Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams "That's What Friend Are For" (1978) -Smooth Soul / Adult Contemporary-

 Label : CBS, Inc.

 Side 1

01 - You're All I Need To Get By (Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson)
02 - Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I’m Gonna Do) (Stevie Wonder, Clarence Paul & Morris Broadnax)
03 - You’re A Special Part Of My Life (Lani Groves, J.D. Williams & Clarence McDonald)
04 - Ready Or Not (Jerry Keller & Amber DiLena)
05 - Me For You, You For Me (Fritz Baskett & Clarence McDonald)

Side 2

01 - Heaven Must Have Sent You (Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier & Brian Holland)
02 - Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)
03 - That's What Friends Are For* (Clarence McDonald, Lani Groves & Fritz Baskett & Deniece Williams)
04 - I Just Can't Get Over You° (Nat Kipner & Winston Sela)
05 - Touching Me With Love (Mel Berglas & Corey Maass)


Produced by Jack Gold

Arranged & Conducted by Gene Page 
Recording Engineer : Tom Perry

Mix Engineer : Tom Perry

Mastering Engineer : Tom Perry

Recorded at A&M Studios, Hollywood
Mixed at Hollywood Sound, Hollywood
Mastered at The Mastering Lab, Hollywood
*Arranged & Conducted by Glen Spreen

Contractor : Ben Barrett

°Background Vocals Recorded at Hollywood Sound, Hollywood

Musicians

Harry Bluestone, Concertmaster

Violins

Nathan Ross, Stanley Plummer, Arnold Belnick, Endre Granat, Henry Roth, Ronald Folsom, Israel Baker, Jack Shulman, Glenn Dicterow, David Frisina, Sheldon Sanov, Ralph Silverman, Leonard Malarsky, William Hymanson, Marshall Sosson, Alexander Treger, Don Palmer, Kurt Dieterle, Nate Ross, Murray Adler, Henry Ferber, Jacke Krachmalnick, Assa Drori 

Violas

Alex Neiman, Allan Harshman, David Schwartz, Gareth Nuttycombe, Myra Kestenbaum, Virginia Majewski, Rollice Dale

Cello

Gloria Strassner, Raymond Kelley, Armand Kaproff, Jesse Ehrlich, Raphael Kramer, Harry Schlutz, Douglas Davis, Ron Cooper, Ron Leonard, Dennis Karmazyn

French Horn

David Allan Duke, George Price, Richard Perissi, Gene Sherry, Henry Sigismonti, Bob Henderson, Vincent De Rosa, Arthur Maebe

Tenor Saxophone

Ernie Watts

Baritone Saxophone & Flute

Bill Green

Flute

Plas Johnson, John Heitmann, Shendon Stokes

Harp 

Dorothy Ashby

Percussion

Tommy Vig, Bob Zimmitti, Alan Estes, Paulinho Da Costa

Keyboards 

Greg Phillinganes, Sylvester L. Rivers Jr.

Piano

Michael Rubini

Guitar

Tim May, David T. Walker, Wah-Wah Watson, Lee Ritenour, Steve Lukather

Bass

Leland 'Lee' Sklar, Scott Edwards

Ed Greene & Mike Baird

Drums

Ed Greene, Mike Baird

°Vocalists

Maxine Willard Waters, Lani Groves, Jim Gilstrap

Harmonica Solo on "Just The Way You Are"

Stevie Wonder

Flute Solo on "I Just Can't Get Over You"

Plas Johnson