# That's a hell of a duet...

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 11, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-hell-of-a-duet/476687 "2008-12-11T06:16:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-hell-of-a-duet/476687/1 "2008-12-11T06:16:30Z")

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Man, I was cruising through YouTube and I discovered some combinations and duets that I never knew existed. Damn, but these guys can rock.

[Jerry Lee Lewis, Ray Charles and Fats Domino.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_k-CL3dJ8k&feature=related) Singing and playing a couple of songs. Wow. And the amazing, super-talented guy running around just watching and _not playing_? Yeah, that’s Paul Shaffer.

[Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJYUSdX-Rps&feature=related) doing “Living For the City.”

[Ray Charles and Ella Fitzgerald](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BDFCR0V46ho&feature=related) doing “Get Your Kicks on Route 66” at the Moulin Rouge.

[Jerry Lee Lewis and Kid Rock](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhJigNH5g9Q&feature=related) doing the Rolling Stones “Honky Tonk Women.” Gets my “What the Hell?” vote.

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**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-hell-of-a-duet/476687/2 "2008-12-11T07:51:11Z")

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If you like those pick up Jerry Lee Lewis’ recent album “Last Man Standing” - it’s duets with some young 'uns like Bruce Springsteen, Jimmy Page, Ringo Star, Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Little Richard, etc. Good stuff.

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**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thats-a-hell-of-a-duet/476687/3 "2008-12-11T08:20:01Z")

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Also found this: [Ray Charles with Babs on backup](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L27LFy2UhaQ) doing “Look What They Done To My Song, Ma.”

(Incidentally, I found [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YC9F6-IIf4c&feature=related) where Ray just steals “Still Crazy After All These Years” from Paul Simon. Just up and walks off with the song. Not a duet, but damn it’s a good rendition.)