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In 1986, Loring scored a # 2 Pop and # 1 Adult Contemporary hit record in the United States with " Friends and Lovers ", with Carl Anderson ( also a # 1 Country hit in 1986 for Eddie Rabbitt and Juice Newton under the title " Both to Each Other ").

Loring originally performed " Friends and Lovers " on Days of Our Lives more than a year before the track finally hit the charts.

Her performance of the song generated the largest mail response of any song in NBC daytime history.

First recorded as a duet with Anderson ( who appeared on Days of Our Lives to sing the song with Loring ) in 1985, legal complications delayed its release as a single for a year.

Loring left Days in 1986 and made sporadic film and television appearances over the next few decades.

Her main efforts were spent in theater and in her recording career ( though " Friends and Lovers " was her only major hit single ).