Thread by @StacyLeMelle, I've been thinking a lot about duets & how nice it was [...]

I& #39;ve been thinking a lot about duets & how nice it was to come up in a time when glorious duets played on the radio.

Have to start with the monster. This one hit #1 on Hot 100 in Aug 1981 & stayed for 9 weeks: @LionelRichie & @DianaRoss& #39;s "Endless Love." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Bwwo7ctG10">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

The song you had to sing anytime you saw someone after or a while, or just put peanut butter and jelly together: "Reunited" by Peaches & Herb. 4 weeks at #1 on Hot 100 & R&B charts. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26J0uDIGErM">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Getting more into Pillow Talk/Quiet Storm territory with Sergio Mendes& #39; "Never Gonna Let You Go" sung by Joe Pizzulo and Leeza Miller. In 1983 peaked at #4 on Hot 100 and went #1 for 4 weeks on Adult Cont. chart. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0N2nh6sT2WY">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

How can you not get happy listening to "Islands in the Stream" by @_KennyRogers, rest in peace, and @DollyParton?! I may not have appreciated this song as a kid but I do now. Written by the Brothers Gibb, hit #1 on Hot 100 in 1983. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQW7I62TNOw">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Detroit& #39;s own @BobSeger wrote "We& #39;ve Got Tonight" - truth be told, in my mind I mash up him singing with Sheena Easton. But she sang it with @_KennyRogers, rest in peace. In 1983 went #1 on country charts & #6 on Hot 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3BuITOx3Cs">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Skip ahead a few years to

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musiknote" aria-label="Emoji: Musiknote">you walked in, I woke up

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎵" title="Musiknote" aria-label="Emoji: Musiknote"> and we have the mighty Prince with the dear Sheena in U Got The Look. Hit #2 on Hot 100 in 1987. I have thoughts about the lyrics he delighted in having Sheena sing, but that& #39;s for another thread... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jCuroTbqBI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Yes, "Up Where We Belong" is from *An Officer and a Gentleman* but for me it& #39;s from late night radio. This Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes duet hit #1 on the Hot 100 in 1982. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Atf6oaWOpIo">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

Now I have to admit that after hearing this song 2 zillion times on radio, in *Dirty Dancing*, in ads, I was today-years-old when I learned the female vocalist here is Jennifer Warnes - the same Jennifer Warnes from *Up Where We Belong* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVSEX2azwjE">https://www.youtube.com/watch... #1 Hot 100 & Oscar!

Written and produced (but for Motown!) by the incomparable Ashford & Simpson, we take it back to the GREATS.... In 1968, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell& #39;s "You& #39;re All I Need to Get By" went #1 for 5 weeks on R&B chart, #7 on Hot 100. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3oAHsIX8LI">https://www.youtube.com/watch...

That Tammi died at age 24 of a brain tumor...

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😢" title="Weinendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Weinendes Gesicht"> they say Marvin was never the same afterwards...

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