The Greatest Duets of All Times

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Annotation

Annotation last modified on 2016-02-09 13:50 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1River Deep, Mountain HighIke & Tina Turner3:36
2The Girls in Paris
recording of:
The Girls in Paris
composer:
Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom2:27
3A Rockin’ Good Way
vocals:
Brook Benton (in 1960) and Dinah Washington (in 1960)
cover recording of:
A Rockin’ Good Way
writer:
Brook Benton, Luchi de Jesus (American composer and producer) and Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships)
Dinah Washington & Brook Benton42:26
4Up Above My Head
Johnnie Ray & Frankie Laine2:14
5Things
vocals:
Dean Martin (American singer/actor) and Nancy Sinatra
cover recording of:
Things
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Darin
publisher:
Alley Music Corp. and Trio Music Company
Nancy Sinatra & Dean Martin2:41
6What Now My Love
recording of:
What Now My Love
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
translated version of:
Et maintenant
Sonny & Cher3:27
7Unchained Melody
engineer:
Larry Levine
producer:
Phil Spector
vocals:
Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley
arranger:
Jack Nitzsche (American musician and score composer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label) and Universal Records (UMG subsidiary, “RECORDS” must be a part of the logo; read annotation) (in 1966)
recorded at:
Radio Recorders Studios (Santa Monica Blvd. location since 1949) in West Hollywood, California, United States (in 1965-03)
part of:
The Co-Op: Top 10 British Funeral Songs (number: 8), The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 269) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 366)
cover recording of:
Unchained Melody (in 1965-03)
publisher:
Hy Zaret
lyricist:
Hy Zaret
composer:
Alex North (US composer)
publisher:
Frank Music Corp. (ended), HZUM Publishing, MPL Communication Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), MPL Musik Verlags GmbH, North Melody Publishing and Unchained Melody Publishing, LLC
sub-publisher:
日音 Synch事業部
The Righteous Brothers33:38
8I Need More of You
The Bellamy Brothers3:24
9Proud Mary
engineer:
Brent Maher
producer:
Ike Turner
instruments:
Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm
background vocals:
The Ikettes
lead vocals:
Tina Turner
vocals:
Ike Turner
part of:
New York Post: 100 Greatest Covers (2007) (number: 69)
cover recording of:
Proud Mary
lyricist and composer:
John Fogerty
publisher:
Burlington Music Co., Ltd., Cierco Music, Warner Chappell, Jondora Music (on 1968-12-27) and Jondora Musikverlag (publisher) (in 1970)
Ike & Tina Turner4.54:56
10Knock on Wood
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
producer:
Jim Stewart (US producer, founder for Stax & Volt Records)
bass [electric bass]:
Donald “Duck” Dunn (US bass guitarist, session musician, record producer & songwriter) (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
drums (drum set):
Al Jackson (Booker T & The MGs drummer) (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
guitar:
Steve Cropper (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
piano:
Booker T. Jones (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
tenor saxophone:
Joe Arnold (from 1967-01 until 1967-02) and Andrew Love (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
trumpet:
Wayne Jackson (trumpet/horn, member of The Mar-Keys and The Memphis Horns) (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
vocals:
Otis Redding (from 1967-01 until 1967-02) and Carla Thomas (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
cover recording of:
Knock on Wood (from 1967-01 until 1967-02)
writer:
Steve Cropper and Eddie Floyd
publisher:
East Memphis Music, Irving Music, Inc., Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Rondor Music Publishing, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America
Carla Thomas & Otis Redding42:50
11True Love
vocals:
Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly (US film actress)
orchestra:
MGM Studio Orchestra
conductor:
Johnny Green (composer and conductor, often credited as John Green)
recording of:
True Love (High Society) (on 1956-02-02)
lyricist and composer:
Cole Porter (composer) (in 1956)
publisher:
Buxton Hill Music Corp., Chappell & Co Ltd., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music (UK), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09)
sub-publisher:
Warner Chappel Music Belgium NV
part of:
High Society (1956 film)
part of:
High Society (stage musical)
Grace Kelly & Bing Crosby3:07
12Islands in the Stream
vocals:
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1983)
recording of:
Islands in the Stream
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
BMG Music, Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Summerhill Songs, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers4.354:10
13Sand
recording of:
Sand
lyricist and composer:
Lee Hazlewood
Lee Hazlewood & Suzi Jane Hokom3:36
14Summer Wine
cover recording of:
Summer Wine
lyricist and composer:
Lee Hazlewood
Nancy Sinatra & Lee Hazlewood33:41
15Fun, Fun, Fun
cover recording of:
Fun, Fun, Fun
lyricist and composer:
Mike Love (Beach Boys) and Brian Wilson (Beach Boys co‐founder)
publisher:
Almo Music Corporation (USA, affiliated with ASCAP), Elmwin Music Inc., EMI Music (do not use as release label! this is a music publisher), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Irving Music, Inc. and Sea of Tunes Publishing Co. (work publisher, NOT the bootleg label)
Jan & Dean2:08
16Lover Please
engineer:
Chip Young (American session guitarist, bassist, producer in the genre of country)
producer:
Fred Foster
background vocals:
Billy Swan
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1974)
recorded at:
Youngun Sound Studio in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
cover recording of:
Lover Please
lyricist and composer:
Billy Swan
Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge43:02
17Summer Nights
producer:
Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer)
mixer:
David J. Holman
strings arranger:
Bhen Lanzarone
arranger:
John Farrar, Michael Gibson (trombone) and Louis St. Louis (American songwriter, music arranger and singer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RSO Records, Inc. (US company that owned the RSO label, not the label itself.) (in 1978)
recording of:
Summer Nights (Grease, 1971 musical)
writer:
Warren Casey and Jim Jacobs
publisher:
Chappell Musikverlag GmbH, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.), Warner Chappell Music France and Warner/Chappell Music International Ltd.
part of:
Grease (1971 musical)
Olivia Newton‐John & John Travolta4.253:37
18On the Wings of a Nightingale
recording engineer and mixer:
Carey Taylor
producer:
Dave Edmunds
additional guitar:
Dave Edmunds and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
vocals:
Don Everly and Phil Everly
recorded at and mixed at:
Maison Rouge in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom
recording of:
On the Wings of a Nightingale
lyricist and composer:
Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
The Everly Brothers2:34
19Come Together
cover recording of:
Come Together
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Northern Songs, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC
is based on:
You Can’t Catch Me
Ike & Tina Turner43:40
20Sing C’Est La Vie
recording of:
Sing c’est la vie
lyricist:
Brian Stone (producer)
composer:
Sonny Bono and Charles Greene (producer)
Sonny & Cher3:34