Here are Dionne Warwick’s words to That’s What Friends Are For, which she recorded with Elton John, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder.
Background information about the song: Dionne Warwick was born on December 12, 1940 in East Orange, New Jersey . Her mother Eulaulah was a singer and locally known musician who played piano and organ. Dionne’s father, who is of African-American and Cherokee Indian descent, was a mechanic and technician who sang with Dionne in church from the time she was three years old until she was eighteen. Dionne has always been known for her eclectic mix of musical styles using gospel, jazz , pop, blues , R&B, and even opera
