Best Duet Songs of the 20th Century - Top 10 Best Duets of All Time

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Top 10 Duet Songs - Greatest Duets of All Time

Top 10 Best Duets of the 20th Century. This selection covers some of the most popular duet songs and finest musical collaborations from the 60's, 70's, 80's and 90's.

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10. Barbra Streisand & Neil Diamond

Great Musical Collaboration and One of the Best 70's Duets

You Don't Bring Me Flowers - 1978
Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand, You Don't Bring Me Flowers
by Gale1543 | video info

4,345 ratings | 2,040,366 views
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Duets - Barbra Streisand

Audio CD & MP3 Album

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Did You Know...?

Barbra Streisand is the only performer ever to have won
Oscar, Grammy, Emmy, Golden Globe and Tony Awards

9. Mariah Carey & Luther Vandross

Mariah Carey's first "high-profile" duet

Endless Love - 1995
ENDLESS LOVE .. Mariah Carey & Luther Vandross
by TheLonelyTuber | video info

4,223 ratings | 1,885,603 views
curated content from YouTube

Mariah Carey

Audio CD and MP3 Albums

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Did You Know...?

Mariah Carey was awarded
"Best-Selling Female Pop Artist of the Millennium"
at the 2000 World Music Awards

8. Sony & Cher

One of the Best Oldies Duets of All Time

I Got You Babe - 1965
SONNY & CHER - I Got You Babe (rare clip)
by mgvintage | video info

4,111 ratings | 2,480,387 views
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Sonny & Cher

Audio CD

The Beat Goes On: The Best of Sonny & Cher

Amazon Price: $3.30 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Album includes the track: "I Got You Babe"

The album features 21 tracks. Sonny Bono was a record-biz vet by the time he hooked up with a teenaged female singer named Cher. After a 1963 flop under the name Caesar and Cleo, the pair clicked with "I Got You Babe" that made them America's favorite pseudohippies for a brief moment.

Pure 60's

The #1 Hits

Pure 60's: The #1 Hits

Amazon Price: $9.91 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

1. Runaround Sue - Dion
2. Runaway - Del Shannon
3. The Lion Sleeps Tonight (Wimoweh) - The Tokens
4. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes
5. It's My Party - Lesley Gore
See all 26 tracks on this disc

7. Billy Preston & Syreeta

A must-have on any all time duet list

With You I'm Born Again - 1979
Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright - With You I'm Born Again
by padventura | video info

1,815 ratings | 630,760 views
curated content from YouTube

Billy Preston

Audio CD - Original recording remastered

Ultimate Collection

Amazon Price: $6.67 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Album includes the hit:
"With You I'm Born Again" feat. Syreeta


With a career that has spanned from Ray Charles to the Beatles and from gospel to funk to rock, Preston was quoted in Rolling Stone circa `71 as saying "Young whites, young blacks, old people, jazz people - I want `em all".

Best Of Billy Preston

Download MP3 Album: The Millennium Collection

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: Best Of Billy Preston

Amazon Price: $9.49 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Includes the amazing
music collaboration with Syreeta - "With You I'm Born Again"
Billy Preston didn't release a big mountain of music, but he hung out with the big boys of Rock during the late '60's and '70's, became the only man credited with playing on a Beatle's LP and released a series of jumping singles that sound as fresh today as they did 30 years ago.

6. Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes

Brilliant Vocal Duo

I've Had The Time Of My Life (Dirty Dancing) - 1987
Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - I've Had the Time of My Life
by shayssss | video info

6,080 ratings | 3,400,495 views
curated content from YouTube

Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack

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Dirty Dancing Soundtrack Album
Spent 18 weeks at #1
On the Billboard 200
In November 1987

Dirty Dancing - DVD (1987)

Starring: Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey

Dirty Dancing (20th Anniversary Edition)

Amazon Price: $8.25 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Includes a classic 80's duet: (I've Had) The Time of My Life Music Video
Plus: Hungry Eyes Music Video, She's Like The Wind Music Video.
Also featuring: "Dirty Dancing with Patrick Swayze" interview featurette, Tribute to Jerry Orbach, "The Classic Story on Stage" featurette, Deleted scenes, Alternate Scenes, Extended Scenes, Original Screen Tests, Multi-Angle Dance Sequences, Interactive Photo Gallery, etc.

'70s: Gold

Original recording remastered

70's: Gold

Amazon Price: $14.27 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

2 Audio CDs
Here comes another collection from the seventies-this time from Universal's "Gold" series. It does a good job combining rock, R & B, funk and disco. Even though it's well put together, it's somewhat expendable. What keeps this collection from being essential is that with a few exceptions, practically all of the tracks are in their edited versions.

5. Peaches & Herb

4 weeks at #1 on both the R&B singles chart & the Billboard Hot 100

Reunited - 1979
One of the greatest Love Duet Songs of the 70's
REUNITED peaches and herb (en vivo)
by adamas0 | video info

253 ratings | 166,463 views
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Peaches & Herb - At Their Best

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Amazing Two-Gendre Singing Partnership
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4. Kate Bush & Peter Gabriel Duo

11 weeks in the UK Top 75 chart in 1986

Don't Give Up - 1986
Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush: Don't Give Up
by daawor | video info

77 ratings | 27,838 views
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So - Peter Gabriel

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'80s Pop Music Hits

2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.

'80s Pop Hits

Amazon Price: $24.99 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

3 CDs
40 songs
Format - Music: MP3
Includes the love song duet Can't We Try, Dan Hill feat. Vonda Sheppard and a great Rock and Roll Duette - Take Me Home Tonight/Be My Baby with Eddie Money and Ronnie Spector.

3. Natalie Cole & Nat King Cole

One of the best duets ever recorded

Unforgettable - 1991
Natalie & Nat King Cole Unforgettable
by MsGOLDENTONES | video info

1,942 ratings | 742,920 views
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Natalie Cole

Unforgettable with Love

Unforgettable

Amazon Price: $4.49 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Album includes the lovely duet:
"Unforgettable" featuring Nat King Cole


Unforgettable with Love was the soulful singer's way of paying tribute to her late, legendary father, Nat "King" Cole, and marked her label debut for Elektra Records.

Did You Know ...?

Unforgettable with Love won
The Grammy Award
for Best Album of The Year in 1992

The Greatest Hits - Nat King Cole

Download MP3 Album

The Greatest Hits

Amazon Price: $9.49 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

22 MP3 songs including:
- Unforgettable featuring Natalie Cole
- Monalisa
- Somewhere Along The Way

Many tunes are digitally remastered.

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2. John Travolta & Olivia Newton John

One of the most popular musical collaborations of all time

Summer Nights - 1978
Olivia Newton-John + John Travolta - You're the One That I Want.MPG
by mogalm | video info

8,828 ratings | 2,726,714 views
automatically generated by YouTube

Grease

Original Soundtrack Album: MP3 Download & Audio CD

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1. Aretha Franklin & George Michael

One of the Best Duets in Music History

I Knew You Were Waiting For Me - 1987
The song reached Number One in both the UK Singles Chart and Billboard's Hot 100
Aretha Franklin f/ George Michael I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
by karmencookie | video info

392 ratings | 203,650 views
curated content from YouTube

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Audio CD: Original recording remastered

Includes one of the Most Famous Duets of the 80's

Ladies & Gentlemen: The Best of George Michael

Amazon Price: $9.70 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Album includes the hit duet:
"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" featuring Aretha Franklin


Split into two CDs, "For The Heart" and "For The Feet," Ladies And Gentlemen highlights the division between raunchy playboy and bland soulboy, both compelled to end every line with "baby" but very different sides of the same beard.

Did You Know...?

"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)"
was Aretha Franklin's Only #1 Hit
in UK Singles Chart

George Michael [MP3]

MP3 Album: Ladies & Gentlemen...The Best of George Michael

Ladies & Gentlemen...The Best of George Michael

Amazon Price: $16.99 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

Includes one of the greatest pop duets "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me"

A well done hits compilation, spread across two discs and including some interesting rarities and new songs. The 22 songs are divided up in non-chronological order, with ballads on one disc and dance tracks on the other.

Important!

100 Hits of the 90's

Audio CD

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This is just one of a new series of compilations with 100 tracks each that are themed with songs of different musical styles from decades past, fondly remembered by those that lived and loved them...and at a very reasonable price!

90's

Amazon Price: $9.18 (as of 02/16/2012)Buy Now

The tracks on this volume feature such best selling artists as Simply Red, The Beloved, Backstreet Boys, NSync, A-Ha, The Farm, Barenaked Ladies, Kylie Minogue, The Corrs, Ini Kamoze, Crash Test Dummies, Des'ree, SWV, Apollo 440, Aztec Camera, Living Colour, Bad Religion and many more! The discs are housed in quality slipcase packaging with embossed cover art.

Top 10 Best Duets of All Time

BEST MALE / FEMALE DUET SONGS BEST OFF LIST

Top 10 MP3 Downloads

Grease

Grease

Grease Soundtrack includes 24 songs by John Travol more...10 points

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing - 20th Anniversary Edition; All 27 s more...7 points

Peter Gabriel - So

Peter Gabriel - So

Remastered Album - MP3 Download4 points

Barbra Strisand - Duets

Barbra Strisand - Duets

Duets Album features musical colaborations with Barry more...3 points

Unforgettable: With Love

Unforgettable: With Love

22 MP3 Songs2 points

Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits

Mariah Carey - Greatest Hits

28 of the best hits including duos with Luther Van more...2 points

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

Joe Cocker's Ultimate Collection includes 20 Best Of more...2 points

Ladies & Gentlemen...The Best of George Michael

Ladies & Gentlemen...The Best of George Michael

28 songs includind duets with Aretha Franklin and more...1 point

The Best Of Sonny & Cher

The Best Of Sonny & Cher

12 songs - LP and Single Versions1 point

Ultimate Collection: Billy Preston

Ultimate Collection: Billy Preston

Download MP3 Album; includes 20 songs0 points

Peaches & Herb - The Millennium Collection

Peaches & Herb - The Millennium Collection

20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: B more...0 points

BEST DUETS: List of Singles & Albums from Amazon.co.uk for UK Visitors

Discover those fabulous male / female duets

10. Barbra Streisand - Duets
> includes the track "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" featuring Neil Diamond
9. Kylie Minogue - Especially for You
> includes the track "Especially for You" featuring Jason Donovan
8. Sonny And Cher - The Ultimate Collection [2004]
> includes the hit "I Got You Babe"
7. Syreeta - Essential Collection
> includes the popular duet song "With You I'm Born Again" feat. Billy Preston
6. Dirty Dancing - Original Soundtrack
> includes the track "I've Had The Time Of My Life " featuring Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes
5. Peaches & Herb - The Best of Peaches & Herb
> includes the love song duo "Reunited"
4. Peter Gabriel - So
> includes the track "Don't Give Up" featuring Kate Bush
3. Natalie Cole - Unforgettable
> includes the track "Unforgettable" featuring Nat King Cole
2. John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease - 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
> includes the track "Summer Nights"
1. George Michael - George Michael - Twenty Five [2006]
> includes the track "I Knew You Were Waiting For Me".

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