Paul Jabara & Friends is the fourth studio album by American actor, singer and songwriter Paul Jabara, best known for writing Donna Summer's hit "Last Dance" and the Summer/Barbra Streisand duet "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)". The album includes the multimillion-selling single release "It's Raining Men" by the Weather Girls, written and produced by Jabara in late 1982.[1]
Paul Jabara & Friends was released in 1983 on the CBS Records label, with guest vocalists including the Weather Girls and Leata Galloway. It also features the vocals of R&B singer Whitney Houston, who was still a teenager at the time of recording and relatively unknown.[2]
The tracks "It's Raining Men" and "Hope" were both included on the Weather Girls' 1983 debut album Success and the album also featured a song co-written by Diana Ross and Paul Jabara ("Ladies Hot Line").