# Male duets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 25, 2004, 9:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021 "2004-10-25T09:15:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Podkayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@Podkayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Podkayne)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/21 "2004-10-25T18:27:19Z")
_Say, Say, Say_ by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. _The Highwayman_, which **Sampiro** mentioned, is performed by Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylong Jennings and Kris Kristofferson. And how 'bout the catalog of Simon & Garfunkel? ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/22 "2004-10-25T18:47:34Z")
Check out the country “Brother Acts”. Bill & Charlie Monroe sang together before Bill went off to start his band. Ralph & Carter Stanley were also bluegrass pioneers. The Delmore Brothers were a bit bluesier & the a recent tribute album honors the Louvin Brothers. Genetically similar voices & lifelong experience singing together make for real “goosebump” harmonies. Look for anything by these duets. The Everly Brothers brought this mountain tradition into modern times. Nick Lowe & Dave Edmunds devoted an EP to Everly duets. The Bernal brothers made some hits here in Texas, back in the 50’s. Their “Mi Único Camino”–featured in the soundtrack of _Lone Star_–showed some “goosebump” harmonies in Spanish. Then, there are the classic Mexican trio acts… ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/23 "2004-10-25T20:36:41Z")
[ul] [li]_Baby Grand_, Billy Joel & Ray Charles (it’s not on the album that **SuperNelson** mentioned)[/li][li]_Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy_, Bing Crosby & David Bowie[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/24 "2004-10-25T20:52:21Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > Isn’t Angel a trans woman? > [@Sampiro](#): > > No, just a drag afficianado. (He is first seen in the play dressed as a man.) Sampiro’s right. Angel’s referred to as both “he” and “she” in the script. Collins usually calls him “he”, whereas Maureen and Mimi call her “her.” Make of that what you will. 'Sides, voices is voices, and the song’s definitely written for a tenor, not an alto. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/25 "2004-10-25T20:57:48Z")
The magnetic fields - “the one you really love” TV on the radio - “dreams” the Human League - “keep feeling fascination” ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/26 "2004-10-25T20:58:42Z")
On Johnny Cash’s last album (American IV), he does a duet of “Desperado” with Don Henley, and “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” with Nick Cave. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/27 "2004-10-25T21:00:15Z")
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds : **The Weeping Song** - another “father and son” song, but Cat Stevens it is not. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/28 "2004-10-25T21:33:47Z")
You should hear _Where the Wild Roses Grow_, with Blixa Bargeld in the female role. Very strange. ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/29 "2004-10-25T21:42:04Z")
And of course, though both have recorded it separately, the canonical version of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” which Elton John wrote for George Michael, is the concert version that they perform together. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Norse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/big_norse/32/9954_2.png) [@Big\_Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Norse)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/30 "2004-10-25T21:45:38Z")
This CD by [Ray Charles](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002F7I9Y/qid=1098740868/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-2654672-5912606?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) is all duets, and it include ones with James Taylor, Elton John, Willie Nelson, Michael Mcdonald, B.B. King, Johnny Mathis, and Van Morrison. ---
**Author:** ![Stuffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Stuffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stuffy)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/31 "2004-10-25T21:54:50Z")
\*There’s nothing better than love \* by Luther Vandross & Gregory Hines Gerald Lavert and his father did a whole album of duets most notably _“Apples Don’t Fall”_ ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2004, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/32 "2004-10-25T21:59:03Z")
I now have “All For the Best” stuck in my head, never mind that I haven’t heard it in years. Thanks, **moriah** and **Liberal**! 😉 Gilbert and Sullivan operettas have plenty of duets for male singers – “Kind Captain, I’ve important information,” _HMS Pinafore_ (baritone/bass) “When I go out of door,” _Patience_ (two baritones) – this one’s fun 😉 “You understand? I think I do,” _Ruddigore_ (tenor/baritone) “Hereupon we’re both agreed,” _Yeomen of the Guard_ (two baritones) “We’re called gondolieri,” _The Gondoliers_ (tenor/baritone) “In every mental lore,” _Utopia Limited_ (two baritones) Can’t think of any others offhand that aren’t part of a larger musical number and don’t have chorus backing, but I’m sure there are more… ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/33 "2004-10-26T03:12:35Z")
I’d echo the Simon and Garfunkel recommendation. Depends what you’re looking for of course, but they’ve got a fair amount of breadth to choose from. > [@Polycarp](#): > > And of course, though both have recorded it separately, the canonical version of “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me,” which Elton John wrote for George Michael, is the concert version that they perform together. Polycarp, not quite sure what you’re saying here, but if it’s that Elton John wrote “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” for George Michael, he didn’t. Its copyright date is 1974 with the lyrics written by Bernie Taupin. If you’re saying that there was an updated version a la “Candle in the Wind” I didn’t realize that. My favourite version of the song is the “live” version done in concert in the 80s. I still like the song even if it did take me…cough…years to realize that the line “I can’t light no more of your darkness” wasn’t really “I can’t light no more Augie Dog days”. What can I say, too many cartoons as a child. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Sparky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@Saint\_Sparky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Sparky)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/34 "2004-10-26T10:10:43Z")
“How Come, How Long” - Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds & Stevie Wonder ---
**Author:** ![gonzoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a6a055/32.png) [@gonzoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzoron)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/35 "2004-10-26T14:49:27Z")
“No More” _Into the Woods_ ---
**Author:** ![jfortun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2acd7d/32.png) [@jfortun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jfortun)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/36 "2004-10-26T15:02:41Z")
Robbie Williams does a couple male/male duets on his album _Swing When You’re Winning_: Well Did You E’vah? with Jon Lovitz, They Can’t Take That Away From Me with Rupert Everett and They are surprisingly good. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2004, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/37 "2004-10-26T15:52:41Z")
The Immortal Louis Armstrong and the Great Bing Crosby did a sly little humorous number called _Gone Fishin’_. Shangri-La! 🆒🙂🆒🙂 ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/38 "2004-10-27T03:35:11Z")
[QUOTE=Katisha] I now have “All For the Best” stuck in my head, never mind that I haven’t heard it in years. Thanks, **moriah** and **Liberal**! 😉 You’re welcome. Here, let me put this into your head: Have you ever seen the TV Movie trainwreck known as “Steven King’s ‘The Langoliers’”? Now, imagine the song, “We’re the Langolieri” Pleasant dreams. Peace. ---
**Author:** ![Tracy\_Lord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/39 "2004-10-27T04:50:39Z")
> [@gonzoron](#): > > “No More” _Into the Woods_ “Agony” is better. 🙂 ---
**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:** [October 27, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/male-duets/271021/40 "2004-10-27T17:28:34Z")
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