site, it will include a remake of her classic song, The Windows of the World featuring...Da Brat.

I am scared for humankind.
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That's what friends are for.

CinisterCee said:

Keep smilin', Cinnie. Keep shinin'...

She also recorded a duet with her cousin Whitney Houston, i remember the title, but i look forward to this album.

Icicle said:

They do a cover of Wendy & Lisa's Crack In The Pavement.

Awhile back,she said that Michael Jackson would sing a song with her.I wonder if he appears on the album?

SoulAlive said:

yeah,it would probably sound strange...lol...but she's a big fan of his.Her 1980 album 'No Night So Long' actually features a cover version of his Off The Wall track "It's The Falling In Love".

SoulAlive said:

And she did an excellent job

TommyRoss said:

Hey Dan,where did you find the info on the CD? I clicked on the link to her site,looking for a tracklist but I can't find it.

SoulAlive said:

It was in the "Message from Dionne" section which apparently replaces the old message with the new message and doesn't archive at all. There was no tracklisting, she just mentioned that title by name.

More info from Billboard:

Warwick Surrounded By Stars On Duets Album

October 12, 2006, 11:15 AM ET
Katie Hasty, N.Y.

Cyndi Lauper, Olivia Newton-John, Kelis and Reba McEntire are just some of the many female singers that will join Dionne Warwick on her upcoming duets effort, "My Friends and Me." Due Nov. 7 via Concord, the album will be helmed by her son, producer Damon Elliott, and revisit Burt Bacharach and Hal David-penned classics like "Wishin' and Hopin'," "Walk on By" and "Close to You."

Mya, Gladys Knight, Gloria Estefan, Celia Cruz, Wynonna Judd, Cheyenne Elliott, Lisa Tucker, Deborah Cox, Da Brat, Chante Moore and Angie Stone are also slated for appearances on the record.

Knight previously sang with Warwick on the 1986 single "That's What Friends Are For" and will join the legendary singer on "I'll Never Love This Way Again." Hip-hop sensation Kelis will try her hand at the "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" theme "Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head," while Da Brat will rap about Iraq and Hurricane Katrina alongside Stone, Moore and Cox on "The Windows of the World." Warwick will tackle "Deja Vu" solo.

This spring, Warwick performed "Walk on By" and "That's What Friends Are For" with Bacharach during the fifth season finale of "American Idol." Her last effort, the Christmas collection "My Favorite Time of the Year," was released in 2004.

Here is the track list for "My Friends and Me":

"Walk on By," with Gloria Estefan
"Message to Michael," with Cyndi Lauper
"Close to You" with Mya
"I'll Never Love This Way Again," with Gladys Knight
"Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head," with Kelis
"Deja Vu"
"I Say a Little Prayer," with Reba McEntire
"Anyone Who Had a Heart," with Wynonna Judd
"Then Came You," with Lisa Tucker
"Wishin' and Hopin,'" with Olivia Newton-John
"Love Will Find AaWay," with Cheyenne Elliott
"The Windows of the World," with Angie Stone, Chante Moore, Deborah Cox and Da Brat
"Do You Know the Way to San Jose," with Celia Cruz



track listing edit
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WHAT, no Whitney Houston duet?

TommyRoss said:

Hmmmmm....

Thanks for posting

Icicle said:

I think it's gonna be called Milkshakes Keep Fallin' on My Head.

Deja Vu"

A beyonce cover????

Last time I heard Dione her voice was shot but I may have to check this out.

TommyRoss said:

Now that horrible milkshake song will be stuck in my head the whole weekend

MikeMatronik said:

She also sings "Work it out"

Icicle said:

"To the left...left"

MikeMatronik said:

Maybe she`ll borrow one of "Mimi`s" rappers

Where`s the full size pic of your avatar?

TommyRoss said:

Just my opinion but some of these pairings seem like artists are matched with the wrong songs.

Hoping for the best.


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I don't know about this project.It could be very interesting,or very embarassing.I love Dionne,so I'm gonna hope for the best.

SoulAlive said:

I was a little dissapointed when i didn`t see Whitney Houston`s name there...

Also, i`m a little tired of her duets, since she joined arista, she`s made TONS of duets. Some of them are good though, there`s a song called "Love power", which she did with Jeffrey Osborne for her wonderful "Reservations for two" album, do you know it?

Icicle said:

Yeah,I know that song.On the same album,she also does a wonderful duet with Kashif on the title track.

SoulAlive said:

Yeah, the title track is beautiful too, i`m not sure about her cover of "No one in the world" though, i can`t imagine anyone but Anita Baker singing an Anita Baker song...

Icicle said:

The two of them have already done a duet together.Can't remember what it was called,but it appears on Dionne's 1993 album.These days,I think Whitney has other issues to deal with.She probably wouldn't be the ideal duet partner for anyone right now.

SoulAlive said:

"Love will find a way" is the name of the duet they did in 1993.
I get your point, but before the tracklist came, the only name i heard was Whitney`s, i even read that they had already recorded it months ago.

I guess i shouldn`t believe anything i read

HamsterHuey said:

Sorry to disappoint you but Dionne recorded No One In the World before Anita's version. Anita has said so in some of her earlier concerts.