# Duets between two male singers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [June 19, 2005, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878 "2005-06-19T03:52:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/61 "2005-06-20T03:09:17Z")
All these posts, and no one’s mentioned Billy Joel and Ray Charles singing “Baby Grand,” off of Joel’s _The Bridge_ album? ---
**Author:** ![SisterCoyote](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/958977/32.png) [@SisterCoyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SisterCoyote)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/62 "2005-06-20T03:13:40Z")
Aha! That was what I couldn’t remember earlier - does the Clapton/King album “Riding with the King” count? ---
**Author:** ![Feydeau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/df788c/32.png) [@Feydeau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feydeau)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/63 "2005-06-20T06:17:38Z")
**Carm6773** , I guess I’m a country music geek, too. So, I’ll be the first to mention Alan Jackson and George Jones remake of “A Good Year for the Roses.” (from 1994) ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/64 "2005-06-20T06:55:58Z")
The best duet IMHO is Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash doing “Girl from the North Country” ---
**Author:** ![LittleSable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LittleSable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleSable)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/65 "2005-06-20T17:46:10Z")
“When The Sun Goes Down” Kenny Chesney and Uncle Kracker ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/66 "2005-06-20T18:02:05Z")
> [@Carm6773](#): > > “Shameless” was originally a song by Billy Joel that was then recorded by Garth Brooks. I **swear** I heard a version with both of them singing. Garth performed this during the concert in Central Park but I don’t remember if Billy Joel was out on stage singing with him at that point or not. Don McLean also came out to sing “American Pie” and I’m sure Garth joined in. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/67 "2005-06-20T18:10:17Z")
> [@Argent Towers](#): > > Besides that song between Peter Cetera and Terry Kath by Chicago (can’t remember what it’s called,) are there any other male-male duets? Throughout its existence, Chicago usually has been staffed by at least three lead singers (all male), so several of the group’s hits include voices by multiple male voices. But Cetera’s voice is the only one that, to me, is distinctive enough to pick out. I have never been able to tell whether the other voices are Robert Lamm or Terry Kath or Bill Champlin or whoever. So I couldn’t say whether any particular song was a duet or a trio or whatever. I believe “Saturday in the Park” has multiple lead singers. Terry Kath accidentally killed himself in 1977 or so and the multi-voiced Chicago hit that sticks out most in my mind is “Hard Habit to Break,” which was from the 1980s, so it couldn’t have been Cetera and Kath on that one, anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/68 "2005-06-20T18:18:16Z")
The all time best selling female duet song is “I Know Him So Well” by Barbara Dickson & Elaine Paige from the concept album of “Chess.” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/69 "2005-06-20T18:24:34Z")
Bono and B.B. King, “When Love Comes To Town.” ---
**Author:** ![malkavia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malkavia/32/5621_2.png) [@malkavia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/malkavia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/70 "2005-06-20T19:45:06Z")
> [@Mockingbird](#): > > Though didn’t David Bowie duet with Marilyn Manson on **I’m Afraid of Americans**? I think it was Trent Reznor, not Marilyn Manson. ---
**Author:** ![the\_Lady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bb73d2/32.png) [@the\_Lady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_Lady)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/71 "2005-06-20T20:08:51Z")
> [@Eonwe](#): > > In the musical theatre world, there’s the song **Lilly’s Eyes** from the show Secret Garden. One of the best male/male duets out there, IMO. Hear hear! I was thinking of that song as soon as I read the title. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/72 "2005-06-20T20:19:36Z")
> [@parthenokinesis](#): > > My favorite would have to be “If I Had a Million $” by **Bare Naked Ladies** > > “I would buy you a green dress… > But not a real green dress, cause that’s cruel” > Jack Of course that line’s funny because of the preceding lyric – _I would buy you a fur coat, But not a real fur coat; that’s cruel._ ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/73 "2005-06-20T21:43:12Z")
When I was little, I had a Whitney Houston tape (yes, I know!), and one song was a duet with her mother, Cissy Houston. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/74 "2005-06-20T21:53:03Z")
Didn’t Chad Kroeger from Nickleback and Josie Scott from Saliva record a song together for the _Daredevil_ movie? ---
**Author:** ![Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mirror\_Image\_egamI\_rorriM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mirror_Image_egamI_rorriM)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/75 "2005-06-21T00:58:31Z")
Yeah, it was called “Hero.” ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/76 "2005-06-21T01:10:16Z")
Bing Crosby and Johnny Mercer do a fantastic duet of “Mr. Meadowlark” ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/77 "2005-06-21T01:14:24Z")
David Bowie and Billy Joel, Pressure. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/78 "2005-06-21T04:06:08Z")
Are you thinking of “Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Queen? The baseline of which, essentially, became Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/79 "2005-06-21T07:21:08Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Are you thinking of “Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Queen? > > The baseline of which, essentially, became Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” Probably. I think I got so excited at finally coming up with something that someone else hadn’t already mentioned, I got carried away. 😉 OTOH, I’m _certain_ there was a duet Billy Joel did with another male, on a CD of his I had. Hmmm. Well, not worth losing sleep over, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Carm6773](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/2bfe46/32.png) [@Carm6773](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carm6773)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 10:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/80 "2005-06-21T10:08:19Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > Are you thinking of “Under Pressure” by David Bowie and Queen? > > The baseline of which, essentially, became Vanilla Ice’s “Ice Ice Baby.” Billy did a song called _Pressure_, which can be found on the Greatest Hits I & II CD (I don’t remember which CD it was on originally, and like **norinew** , I don’t want to look it up). It was not a duet, though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878.md?page=5)