15 Musical Duets That Won Thousands of Hearts

“Why record a song alone, when you can amplify your voice with two great singers?” that’s what Freddie Mercury and David Bowie probably thought when they decided to sing “Under Presure.” Putting two singers together for a song can be a great decision to increase an artist’s popularity.

Today the awesome.club will show the best musical duets that made history.

At first, David Bowie was going to join another band, but the chemistry with Freddie Mercury led them to record this gem of music called Under Pressure. It became so famous that the singers released a version a cappella where you can appreciate the power of their voices.

This song became known for everything that happened before its recording. Michael Jackson decided not to work with Freddie Mercury because of the Queen frontman’s drug addiction. Then Walter Yetnikof, president of CBS/Sony, suggested to Michael that he convince Mick Jagger to sing with him, as the Rolling Stones had signed a contract worth 28 million dollars.
with the record company.

Mick Jagger was tired of the attitude of his guitarist Keith Richards, who constantly called him Brenda. Jagger wanted to completely separate himself from the Rolling Stones, but was willing to do a song with Michael Jackson once he had already committed.
by contract. On the day they recorded the song, Mick Jagger had ended his business with
Allen Klein.

State of shock It could have been a great song with two amazing singers, but the context of the background and the tension the musicians went through made it underappreciated.

Anyone who has seen the movie grease know that the song that gained fame was You’re The One That I Want, with Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta. It was so relevant that the actress decided to reinterpret it years later in a show to which she invited John Travolta, driving all nostalgic fans of this musical crazy.

It’s not completely uncommon for an iconic musician to decide to work with an opera star. What is rare is the degree of perfection achieved by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé in this song entitled barcelona🇧🇷 It was Freddie Mercury who had the idea of ​​doing a duet, as they both admired each other.

It’s a shame that even with a friendship of over 40 years, these two friends only met once to record a song. Singer Johnny Cash, considered the “king of country music”, wrote in his biography that, when traveling, he listened to Bob Dylan songs, and that he once sent a letter to Bob saying he was a big fan of his. That’s how their friendship started, which led to this amazing song called Girl From The North Country.

A lot of rumors have been built around these celebrities, but at the end of the day, what matters is their music. The song Dancing in the Street was donated to charity at the Live Aid show. David Bowie and Mick Jagger took it from an all-female vocal group called Martha and the Vandellas and made a new version.

What started as a good friendship and a legendary song between two great artists ended up in flames. After Say, Say, Say, both Michael and Paul were featured on several of each other’s hit songs. It seemed like a friendship that would last forever, but Paul felt betrayed by Michael, who acquired the rights to the Beatles’ songs without consulting his friend. When McCartney found out, he cut the relationship with Jackson and they went their separate ways, but the world will always remember when they both sang together.

The original version of this song was sung by C. Carson Parks and his wife Gail Foote, but Something Stupid only became known when Nancy Sinatra decided to sing it with her father, Frank. As it could not be otherwise, this is, to this day, the most remembered version.

The first duo to record “Endless Love” was Diana Ross and Lionel Richie. Richie actually wrote an instrumental song for the film of the same name, but the producers wanted the song to have lyrics, and for Diana Ross to sing it with someone. When asked who he would nominate as Diana’s partner in her song, Lionel didn’t hesitate to apply. That’s how one of the most romantic songs in history was born.

If you want to take a heartbreaking fact like the Sarajevo war and turn it into a beautiful song, all you have to do is put Bono and Pavarotti on the same stage. Moved by the story of Miss Sarajevo (winner of a beauty pageant and crowned in the middle of a war), the two artists decided to record a song with this name in her honor.

interlude it was originally sung by Timi Yuro for the film of the same name, but it was Morrissey and Siouxsie Sioux who made it famous in 1994. Boz Boorer, Morrissey’s guitarist, produced it. Recording a duet is usually not easy, but Boz Boorer said this one turned out to be perfect.

Beautiful Liar combines the voices of two great pop stars. Beyoncé has met Shakira at different awards shows, and they both thought it would be a good idea to collaborate on a song. Beyoncé’s team took care of everything. The melody was ready, but the lyrics were still missing, which didn’t take long to arrive. One of the producers suggested converting it into a duet, and that’s how Shakira got involved in the project.

When Santana decided to make this song, he went through a long list of singers he could record it with (among them, singer Wes Scantlin), until finally the chosen one was Steven Tyler. Accompanied by a clip starring Nikki Reed, Just Feel Better quickly positioned itself among people’s favorites, winning APRA awards in 2007.

Considered one of Donna Summer’s best songs, No More Tears was sung along with Barbra Streisand and became so famous that several singers later picked it up. No one has performed the song live after this recording, but Streisand sang a part on a tour in 2012, saying that if Donna had still been alive, he would have loved to sing with her again.

Ebony and Ivory refers to racial integration: “on a piano, you need to play the white and black keys to generate harmony”. These two great singers recorded the song in 1982, and it soon became a huge hit. Both McCartney and Wonder shot the clip at different times due to scheduling conflicts, but in the end everything was perfect. The music video was compiled in 2007 on the DVD The McCartney Years.

Not many singers dare to sing live in an interview. Fortunately, Luis Miguel dared. Such an interview appears in the Netflix series (about the singer’s life), but leaves out the part where both are put to sing live. Luis Miguel has done many duets with several stars, including Frank Sinatra, Laura Braningan, but nothing as spontaneous as the ones that happen in this interview, called If in Dejan and fellaste corazon🇧🇷

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