When I saw this thread, the first song to come to mind was "Friendship" by Tommy Dorsey & His Orchestra (1940). If you're a Tommy Dorsey fan, this is totally unlike anything else he ever did. The female soloist is a very young Jo Stafford, who would be a big singing star in the latter part of the '40's and well into the '50's. Sadly, the song is not on Youtube, but you can hear it on the
Tommy Dorsey Juke Box, No. 18.