Friends in Love (Johnny Mathis album)

Friends in Love is an album by American pop singer Johnny Mathis that was released on April 5, 1982,[1] by Columbia Records and included six original songs, two of which were duets with Dionne Warwick.

The album made its first appearance on Billboard magazine's Top LP's & Tapes chart in the issue dated May 8, 1982, and remained there for nine weeks, peaking at number 147.

[5] The title track from the album entered the Billboard Hot 100 in the issue dated April 17, 1982, and eventually got as high as number 38 over the course of 13 weeks.

[6] That same issue included its debut on the magazine's list of the 100 most popular R&B songs in the US, where it also spent 13 weeks but reached number 22.

[14] "Memory" originated in the 1981 Broadway musical Cats[2] and became a number six hit in the UK for Elaine Paige that same year.