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Duets: Just the Ebony In the Stream Dragging My Heart


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I was thinking we needed a thread for duets.  Mine include an artist I normally don't like, but I don't think that should be a factor for an entry.

 

For reasons that escape me, some of my favorite duets include Stevie Nicks - an artist I've never cared for with Fleetwood Mac nor on her own.  But pair her up and I'll be damned if I don't enjoy the song despite an overall distaste for her.

 

Needles and Pins - Stevie Nicks & Tom Petty*

Stop Draggin' My Heart Around - Stevie & TP

Leather & Lace - Stevie & Don Henley

Whenever I Call You Friend - Stevie & Kenny Loggins

 

This next one is a bigger mystery since individually I don't like either artist so truly a case (for me) of the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.

 

Picture - Sheryl Crow and Kid Rock

 

* a cover, but the songs been covered a lot.  I was floored to find out it was co-written by Sonny Bono.

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I've just realized I like a whole lot of duets, and agree with everything listed so far.  Some other favorites:

 

Pretty much anything Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton have done together, especially Islands in the Stream.  Same with George Jones and Tammy Wynette, especially Golden Ring, and Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, especially Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man.

 

Kenny Rogers with lots of people, really - Don't Fall in Love With a Dreamer with Kim Carnes, We've Got Tonight with Sheena Easton, Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight with Dottie West.  (His versions of the last two with Dolly Parton are pretty damn great, too.)

 

Sonny and Cher, I Got You Babe

 

Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, Empire State of Mind

 

Willie Nelson and Ray Charles, Seven Spanish Angels

 

Eminem and Rihanna, Monster

 

David Frizzell and Shelly West, You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma

 

Neil Tennant and Dusty Springfield, What Have I Done to Deserve This?

 

Tanya Tucker and T Graham Brown, Don't Go Out

 

This probably doesn't count, since it was a mix of two versions rather than a true duet, but what the hell -- Keith Whitley and Alison Krauss, When You Say Nothing At All

 

Speaking of Alison Krauss, she and Brad Paisley singing Whiskey Lullaby

 

Freddie Mercury and David Bowie, Under Pressure

 

Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald, On My Own (Oops, this is now a duplicate; it hadn't been mentioned at the time I started my musings.)

 

Johnny Cash and June Carter, Jackson

 

Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox, Sisters Are Doin' it For Themselves

 

Roy Orbison and k.d. lang, Crying

 

Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne, Close My Eyes Forever

 

Eve and Gwen Stefani, Let Me Blow Ya Mind

 

Patty Loveless and George Jones, You Don't Seem to Miss Me

 

Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker, Up Where We Belong

 

Another Jennifer Warnes, another movie soundtrack -- she and Bill Medley, The Time of My Life

 

Peaches and Herb, Reunited

 

Brandy and Monica, The Boy is Mine

 

Simon & Garfunkel, Bridge Over Troubled Water

 

Philip Bailey and Phil Collins, Easy Lover

 

Reba McEntire and Linda Davis, Does He Love You

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Oh gosh - you guys have brought up so many that I had completely forgotten about!

 

Because I am inept, I can't embed the video, but Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy by Bing Crosby and David Bowie is unexpectedly awesome.  It really sounded likte the worst idea ever to me, but I love it and it is seasonal.

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