Exclusive | Dionne Warwick doesnt consider herself rock & roll despite her Hall of Fame induction: Its wonderful

Despite a legendary career spanning six-plus decades, O.G.diva Dionne Warwick insists that she never said a little prayer to get into the Rock & Roll of Fame.“I never thought about getting inducted into the Rock & Roll of Fame,” Warwick, 83, told The Post.

“I don’t consider myself rock ’n’ roll.I never thought of myself as a rock ’n’ roller.”But, having first become famous as a supreme soul-pop songbird with ’60s classics such as “Anyone Who Had a Heart,” “Alfie” and “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” Warwick will be enshrined into the rock hall on Saturday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.The five-time Grammy winner, who was nominated twice before in the rock hall’s Performer category, will receive the Musical Excellence Award.

And even if she doesn’t consider herself “rock ’n’ roll,” she’ll take it.“It’s wonderful,” she said.“You know, the music I sing I feel deserves to be looked at as music of excellence.”Warwick joins a 2024 class of inductees that crosses genres and generations, including Mary J.

Blige, Cher, Dave Matthews Band, Foreigner, Peter Frampton, Kool & the Gang, Ozzy Osbourne and A Tribe Called Quest.But when it comes to her own induction performance, Warwick isn’t giving away any songs or surprise guests.“I can’t tell you that,” she teased.

“Everybody’s gonna have to wait and see.”However, it has been revealed that she will be inducted by Teyana Taylor, who will play Warwick in an upcoming biopic.“I’ll be very happy to see her say some nice things about me,” she said with a laugh.“We’ve had many, many conversations, of course.”In addition to the physical resemblance, Warwick said, “She’s done some expert homework on me.

She knows more about me than I know about myself.”Since becoming the Queen of Twitter — now X — in 2020, Warwick has been discovered and embraced by a younger generation of artists she calls “my babies.” After he...