''Friends for Life'' is a 1987 album by

Debby Boone Deborah Anne Boone (born September 22, 1956) is an American singer, author, and actress. She is best known for her 1977 hit, " You Light Up My Life", which spent ten weeks at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and led to her winning the ...

. The album was a success, peaking at #4 on the Top Contemporary Christian charts.

Track listing

# "Be Ye Glad" (Michael K. Blanchard) :17# "Make Me Ready" (

Michael Omartian Michael Omartian (born November 26, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, keyboardist, and music producer. He produced number-one records in three consecutive decades. He has earned 11 Grammy Awards nominations and won three. He sp ...

, Stormie Omartian) :00# "Unconditional Love" (

Randy Goodrum Charles Randolph Goodrum (born July 7, 1947) is an American songwriter, pianist, and producer. Goodrum has written number one songs in each of the four decades since his first number one hit, 1978's "You Needed Me". Goodrum's songs have appeare ...

) :58# "To Every Generation" (Bill Batstone) :38# "The Name Above All Names" (

Chuck Girard Chuck Girard (born on August 27, 1943) is a pioneer of Contemporary Christian music. He moved to Santa Rosa, California in his young teens and was a member of the Castells and later the surf-rock band The Hondells. In 1970 he was a founding membe ...

) :46# "A Little Broken Bread" (Bill Batstone) :33# "Above All Else" (Michael Omartian, Stormie Omartian) :31# "Masihlanganeni (Let Us Stand Together)" (J.B. Arthur, Danny Bridgens, Nic Paton, Victor Phume) :01# "Friends for Life" (Michael Omartian, Stormie Omartian) :27# "Sincerely Yours" ( Gary Chapman) :10

Production credits

Engineers *Terry Christian *Dan Garcia *John Guess *Tom Perry *David Schober Mixing *Terry Christian *John Guess *Bill Schnee Mastering *Doug Sax Synthesizer Programming *Erich Bulling Design *Stan Evenson Photography *Raul Vega Acoustic Guitar *Bill Batstone *

Dann Huff Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...

Bass *

Leland Sklar Leland Bruce Sklar (born May 28, 1947) is an American bassist and session musician. Sklar rose to prominence as a member of James Taylor's backing band, which coaleced into a group in its own right, The Section. This group of musicians so frequ ...

* Neil Stubenhaus Drums *John Keane Electric Guitar *Dann Huff Percussion * Paulinho Da Costa Piano *

Synthesizer *Randy Goodrum *

Rhett Lawrence James Everett "Rhett" Lawrence is an American record producer and songwriter. He has produced, mentored, and helped launch the career of 5 artists amongst the top 200 artists to be featured on Billboard magazine's top charts from 1955-2012, who ...

*Michael Omartian Background Vocals *Bill Batstone *Dara Lynn Bernard *Bill Champlin *

Tamara Champlin Tamara Champlin (née Matoesian) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career as a session singer in Houston, Texas, later moving to Los Angeles. She has performed with and written for singers such as Elton John, Leon Russell, Nicky H ...

*Billy Crockett *

*Randy Goodrum *Debbie McNeil *Gene Miller *

Lisa Whelchel Lisa Diane Whelchel (born May 29, 1963) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, author, and life coach. She is known for her appearances as a Mouseketeer on ''The New Mickey Mouse Club'' and her nine-year role as the preppy and wealthy Blai ...

*Scott Wojahn

References

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