Friends

Performer: Dionne Warwick
Artist: Elton John; Stevie Wonder; Gladys Knight
Distributor: (Independently by Label)

Notes: Personnel includes: Dionne Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight (vocals). Producers include: Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, David Foster, Stevie Wonder, Barry Manilow. Clive Davis, the then- head honcho of Arista Records, organized Dionne Warwick's commercial comeback after her fallow post-Bacharach/David period. Slickly produced and unerringly tasteful, the 10 tracks on FRIENDS are less exciting than Warwick's 1960s work, but due largely to the strength of Warwick's magnificent voice, they're a lot better than most of Davis' career-rehabilitation projects. The album's hit was "That's What Friends Are For," a Carole Bayer Sager ballad which, bizarrely enough, had previously been sung by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the Ron Howard comedy NIGHT SHIFT. Here, it's a superstar extravaganza featuring Warwick, Elton John, Stevie Wonder and Gladys Knight in what became the first high-profile AIDS benefit in pop music.

With her beautifully clear and unmannered, yet soulful, voice, Dionne Warwick became the perfect instrument for the compositions of 1960s pop kings Burt Bacharach and Hal David. The partnership resulted in an incredible string of classic hits, and Warwick's chart success continued well into the '80s, even with other writers and producers providing the material. Few could have predicted her subsequent emergence as a TV personality via the Psychic Friends Network, but regardless of her extracurricular activities, she continued lending her vocal talents to recordings and performances.

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