That's What

Friends Are For (1987 Version)

 

Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, 1985

 

Arranged, Conducted and Produced by Nick Perito

Co-Produced by Roncom Productions, Inc.

 

Recorded at Evergreen Studios, Burbank, California

Orchestra Contractor: Joe Soldo

Recording Engineer: John Richards

Assistant Engineer: Mike Hatcher

Recording Time 3:15

 

Recorded February 2nd & 3rd, 1987    ~ Matrix No. unknown

Remixing by Mike Moran, RCA Studios, New York City.

Mastered by Jack Adelman at RCA, New York City

 

Album issue: BMG-LP12 "Perry Como Today" 6368-1-R STEREO 1987

 

 

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Arranged, Conducted and Produced by Nick Perito

Co-Produced by Roncom Productions, Inc.

Recorded at Evergreen Studios, Burbank, California

Orchestra Contractor: Joe Soldo

Recording Engineer: John Richards

Assistant Engineer: Mike Hatcher

Recorded February 2nd & 3rd, 1987

 

Notes: ~ Originally written for the 1982 motion picture "Night Shift" and recorded

by Rod Stewart on Warner Brothers. It was a #1 Gold Record for Dionne Warwick

and Friends on Arista in 1985. The "friends " were Elton John, Gladys Knight, and

Stevie Wonder, who collaborated vocally. Proceeds were contributed to Aids

Research. The song won "Song of the Year" 1986 Grammy Award (NARAS).

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