Friends and Lovers (song)
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| Single by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson | |
| from the album Gloria Loring | |
| B-side | "You Always Knew" (Gloria Loring) |
| Released | 1986 |
| Format | 7" (45 rpm) |
| Recorded | 1985 |
| Genre | Pop, contemporary R&B |
| Length | 3:50 |
| Label | USA Carrere |
| Songwriter(s) | Jay Gruska, Paul Gordon |
| Producer(s) | Yves Dessca, Doug Lenier, Carl Anderson |
| "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)" | ||||
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| Single by Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton | ||||
| from the album Rabbitt Trax (Rabbitt) and Old Flame (Newton) | ||||
| B-side | "A World Without Love" | |||
| Released | June 1986 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1985 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:55 | |||
| Label | RCA Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Jay Gruska, Paul Gordon | |||
| Producer(s) | Richard Landis | |||
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"Friends and Lovers" is a song written by Jay Gruska and Paul Gordon. The song was first recorded as a duet by Gloria Loring and Carl Anderson in 1985 for the soap opera Days of Our Lives, produced by Doug Lenier. That recording remained unreleased until the summer of 1986, when it was released shortly after a version by Juice Newton and Eddie Rabbitt hit country radio. The country version featured the altered title of "Both to Each Other (Friends and Lovers)".
Gloria Loring is a singer and actress who beginning in 1980 portrayed the character Liz Chandler on the American soap opera Days of Our Lives. Her character was a lounge singer, so Loring was often called upon to perform on-screen; one of the songs she performed during this period was "Friends and Lovers". The song became the theme music for one of the popular supercouples on the show in the mid 1980s, Shane Donovan and Kimberly Brady (portrayed by Charles Shaughnessy and Patsy Pease).
In 1985, Carl Anderson (known for his portrayal of Judas Iscariot in both the film and stage versions of the Andrew Lloyd Webber / Tim Rice rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar) appeared on Days of our Lives and performed the duet with Loring. The commercial release of this duet was delayed for months before becoming available in the summer of 1986, first as a single on the label USA Carrere, then later on Anderson's self-titled album on Epic Records and Loring's eponymous album on Atlantic Records. According to Loring, it had been turned down by most of the major American record labels at the time, and she had taken to referring to the song informally as "Friends and Lawyers".
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