My Life, As I See It by Dionne Warwick

Author:Dionne Warwick
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2010-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 9

I’ll Never Love This Way Again

MY PET name for those magazines that deal with the lives of celebrities is the “Misinformation Chronicles.” I have also called them the “funny papers” and the “what we heard” papers and magazines. What could be of so much interest to people about the goings-on in the private lives of others? That’s why it’s called personal, because that’s what it is: personal.

Don’t we all have enough going on in our individual lives to be concerned about? I guess not, because these publications make a ton of money for someone.

I dated a football player named Tim Brown for quite a while during the ’60s. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles. It was a wonderful relationship. I met Timmy, as he was known by fans and friends, at a recording session. My background group was hired to sing on a recording date that featured him singing as a solo artist. I won’t say anything about his singing ability, but I will say there was an instant attraction. Cute? Yes! Tall? Yes! And what a body! He asked me out, and I enthusiastically accepted.

Our friendship grew, and I began going to his games when the Eagles played in Philadelphia. He introduced me to his surrogate parents: Ernie, a wonderful, feisty woman, and Al, a quiet and gentle man. I enjoyed a lasting and rich relationship with them. I, in turn, introduced him to my parents, and they got along and developed a relationship, too. In fact, everybody thought we were destined to marry. But our parents became a bit too involved. We felt like we were being pushed to take on more than we could handle. Our respective schedules kept us busy and apart. So we put the brakes on the path to matrimony and continued to be friends. We still went out occasionally, but outside demands on our time kept us from seeing each other on a regular basis. Tim and I eventually married other people. He seemed to be happy with his new life as a husband and parent. I saw him shortly after his marriage, and he looked wonderful. He had retired from football and was mentoring young boys and helping them to find their way in life. I ran into him again in Los Angeles, where we both were living, shortly after he and his wife had divorced. I had also gone through my divorce, so we had a lot in common. I invited him to my birthday party; he accepted and I’m happy he did, as there were quite a few members of the Los Angeles Raiders football team there, giving him a comfort zone. My experience with him also gave me a true love of football. Although the Eagles are not my favorite team—the Raiders are—I have to thank Tim and the Eagles for making me a football fan.

The one I gave my heart to was the brilliant French musician and composer Sacha Distel. I have great admiration and respect for him.

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