Description
That’s What Friends Are For is an album by American singers Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams, released in July 1978.
Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams made a fine team on this collection of sentimental love songs and light pop ballads. They had had previous success on the title track, which had been included on her first release, so they opted for a full session. They had a moderate hit with a cover of “You’re All I Need To Get By,” and they also reworked Stevie Wonder‘s “Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Going To Do).
Video: Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams – Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) 1978
Tracklist:
| 1 | You’re All I Need To Get By | 2:41 | |
| 2 | Until You Come Back To Me (That’s What I’m Gonna Do) | 3:40 | |
| 3 | You’re A Special Part Of My Life | 2:58 | |
| 4 | Ready Or Not | 2:53 | |
| 5 | Me For You, You For Me | 3:13 | |
| 6 | Your Precious Love | 3:24 | |
| 7 | Just The Way You Are | 3:44 | |
| 8 | That’s What Friends Are For | 3:29 | |
| 9 | I Just Can’t Get Over You | 4:12 | |
| 10 | Touching Me With Love | 2:34 |
Credits:
- Arranged By, Conductor – Gene Page (tracks: A1 to B2, B4, B5), Glen Spreen (tracks: B3)
- Baritone Saxophone – Bill Green*
- Bass – Lee Sklar*, Scott Edwards (2)
- Cello – Armand Kaproff, Dennis Karmazyn, Douglas Davis, Gloria Strassner, Harry Shlutz, Jesse Ehrlich, Raphael Kramer, Raymond Kelley*, Ron Leonard, Ron Cooper*
- Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone
- Drums – Ed Greene (2), Mike Baird
- Engineer [Mixing] – Tom Perry
- Engineer [Recording] – Dick Bogert
- Flute – John Heitmann, Plas Johnson, Sheridon Stokes, Bill Green*
- French Horn – Arthur Maebe*, David Allan Duke*, Gene Sherry*, George Price, Henry Sigismonti, Richard Perissi, Bob Henderson*, Vince De Rosa*
- Guitar – David T. Walker, Lee Ritenour, Wah Wah Ragin*, Steve Lukather, Tim May
- Harp – Dorothy Jeanne Ashby*
- Keyboards – Greg Phillinganes, Sylvester L. Rivers, Jr.*
- Percussion – Alan Estes, Bob Zimmitti, Paulinho Da Costa, Tommy Vig
- Photography By – Sam Emerson
- Piano – Michel Rubini
- Producer – Jack Gold
- Soloist, Flute – Plas Johnson (tracks: B4)
- Soloist, Harmonica – Stevie Wonder (tracks: B2)
- Tenor Saxophone – Ernie Watts
- Viola – Alex Neiman*, Allan Harshman, David Schwartz, Gareth Nuttycombe, Myra Kestenbaum, Rollice Dale, Virginia Majewski
- Violin – Alexander Treger*, Arnold Belnick, Assa Drori, David Frisina, Don Palmer*, Endre Granat, Glenn Dicterow, Henry Ferber, Henry Roth, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Jacke Krachmalnick*, Kurt Dieterle, Leonard Malarsky, Marshall Sosson, Murray Adler, Nate Ross*, Ralph Silverman, Ronald Folsom, Sheldon Sanov, Stanley Plummer, William Hymanson
- Vocals – Jim Gilstrap (tracks: B1, B4), Lani Groves (tracks: B1, B4), Maxine Willard Waters (tracks: B1, B4)
