# 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:** 5
**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, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/81 "2005-06-21T11:52:00Z")
> [@Carm6773](#): > > 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. Given the above responses to my first post in this thread, I will now shame-facedly slink out of this thread. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/82 "2005-06-21T13:34:47Z")
Not yet mentioned: Gregg Rollie and then-new-to-the-band Steve Perry duetting on Journey’s “Feeling That Way”. Talk about a changing-of-the-guard moment! ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/83 "2005-06-21T15:27:11Z")
If a TV performance counts, once on Saturday Night Live, Paul Simon and Willie Nelson dueted on “Graceland”. Boy, I could listen to Willie duet with anyone. > [@](#): > > that most duets could just be one singer songs, as there isn’t really any difference in perspective in the two parts- Those who don’t know already don’t care, but the Grateful Dead in “Jackstraw” have two different singers with two different perspectives (one of which ends up killing the other). ---
**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 21, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/84 "2005-06-21T16:15:40Z")
Now that someone has mentioned Saturday Night Live, one of my favourite duet performances was Joe Cocker and John Belushi as Joe Cocker. Hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![CurlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@CurlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurlyD)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/85 "2005-06-21T16:22:52Z")
Antonio Banderas and Eddie Murphy did “Livin’ la Vida Loca” for _Shreck 2._ ---
**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, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/86 "2005-06-21T16:35:03Z")
> [@norinew](#): > > 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. On _The Bridge_, he sings a song called “Baby Grand,” with Ray Charles. I mentioned it above. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/87 "2005-06-21T17:19:29Z")
> [@chatelaine](#): > > Ozzy has done songs with Lemmy Kilmister, Alice Cooper, Frank Zappa, and Peter Steele. Don’t forget Miss Piggy…who, of course, is really a man. 😉 If we’re gonna include bands with two male lead singers, I’ll toss in Roger Daltrey & Pete Townshend of **the Who** , most notably on “Baba O’Reilly”. ---
**Author:** ![LittleSable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LittleSable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LittleSable)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/88 "2005-06-21T18:14:38Z")
Willie Nelson did a duet with Kid Rock on his “Great Divide” album from 2002. The same album also has duets with Rob Thomas and Brian McKnight. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/89 "2005-06-21T19:43:59Z")
Ozzy and Lemmy did I Ain’t No Nice Guy. Bruce Dickinson and Rob Halford did The One You Love to Hate Gary Moore and Phil Lynott did Out in the Fields and Miltary Man Alice Cooper and Twisted Sister did one, but off the top of my head I can’t think of it. I know I’ve got more metal songs as well. ---
**Author:** ![Crandolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Crandolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crandolph)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/90 "2005-06-21T19:47:00Z")
Otis Redding & Wilson Pickett: “You Left the Water Running” Gold! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/91 "2005-06-21T20:04:33Z")
Elton John & Neil Sedaka: Bad Blood. ---
**Author:** ![unwashed\_brain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/a9adbd/32.png) [@unwashed\_brain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unwashed_brain)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/92 "2005-06-21T20:25:24Z")
Eddie Vedder and Chris Cornell “Hunger Strike” by Temple of the Dog. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/93 "2005-06-21T20:39:58Z")
There are a lot of male to male duets in the context of a band. For instance, many Beatles songs were duets between John and Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Boldface\_Type](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@Boldface\_Type](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boldface_Type)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2005, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/94 "2005-06-21T21:19:42Z")
‘Wasted years’, ‘Gloria’ - John Lee Hooker / Van Morrison. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/95 "2005-06-22T01:28:50Z")
I don’t know if we’re considering Broadway shows, but in _Les Miserables_ the song “The Confrontation” has Valjean & Javert singing different lines at the same time to the same tune. ---
**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 22, 2005, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/96 "2005-06-22T03:25:46Z")
If we include Broadway, Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock in “The Producers” sing several songs together. As do other actors. “Keep It Gay,” “I Wanna Be A Producer,” and “Springtie for Hitler” are just a few. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2005, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/97 "2005-06-22T03:27:39Z")
> [@Superdude](#): > > If we include Broadway, Leo Bloom and Max Bialystock in “The Producers” sing several songs together. As do other actors. “Keep It Gay,” “I Wanna Be A Producer,” and “Springtie for Hitler” are just a few. I have “I Wanna Be A Producer” off of the _Broadway: The American Musical_ CD collection and it’s a HUGE production number, but it’s just Matthew Broderick singing with a chorus doing backup. Is there another time that’s sung in the show where they both sing? ---
**Author:** ![horst](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@horst](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/horst)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/98 "2017-04-08T07:42:09Z")
Air supply - All out of love ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/99 "2017-04-08T10:57:57Z")
Anything by The Zombies. mmm ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2017, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878/100 "2017-04-08T11:50:45Z")
Sinatra’s _ **Duets** _ came out when I was working on the radio. The DJ and I constantly made fun of “I’ve Got You under My Skin” (Old Blue Eyes and Bono), putting it on our list of “Songs That Suck.” A well-known (and batshit crazy) man-about-town of a certain ethno-religious persuasion was a frequent guest on the show. When he used the line on me, I said “Ziggy! I thought you were Jewish!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duets-between-two-male-singers/308878.md?page=6)