# Popular/Famous Duets **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 18, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977 "2003-11-18T21:28:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigMoUndone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@BigMoUndone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigMoUndone)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/1 "2003-11-18T21:28:51Z")
OK, so I’m doing a series of duets with a friend of mine (female / male duets) and we are trying to do a collection of like 30 seconds each to sing. I was sure Dopers could add more to this list: Sonny + Cher - I Got You Babe Ike + Tina - (havent decided which one yet) Joe Coker + Jennifer Warren - Time of my Life (Dirty Dancing song) John Travolta + Olivia NJ - You’re the one that I want (Grease) Conway + Lonetta - Lousiana Woman, Mississippi Man Paul McCartney + Stevie Wonder - Ebony and Ivory Huey Lewis + Gweneth P - Cruzin Together Ozzie + Lita - close my eyes Forever Peaches + herb - Reunited Kid Rock + Cheryl Crow - Picture Georgre jones + tammy wynette - (havent decided which one yet) elton john + keekee dee - dont go breaking my heart kenny rogers + dolly - islands in the stream neil diamond + barbra streisand - you dont bring me flowers tom petty +stevie nicks - stop dragging my heart around marvin gaye + tammy - aint no mountain high enough and it takes two baby Thanks for any and all suggestions. -BigMoUndone ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/2 "2003-11-18T21:53:15Z")
Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes – I’ve Had the Time of My Life ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/3 "2003-11-18T22:02:31Z")
Don Henley and Stevie Nicks - Leather and Lace ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/4 "2003-11-18T22:07:57Z")
Ah! Your reference to Joe Cocker + Jennifer Warnes fooled me. I thought you skipped the _Dirty Dancing_ song “I’ve Had the Time of My Life”. Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes sang together on the theme to _Officer and a Gentleman_ – “Up Where We Belong”. … More duets: James Taylor and Carly Simon - “Mockingbird” Olivia Newton-John and Cliff Richard - “Suddenly” Kenny Loggins and Stevie Nicks - “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend’” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/91b2a8/32.png) [@Earl\_of\_Sandwhich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_of_Sandwhich)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/5 "2003-11-18T22:10:54Z")
Aaron Neville and Linda Ronstadt: Don’t Know Much ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/6 "2003-11-18T22:14:17Z")
Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville: “Don’t Know Much” ---
**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:** [November 18, 2003, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/7 "2003-11-18T22:15:43Z")
D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/8 "2003-11-19T01:35:16Z")
Since you’re doing one male-male duet, perhaps you could do something by Hall and Oates? ---
**Author:** ![Baby\_Fish\_Mouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a8b319/32.png) [@Baby\_Fish\_Mouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baby_Fish_Mouth)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/9 "2003-11-19T01:39:14Z")
“Unforgettable”–Natalie Cole and her (late) father Nat King ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/10 "2003-11-19T01:43:20Z")
Thom Yorke (Radiohead) and PJ Harvey, “This Mess We’re In”. ---
**Author:** ![Mott\_the\_Hoople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Mott\_the\_Hoople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mott_the_Hoople)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/11 "2003-11-19T07:27:17Z")
Please,Please,Please…Don’t Forget “Muskrat Love”…The Captain and Tenille I’m tearing up…a tissue please? ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/12 "2003-11-19T07:42:36Z")
What? No-one has mentioned _Don’t give up_ by Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush yet? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/13 "2003-11-19T13:49:19Z")
When I read the OP title, one song/duet came to mind: **Baby It’s Cold Outside by Ray Charles and Betty Carter** The most amazing, sexiest give-and-take I have ever heard. Vinyl versions of this track melt when played. Not the same type of music as the others listed, but pretty definitive when it comes to a duet… ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/14 "2003-11-19T14:29:39Z")
Very old stuff but between the years 1950-54, **Les Paul and Mary Ford** had 16 top-ten hits. They had five top-ten hits within nine months: _Tennessee Waltz,_ _Mockin’ Bird Hill,_ _How High the Moon_ ( #1 for nine weeks), _The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise_ and _Whispering._ From August 1952 to March 1953 they had five more top-ten hits: _My Baby’s Coming Home,_ _Lady of Spain,_ _Bye Bye Blues,_ _I’m Sitting on Top of the World_ and _Vaya Con Dios_ (#1 for 11 weeks). All the while, Les was pioneering multi-track recording and reinventing the electric guitar. Quite a run! ---
**Author:** ![WIGGUM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WIGGUM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WIGGUM)\ **Post date:** [November 19, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/15 "2003-11-19T14:34:47Z")
_Endless Love_ by **Lionel Richie and Diana Ross** ---
**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:** [November 19, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/16 "2003-11-19T15:50:40Z")
What the heck? I’ve got some time to kill … Peter Cetera & Amy Grant – “Next Time I Fall” Johnny Mathis & Deniece Williams – “Too Much, Too Little, Too Late” Barbara Streisand & Barry Gibb – “Guilty” Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway – “The Closer I Get to You”, “Back Together Again” Peter Cetera & Cher – “After All” Gram Parsons & Emmylou Harris – “Love Hurts”, “In My Hour of Darkness” Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson – “Candy” Prince & Sheena Easton – “U Got the Look” Sonny & Cher – “I’ve Got You Babe”, “The Beat Goes On” Pet Shop Boys (Neil Tennant) with Dusty Springfield – “What Have I Done to Deserve This?” Aretha Franklin & George Michael – “I Knew You Were Waiting for Me” ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2003, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popular-famous-duets/213977/17 "2003-11-20T07:57:59Z")
**K.D. Lang** did an absolutely fantastic duet with **Roy Orbison** on _Crying_. **Johnnie Cash** and **June Carter Cash** singing _Jackson_. They did a lot of duets, but this was their best one. **Waylon Jennings** and **Willie Nelson** did a whole bunch of very successful duets. No one has mentioned the most popular duet in history, **Simon and Garfunkel**?