| Friendship | ||||
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| Released | August 1984 | |||
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| Length | 28:51 | |||
| Label | Columbia, Epic | |||
| Producer | Billy Sherrill | |||
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Friendship is a studio album by American singer and pianist Ray Charles. It was produced by Billy Sherrill and released in August 1984 by Columbia Records and Epic Records.[1] The album peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[2]
The album was one of several in the mid-1980s that featured Charles returning to country music after a two-decade absence; he had previously recorded the two-volume Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music to much acclaim in 1962. For Friendship, Charles collaborated with several established country stars in a series of duets. Whereas the Modern Sounds singles were not explicitly released to country radio, the singles from Friendship were, and the album provided Charles with his highest-charting hits on the country charts, including a number-one country hit with Willie Nelson, "Seven Spanish Angels".