# Great harmonies in song **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 23, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504 "2019-07-23T16:32:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/1 "2019-07-23T16:32:34Z")
Don’t know if we’ve done this before or not. Thinking about Art Neville’s death yesterday, my mind wandered a bit and I remembered Aaron Neville’s collaboration with Linda Ronstadt on [Don’t Know Much](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyrjZbT_ZUg), which was fairly jaw-dropping for me when it first came out. That led me down the mental path to the Ronstadt-Harris-Parton 3-part harmony on the remake of the old classic [Mr. Sandman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDBqZBILaLM), which in turn let me to the [4-part harmony](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX45pYvxDiA) of The Chordettes on the same tune. There have been scads of great duets from The Everlys to Simon & Garfunkle, of course. Feel free to post your favorite duet numbers, but what have you got in the three and four part harmony realm? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/2 "2019-07-23T21:27:10Z")
“Keep On Trying” - Poco “Because” - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/3 "2019-07-23T21:29:27Z")
“If I Fell” - Beatles ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/4 "2019-07-23T21:30:47Z")
“Seven Bridges Road” - Eagles ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/5 "2019-07-23T21:37:05Z")
Anything by [the Mamas and the Papas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M7gKZqgHn4) ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/6 "2019-07-23T21:43:26Z")
[The Staves - Tired As Fuck](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OxkDzVm-Mc) ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/7 "2019-07-23T21:45:00Z")
Anything by [The Roches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDy0s5LyMIg) ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/8 "2019-07-23T22:18:44Z")
Here’s the Flying Pickets doing all the singing **and** all the instruments in harmony. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/9 "2019-07-23T22:41:23Z")
The Nylons - [Dream](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xER5N1bToQY) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/10 "2019-07-23T22:52:45Z")
Blue Öyster Cult - _Don’t fear the Reaper._ ---
**Author:** ![saucywench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@saucywench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saucywench)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/11 "2019-07-24T00:24:42Z")
One Toke Over The Line - Brewer & Shipley ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/12 "2019-07-24T01:24:26Z")
Crosby Stills & Nash, [Find the Cost of Freedom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMfvYxK9Zoo) [(jump to the nice harmony part for the impatient)](https://youtu.be/GMfvYxK9Zoo?t=88) The Roches, [On the Road to Fairfax County](https://youtu.be/GawyW1BqmEI?t=3) [(jump to the nice harmony…)](https://youtu.be/GawyW1BqmEI?t=52) Queen (somebody named Freddy Mercury harmonizing with Freddy Mercury several times over): [The Prophet’s Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkxPAkQoWys) [(jump…)](https://youtu.be/xkxPAkQoWys?t=203) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/13 "2019-07-24T01:56:52Z")
Steeleye Span, “The Weaver and the Factory Maid” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Do7epBepl8U/hqdefault.jpg "Steeleye Span The weaver and the factory maid") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Do7epBepl8U) especially from 4:25 to the end ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/14 "2019-07-24T02:03:19Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Crosby Stills & Nash, [Find the Cost of Freedom](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMfvYxK9Zoo) > [(jump to the nice harmony part for the impatient)](https://youtu.be/GMfvYxK9Zoo?t=88) Good one. They had a lot of good ones. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/15 "2019-07-24T02:08:05Z")
[Another real oldie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8of3uhG1tCI) by the Andrews Sisters. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/16 "2019-07-24T02:31:58Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > \ Queen (somebody named Freddy Mercury harmonizing with Freddy Mercury several times over): [The Prophet’s Song](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkxPAkQoWys) > [(jump…)](https://youtu.be/xkxPAkQoWys?t=203) To this day, I’m still astonished how well done that is. It’s just an echo chamber with two repeats. :smack: (It’s really probably some kind of tape splice trick.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/17 "2019-07-24T02:36:39Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Anything by [the Mamas and the Papas](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M7gKZqgHn4) Especially [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-PmnVPOUaA&t=2m13s). ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/18 "2019-07-24T02:49:27Z")
Perhaps best known for gospel and other religious music some 75 years ago, the Golden Gate Quartet also recorded more secular songs such as “[Atom and Evil](https://archive.org/details/78_atom-and-evil_golden-gate-quartet-singer-zaret_gbia0001102a/Atom+And+Evil+-+Golden+Gate+Quartet+-+Singer.flac)”. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/19 "2019-07-24T02:57:35Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Anything by [The Roches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDy0s5LyMIg) Agree completely. [Bobtown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSU7bRchmOs) also has some great harmonies. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504/20 "2019-07-24T03:06:04Z")
^ Very nice! I really dig those glasses on far-right girl. And a Danelectro bass? Righteous!! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-harmonies-in-song/837504.md?page=2)