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Artist: Rod Stewart
Author: Burt Bacharach/Carole Bayer Sager
Label: WB
Year: 1982
In film Night Shift; composed by husband and wife. Not to be confused with Paul Williams' song, cut by B.J. Thomas in '72, and Deniece Williams' (not related).
Covers:
Burt Bacharach [as instrumental in same film]
Dionne Warwick & Friends [n°1 US; these Friends were Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder]
Conny Vandenbos [as Daar Zijn We Vrienden Voor]
Dionne's n°1 US was first envisioned as a duet between her and Stevie Wonder. Actress Elizabeth Taylor witnessed the recording, listened to the lyrics and as she was an active anti AIDS activist, got the idea (and songwriter Carole Bayer Sager's permission) to detour the proceeds to the American Foundation for AIDS Research. That's when Elton John and Gladys Knight were asked and accepted to join in. This hit marked the end of a 10 year hiatus since Burt Bacharach & Dionne Warwick's last successful collaboration (in a series of no less than 33).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)
Belgium