- UBurt Bacharach kunye noCarole Bayer Sager babhale oku kwimuvi ka-1982 Umsebenzi wasebusuku , apho irekhodwe nguRod Stewart kwaye idlalwe phezu kweekhredithi zokuvala. Le nguqulo ayizange ikhutshwe njengenye, kodwa ababhali beengoma bacinga ukuba inamandla amaninzi okurhweba kwaye iDionne & Friends bayirekhoda ngo-1985. Ingoma yafika kwindawo ephezulu ngoJanuwari 18, 1986 kwaye yahlala apho iiveki ezine - enye kuphela Ingoma eyahlala ixesha elide phezulu ngaloo nyaka yayiyi 'Hamba NjengomJiphutha' yi-Bangles.
U-Bacharach kunye no-Bayer Sager, ababetshatile ngo-1982, babhala enye i-chart-topper ye-1986 kunye: 'Ngokwam' nguPatti LaBelle kunye noMichael McDonald. Lowo wahlala encotsheni iiveki ezintathu. - 'Dionne & Friends' nguDionne Warwick, uStevie Wonder, uElton John kunye noGladys Knight. Barekhoda le ngoma njengenye yokunyusa imali kwi-American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR). UGawulayo wayesisifo esasingaqondwa ngokubanzi ngowe-1985, yaye oku rekhodiweyo kuye kwanceda ukutsalela ingqalelo kunobangela nokufundisa abantu ngesi sifo. Ingeniso evela kwingoma enyuswe ngaphezulu kwe-500,000 yeedola ye-AmFAR.
- Inguqulelo ye-Dionne & Friends iphumelele iMbasa yeGrammy yeNtsebenzo eGqwesileyo yePop ngeDuo okanye iQela elinaVocal kunye neNgoma yoNyaka. Okumangalisayo kukuba, ibhaso lokuSebenza laliyiGrammy yokuqala ka-Elton John - ngandlel 'ithile akukho nanye yezinto zakhe zangaphambili ezabonwa zifanelekile.
- UWarwick wayengomnye wamagcisa okuqala ukufikelela kuluntu lukaGawulayo ngokurekhoda le ngoma. Uye wacacisa: 'Ibinikezelwe kwingxaki ngokwayo ukunyusa imali kunye nokwazisa. Abo babevakalelwa kukuba abafuni ukubandakanyeka kuyo-ukuba babonwe benikela ngemali okanye baviwe bethetha ngentlekele-loo ngoma yayiyindlela yokufikelela ngaphandle kwebala.'
IWarwick iphinde yabuzwa ukuba le ngoma inyamezele njani kwezinye iindawo ngaphandle konxibelelwano lwe-AIDS. Le mvumi yaphendula yathi: 'Ndiye ndangena kwiincoko ezimangalisayo malunga nengoma esetyenziselwa izidanga, imitshato, ukuzalwa, usuku lokuzalwa lomntu, okanye ubuhlobo nje ngokubanzi. Uyazi, kuzo zonke ezo meko, bayayifumana.' - Iimvumi ezine zale ngoma zirekhode iinxalenye zazo ngokwahlukeneyo. UBayer Sager, owavelisa le ngoma noBacharach, uthe ukuyidibanisa kufana nokwenza ijigsaw puzzle. Iimvumi ziye zadibana zonke kwividiyo yomculo. “Yayibubusuku obuneemvakalelo kakhulu apho kwaphalala iinyembezi ezininzi,” utshilo uBayer Sager.
- 'UDionne & Friends' ekuqaleni yayinguDionne nje. Urekhode uthotho lweehithi ezibhalwe nguBurt Bacharach kunye noHal David ngeminyaka yee-'60s phambi kokuba bohlukane ngokurhabaxa nababhali beengoma. Ekugqibeleni wadibana noBacharach ukurekhoda ingoma yomxholo kuthotho lweTV olufutshane lwe-1984 olubizwa ngokuba. Umfumani Wothando Olulahlekileyo . UBayer Sager ucebise ukuba irekhodi laseWarwick elithi 'Yiloo nto abangabahlobo,' kodwa xa uDionne wayivayo, wayibona njengendibano kunye noStevie Wonder. UDionne wabeka phantsi umkhondo wakhe, kwaye xa uWonder wafikayo ukuba enze indima yakhe, u-Elizabeth Taylor noNeil Simon behla. Ukwazi ukuzinikela kukaTaylor kuphando lwe-AIDS, u-Bayer Sager ucebise ukuba le ngoma ibe ngumzamo wesisa, kwaye bonke bavuma ukuba yingcamango enkulu. Bagqiba ekubeni bongeze enye imvumi kumxube, ngoko ke wamenywa uGladys Knight. Isiqwenga sokugqibela sephazili yayinguElton John, owacetyiswa nguClive Davis, intloko yeArista Records (ekhuphe enye).
