MY FAVE DUET TOP 20 FROM .......1961

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Roger

2024-11-16 08:00:53 UTC

MY FAVE 20 DUET RECORDS

TODAY........FROM 1961

I suppose I'm being overly optimistic in hoping that we can all agree
here on exactly what a duet is 😊

Bearing in mind that my Duet Top 20's in latter years of the era we
discuss here are going to be top heavy with material from just one act
(no prizes for guessing) let's see how this flies.....

1. SOOTHE ME THE SIMS TWINS

2. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE RAY CHARLES & BETTY CARTER

3. WALK RIGHT BACK THE EVERLY BROTHERS

4. COUNTRY BOY JIM & BOB HARRISON

5. WHAT'S YOUR NAME DON & JUAN

6. CRYING IN THE RAIN THE EVERLY BROTHERS

7. WHOA-HO (LET'S GET TOGETHER) KITTY & CLAY

8. NO MORE PAIN SAM & DAVE

9. GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL DON & BOB

10. I LIKE TO SEE MY BABY LITTLE WILLIE JOHN & HANK BALLARD

11. SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER JOHNNY & JACKEY

12. THE MOUNTAIN'S HIGH DICK & DEEDEE

13. HEART AND SOUL JAN & DEAN

14. A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE JAN & DEAN

15. TAKES TWO TO TANGO RAY CHARLES & BETTY CARTER

16. I'M NOT ANGRY THE EVERLY BROTHERS

17. THE ROACH GENE & WENDELL

18. EBONY EYES THE EVERLY BROTHERS

19. TEMPTATION THE EVERLY BROTHERS

20. HE'S GOT MY SYMPATHY THE EVERLY BROTHERS (UNRELEASED)

BUBBLING UNDER

21. DON'T BLAME ME - THE EVERLY BROTHERS
22. WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM - THE EVERLY BROTHERS
23. ARE YOU SURE - THE ALLISONS
24. JINGLE BELL ROCK - BOBBY RYDELL & CHUBBY CHECKER
25. GOODBYE TO LOVE - DICK & DEEDEE

RWC

2024-11-16 17:35:33 UTC

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Post by Roger
MY FAVE 20 DUET RECORDS
TODAY........FROM 1961

Playlist (25 tracks):
https://www.youtube.com/watch_videos?video_ids=JMOKI0kPOrI,wB-KN4Ojjbk,hKE98ZvwXz0,KtACD8XlHdo,BJSQnTaYcts,7O4iGs5POH4,KF67shswQTA,YPwrEdjUN4E,uPt8DOaxYaM,fysV1BQn_XM,2IQBqfrukto,VCgiEqAlLfM,NKr1yXJ9X7s,SeBYvlglNWE,h9v53SQp_nU,Yi27qcI-Fb4,bTwNc5g_aYA,4fF6UUvbHIw,IymHqQjuG0Y,zpTZdKjRO7g,fUoSMmZOisI,J4D8_oobrqU,ov9of9qdtKA,NA_CMZ8lh-M,7DvqsGJO5jE,

1. SOOTHE ME THE SIMS TWINS
http://youtu.be/JMOKI0kPOrI

2. BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE RAY CHARLES & BETTY CARTER
http://youtu.be/wB-KN4Ojjbk

3. WALK RIGHT BACK THE EVERLY BROTHERS
http://youtu.be/hKE98ZvwXz0

4. COUNTRY BOY JIM & BOB HARRISON
http://youtu.be/KtACD8XlHdo

5. WHAT'S YOUR NAME DON & JUAN
http://youtu.be/BJSQnTaYcts

6. CRYING IN THE RAIN THE EVERLY BROTHERS
http://youtu.be/7O4iGs5POH4

7. WHOA-HO (LET'S GET TOGETHER) KITTY & CLAY
http://youtu.be/KF67shswQTA

8. NO MORE PAIN SAM & DAVE
http://youtu.be/YPwrEdjUN4E

9. GOOD MORNING LITTLE SCHOOLGIRL DON & BOB
http://youtu.be/uPt8DOaxYaM

10. I LIKE TO SEE MY BABY LITTLE WILLIE JOHN & HANK BALLARD
http://youtu.be/fysV1BQn_XM

11. SOMEDAY WE'LL BE TOGETHER JOHNNY & JACKEY
http://youtu.be/2IQBqfrukto

12. THE MOUNTAIN'S HIGH DICK & DEEDEE
http://youtu.be/VCgiEqAlLfM

13. HEART AND SOUL JAN & DEAN
http://youtu.be/NKr1yXJ9X7s

14. A SUNDAY KIND OF LOVE JAN & DEAN
http://youtu.be/SeBYvlglNWE

15. TAKES TWO TO TANGO RAY CHARLES & BETTY CARTER
http://youtu.be/h9v53SQp_nU

16. I'M NOT ANGRY THE EVERLY BROTHERS
http://youtu.be/Yi27qcI-Fb4

17. THE ROACH GENE & WENDELL
http://youtu.be/bTwNc5g_aYA

18. EBONY EYES THE EVERLY BROTHERS
http://youtu.be/4fF6UUvbHIw

19. TEMPTATION THE EVERLY BROTHERS
http://youtu.be/IymHqQjuG0Y

20. HE'S GOT MY SYMPATHY THE EVERLY BROTHERS (UNRELEASED)
http://youtu.be/zpTZdKjRO7g

BUBBLING UNDER

DON'T BLAME ME - THE EVERLY BROTHERS

WHEN I GROW TOO OLD TO DREAM - THE EVERLY BROTHERS

ARE YOU SURE - THE ALLISONS

JINGLE BELL ROCK - BOBBY RYDELL & CHUBBY CHECKER

GOODBYE TO LOVE - DICK & DEEDEE

Dean

2024-11-17 04:34:03 UTC

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"Ebony Eyes" is bloody awful, like all of that early '60s Death Rock
garbage.

Roger

2024-11-17 07:09:26 UTC

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Post by Dean
"Ebony Eyes" is bloody awful, like all of that early '60s Death Rock
garbage.

Obviously I like "Ebony Eyes" which I've done ever since I bought the
record when it was current. The lyrics and general tone of the record
don't bother me since the harmonies are some of their best ever

RWC

2024-11-16 19:19:32 UTC

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Post by Roger
MY FAVE 20 DUET RECORDS
TODAY........FROM 1961

without doing time consuming research I can't add anything
to Roger's 1961 list of duets

this was released in 1961 but it originally came out in 1958
as by The Pledges on [Rev 3517;;Phoenix AZ]:

Skip and Flip - Betty Jean [Time 1031;b-side] - 1961

Clyde "Skip" Battin with Gary "Flip" Paxton (as The Pledges)

Bruce

2024-11-16 21:03:21 UTC

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Here is what I have.

01 ¦ Poor Fool ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
02 ¦ Soothe Me ¦ Sims Twins
03 ¦ Walk Right Back ¦ Everly Brothers
04 ¦ I Play For Keeps ¦ Little Mac (Georgia Hinton)
05 ¦ Harchy Carchy ¦ Gene & Ruth
06 ¦ I'm Jealous ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
07 ¦ Crying In The Rain ¦ Everly Brothers
08 ¦ It's Gonna Work Out Fine ¦ Ike & Tina Turner

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Bruce

2024-11-16 21:09:08 UTC

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Oops! Missed one. Sam & Dave.

01 ¦ Poor Fool ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
02 ¦ Soothe Me ¦ Sims Twins
03 ¦ Walk Right Back ¦ Everly Brothers
04 ¦ I Play For Keeps ¦ Little Mac (Georgia Hinton)
05 ¦ No More Pain ¦ Sam & Dave
06 ¦ Harchy Carchy ¦ Gene & Ruth
07 ¦ I'm Jealous ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
08 ¦ Crying In The Rain ¦ Everly Brothers
09 ¦ It's Gonna Work Out Fine ¦ Ike & Tina Turner

I guess Roger does not consider Ike & Tina to be a duo unless they both
sing maybe?

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DianeE

2024-11-16 21:45:39 UTC

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Post by Bruce
Oops! Missed one. Sam & Dave.
01 ¦ Poor Fool ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
02 ¦ Soothe Me ¦ Sims Twins
03 ¦ Walk Right Back ¦ Everly Brothers
04 ¦ I Play For Keeps ¦ Little Mac (Georgia Hinton)
05 ¦ No More Pain ¦ Sam & Dave
06 ¦ Harchy Carchy ¦ Gene & Ruth
07 ¦ I'm Jealous ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
08 ¦ Crying In The Rain ¦ Everly Brothers
09 ¦ It's Gonna Work Out Fine ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
I guess Roger does not consider Ike & Tina to be a duo unless they both
sing maybe?
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"Poor Fool" is not a duet, but "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is.

Roger

2024-11-16 22:08:49 UTC

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Post by DianeE

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"Poor Fool" is not a duet, but "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is

EXACTLY! I was just about to answer Bruce when I saw this. THere are
seveeral other Ike & Tina records that year but "It's Gonna Work Out
Fine" is the only duet AFAICS

Thanks Diane!

Bruce

2024-11-16 22:14:13 UTC

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Post by Roger

Post by DianeE

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"Poor Fool" is not a duet, but "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is

EXACTLY! I was just about to answer Bruce when I saw this. THere are
seveeral other Ike & Tina records that year but "It's Gonna Work Out
Fine" is the only duet AFAICS
Thanks Diane!

So according to you it's only a duet if 2 people are both singing. So
"Unchained Melody" by the Righteous Brothers is not a duet.

Here is the dictionary definition.

a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or
dancers.

So is "Exodus" by Ferrante & Teicher" a duet?

How about "Sleep Walk" by Santo & Johnny.

I guess according to you both people have to be doing the same thing for
it to be a duet. If one is playing and one is singing, ala Les Paul &
Mary Ford, then it's not a duet?

In the Les Paul & Mary Ford case both are playing but only one is
singling. So that's not a duet?

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Roger

2024-11-17 07:40:33 UTC

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"Poor Fool" is not a duet, but "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is

EXACTLY! I was just about to answer Bruce when I saw this. THere are
seveeral other Ike & Tina records that year but "It's Gonna Work Out
Fine" is the only duet AFAICS
Thanks Diane!

Yes,I've boned up on the duets definition too and both of these are
duets if its accepted that instrumentals count too. At the time of the
Dazzling Duets contest neither instrumental "counted" so neither was
included (and of course NOBODY here raised a single objection to that
fact)---but times change and so do minds so I'm more minded now to
include examples like these as duets so you can look forward to "Sleep
Walk" almost certainly featuring in the 1959 edition of the present
series of posts

Post by Bruce
I guess according to you both people have to be doing the same thing
for it to be a duet. If one is playing and one is singing, ala Les Paul
& Mary Ford, then it's not a duet?
In the Les Paul & Mary Ford case both are playing but only one is
singing. So that's not a duet?

Under the definition of "duet" as currently presented I imagine Les &
Mary qualify as a "duet" which will certainly make the earlier 1950's
years editions of this series much easier to compile

Of course taking this "new" definition to its logical conclusion now
means that EVERY Ike & Tina record with a vocal is a duet since Ike is
playing on all whilst Tina does her thing

Roger

2024-11-16 22:16:16 UTC

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As I just mentioned to Diane "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is certainly a
duet as both Ike & Tina contribute vocally so I have messed up bad in
missing that one---"one" being the operative word for it since it would
be #1 on my list (its a 9 on my 1961 list)

Did not know the Gene & Ruth. Not bad at all,need to hear it a few more
times

Bruce

2024-11-16 22:26:20 UTC

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Post by Roger

As I just mentioned to Diane "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is certainly a
duet as both Ike & Tina contribute vocally so I have messed up bad in
missing that one---"one" being the operative word for it since it would
be #1 on my list (its a 9 on my 1961 list)
Did not know the Gene & Ruth. Not bad at all,need to hear it a few more
times

I discovered it through Frankie C. It's a big Beach Music record.

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Bruce

2024-11-17 01:16:12 UTC

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Post by Roger

Diane says that the male voice on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is not Ike.
It's some other guy. So is true is it still a duet for you?

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RWC

2024-11-17 02:14:03 UTC

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Post by Bruce

Post by Roger

Post by Bruce
09 ¦ It's Gonna Work Out Fine ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
I guess Roger does not consider Ike & Tina to be a duo unless they both
sing maybe?

Diane says that the male voice on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is not Ike.
It's some other guy. So is true is it still a duet for you?

Notes I made in an mp3 filename says Mickey Baker was the guy (and Sylvia
Vanderpool played rhythm guitar, for what it's worth).

I've got about 20 mp3s of this song (from 20 different compilations of
course) and what's crazy is that I never got around to suffixing any of
them with a (G), which is why I couldn't readily list it as a fave 1961
duet.

I stand to be corrected, but if Roger is to be consistent with his Vocal
Group definition I don't think he'll accept this recording as a duet :-)

Roger

2024-11-17 07:12:57 UTC

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Post by RWC

Post by Bruce

Post by Roger

Post by Bruce
09 ¦ It's Gonna Work Out Fine ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
I guess Roger does not consider Ike & Tina to be a duo unless they both
sing maybe?

Diane says that the male voice on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is not Ike.
It's some other guy. So is true is it still a duet for you?

Notes I made in an mp3 filename says Mickey Baker was the guy (and Sylvia
Vanderpool played rhythm guitar, for what it's worth).
I've got about 20 mp3s of this song (from 20 different compilations of
course) and what's crazy is that I never got around to suffixing any of
them with a (G), which is why I couldn't readily list it as a fave 1961
duet.
I stand to be corrected, but if Roger is to be consistent with his Vocal
Group definition I don't think he'll accept this recording as a duet :-)

I already knew it's not Ike's vocal on there but it IS a single male
vocal and matched to Tina's vocals = a bona fide duet,no?

RWC

2024-11-17 20:58:05 UTC

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Post by Bruce
09 ¦ It's Gonna Work Out Fine ¦ Ike & Tina Turner
I guess Roger does not consider Ike & Tina to be a duo unless they both
sing maybe?

Diane says that the male voice on "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" is not Ike.
It's some other guy. So is true is it still a duet for you?

Notes I made in an mp3 filename says Mickey Baker was the guy (and Sylvia
Vanderpool played rhythm guitar, for what it's worth).
I've got about 20 mp3s of this song (from 20 different compilations of
course) and what's crazy is that I never got around to suffixing any of
them with a (G), which is why I couldn't readily list it as a fave 1961
duet.
I stand to be corrected, but if Roger is to be consistent with his Vocal
Group definition I don't think he'll accept this recording as a duet :-)

I already knew it's not Ike's vocal on there but it IS a single male
vocal and matched to Tina's vocals = a bona fide duet,no?

Fine by me, squire, Bobs your uncle!