Dionne Warwick 1990s to present
 Despite the release of another Greatest Hits album -- her first with Arista -- Warwick's career took an unexpected major downturn in the 1990s, with only a few moderate-selling albums released and no major singles. During this period, Warwick became perhaps best known for hosting infomercials for the Psychic Friends Network, a 900 number psychic service.
Warwick's most well-received 1990s album was probably 1993's Friends Can Be Lovers, which was produced in part by Ian Devaney and Lisa Stansfield. Prominently featured on the album was a tune called Sunny Weather Lover, which was the first song that Burt Bacharach and Hal David had written together in exactly twenty years from the song's release. It was Warwick's lead single in the US, and was heavily promoted by Arista, but it failed to chart. A follow-up, the steamy, sensual Where My Lips Have Been peaked at #95 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks.
Warwick completed course requirements for her Doctorate of Music Education from the Hartt College of Music in Hartford, Connecticut during the 1990s.
In 2005, Dionne Warwick was honored by Oprah Winfrey at her Legends Ball.
Warwick enjoyed one of her largest audiences ever when she appeared on the May 24, 2006 fifth-season finale of American Idol.[citation needed] 36 million U.S. viewers watched Warwick sing a medley of Walk on By and That's What Friends Are For, with longtime collaborator Burt Bacharach accompanying her on the piano.
In 2006, Warwick -- who was now signed to Concord Records after a fifteen-year tenure at Arista -- released My Friends and Me, a duets album on which she sang with various female singing stars, on thirteen of her old hits. It is her debut album for the label. The album was produced by her son, Damon Elliott. Among her singing partners were Gloria Estefan, Olivia Newton-John, Wynonna Judd and Reba McEntire. The album My Friends & Me peaked at #66 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Warwick is currently on a world Tour.
On May 5, 2007, Warwick appeared alongside Patti Labelle and performed at The University of Southern Mississippi in a ceremony honoring Mrs. Tena Clark.
According to Billboard Magazine Dionne Warwick is second only to Aretha Franklin as the rock era female vocalist with 56 chart hits.
Dionne appeared as a guest star on the TV Show So Weird on The Disney Channel as Effy. She also appeared at Dionne Berry in an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger.
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