Dionne Warwick and disco

[jojo40]

Did Dionne Warwick ever cut any disco tracks in the '70s and what album would they be on if so? Not interested in anything from the Arista years onwards.

[Clanad]

This, from a Jet Magazine interview with Ms. Warwick:

"In the 1970s I was going to give it up. I was getting ready to use my credentials that I'd worked very, very hard for and teach somewhere." She got her credentials from the Hartt College of Music in Hartford, CT.

The reason for giving it all up? Disco! "What occurred in the seventies was disco music," she recalled. "And radio stations were being created to play it. Other stations were being negated because of it. I was making records, but they weren't getting played because there was no place to play them."

And she didn't try to become a disco star, yielding to Donna Summer. "I had to be who I was and that was what people expected of me. My attitude was that disco was being done and done very, very well by the queen of disco herself, Donna Summer. And Donna has remained steadfast and true to her craft. And she didn't infiltrate where I was and I didn't try to do what she was doing."

Taking a break during that period was very positive for her. She got a chance to experience motherhood...