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I'll get the conversation started! One of my favorite duets would have to be "Some Velvet Morning" by Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood. ICONIC.

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Great choice! I love every song they ever did together but "Some Velvet Morning" is definitely one of their best duets.

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Of COURSE you know about Lee Hazlewood!

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One of my favorite duets is definitely "Where is the Love" by Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway. Their voices together, that pure harmony, their love for each other . . . it gets me every time.

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Oooh that's a fantastic duet! Another favorite. You love to put that one on playlists/mixes.

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Ditto!

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I can really go for the cinnamon chicken, that sounds so delish.

Duets, well I have three and of course one of you already claimed it! "Where is the Love?" Flack & Hathaway. Then there's "Get Closer" Seals & Croft duet with former Honey Cone singer, Carolyn Willis! Honey Cone was famous for "Want Ads." Lastly, "Under Pressure," David Bowie & Freddie Mercury / Queen. In spite of the friction in making "Pressure" it was a kind of theme song for us.

By the way, on covers of Serge Gainsbourg, Beck issued a release of a tribute album which I can't find nor know it's name. Histoire de Melody. The string arrangements for these songs are exactly like the original, which in and by itself I found amazing.

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Omg, I love "Get Closer!" And, without a doubt, "Under Pressure" has to be one of the best duets of all time! Great choices!

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Nice! Those are both amazing duets. I don't know that Beck album - we'll have to check it out!

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Hmm best duets....

I feel compelled to nominate a Peabo Bryson duet...for reasons :)

Personal favorites:

The Next Time I Fall - Peter Cetera & Amy Grant

Leather and Lace - Stevie Nicks & Don Henley

Pancho and Lefty - Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard

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Peabo Bryson had some pretty memorable duets - he and Roberta Flack's "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" and also his duet with Minnie Riperton, "Here We Go" - classics!

Thanks for all of your great choices!

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Nice choices! Thanks for picking three *completely* different duets.

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One of my all time favorite duets, which at one time i had planned to re-create with my friend the late Nudy Henske whic sadly did not happen, but "Far Away Blues" by Bessie a d Clara Smith

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I would have given anything to hear a duet with you and Judy Henske! But "Far Away Blues" is amazing! Iconic duet! Maybe you and I should do it?

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Allons-y!

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Pardon my faulty phone typing skills, i was referring of course to my dear friend Judy Henske, the Bessir and Clara Smith duet. Bessie and Clara were not related.

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I absolutely adore the late great Judy Henske! Love Bessie and Clara Smith (and that duet in particular) as well. Thanks for commenting, Ace!

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Another worthy of mention is "Insane Asylum" by Willie Dixon and Koko Taylor!

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LOVE this duet. I treasure my Koko Taylor vinyl!

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