The Borden Family was just sitting around tonight playing cards and asking Alexa to play random songs. One of the first ones I thought of was “Islands in the Stream”, by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton.
The song got me thinking about other duets I’ve enjoyed over the years, and so I decided to put together a sort of playlist of some of my favorites. So in no particular order:
I Got You Babe, Sonny and Cher
Baby It’s Cold Outside: Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting
Summer Nights: John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John
and another one from Grease, You’re the One That I Want:
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers: Neil Diamond and Barbra Streisand
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart Elton John and Kiki Dee
Paradise by the Dashboard Light: Meatloaf and Ellen Foley
You’ve Got a Friend: James Taylor and Carole King:
I’ve Had the Time of My Life: Bill Medley and Jennifer Warren (from Dirty Dancing)
And great duets don’t have to be just boy/girl. Here are some two guys and two gals duets:
Ebony and Ivory: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
Under Pressure: Freddie Mercury (Queen) and David Bowie (they actually never performed it together live):
Good Hearted Woman: Waylon Jennings and WIllie Nelson
Tennessee Waltz: Bonnie Raitt and Norah Jones
For Good (from Wicked): Kristin Chenoweth and Idina Menzel
It’s Five O’Clock Somewhere: Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett
And some are from animated movies, sort of:
A Whole New World: Aladdin and Jasmine
True Colors: it’s a classic Cyndi Lauper song, but this version is by Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick from the movie Trolls. I just found this song tonight, but it’s already one of my favorites. I’m not sure why…
And this final one I never really heard of until I started searching for classic duets, but I couldn’t resist including it here because of the classic song title:
You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly, Conway Twitter and Loretta Lynn
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