That’s What Friends Are For

song by Bacharach and Sager
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contribution by Warwick

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    …Bacharach, performing on his “That’s What Friends Are For” (1985), which also featured Gladys Knight, Elton John, and Stevie Wonder. The song, the proceeds of which went to funding AIDS research, earned Warwick her fifth Grammy.

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