LOST SONGS: That's What Friends Are For"

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In 1985, Dionne Warwick recorded this song as a benefit single for AMFAR, the AIDs research foundation.

In the next three years, Warwick anchored more than 20 all-star concerts to raise funds and attention, eventually shaming the Reagan administration to a flicker of action.

Dionne's "friends" would join her to sing at the end of each concert. She has a lot of friends join mid-song above, famous faces of 1988.

The song, record and concerts raised millions for AMFAR. It's more than a Pride anthem. It was a force for actual change.

Stevie, Gladys and Elton join Dionne in a re-released studio version below, undated.

As hope grows for the end of another epidemic...

Keep smiling. Keep shining.

Dionne Warwick is 80.

Song written by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer-Sager.