Dionne Warwick - Anyone Who Had A Heart

Year Released: 1963
Genre: Pop-Soul / Orchestral Soul

Description:
Released on Scepter Records in 1963, “Anyone Who Had A Heart” cemented Dionne Warwick’s status as one of the defining voices of the Burt Bacharach–Hal David songwriting partnership.

Featuring Bacharach’s signature shifting time signatures and elegant orchestrations, the track highlights Warwick’s expressive phrasing — moving effortlessly from vulnerability to dramatic crescendo. The result is both technically refined and emotionally charged, perfectly embodying early 1960s pop-soul sophistication.

A major chart success in both the U.S. and the U.K., the song has since become a standard, covered by artists ranging from Cilla Black to Luther Vandross. Its influence is found not in samples, but in the countless vocalists who have drawn from Warwick’s nuanced emotional delivery.