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elleng

(130,740 posts) Thu Aug 21, 2014, 02:51 AM Aug 2014

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Just because, That's what Friends are For (Original Post) elleng Aug 2014 OP

I prefer the original, myself. House of Roberts Aug 2014 #1

This version was on a PBS Bacharach show/promo last night, elleng Aug 2014 #2

Your PBS must be having pledge drive month too. House of Roberts Aug 2014 #3

Yes, all 3 of our PBS stations are having pledge drives, elleng Aug 2014 #4

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1. I prefer the original, myself.

Thu Aug 21, 2014, 07:33 AM

Aug 2014

"That's What Friends Are For" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sager. It was first recorded in 1982 by Rod Stewart for the soundtrack of the film Night Shift, but it is far better known for the 1985 cover version by Dionne Warwick and Friends.