Dee Dee Warwick — American Musician born on September 25, 1945,

Delia Mae Warrick, known as Dee Dee Warwick was an American soul singer. Born in Newark, New Jersey, she was the sister of Dionne Warwick, niece of Cissy Houston and the cousin of Whitney Houston... (wikipedia)

At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.
Around New York, our group had become known as 'Dee Dee and her girls' because we were used on everything, so going out on a solo career wasn't as much a big deal to me.
They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?