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Best Male and Female Country Duets. What is it about duets? Some of the best songs ever made in the history of country music have been male-female duets. The blending of voices and perspectives adds layers of meaning to the song, ingeniously complicating the story.
- Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty – Lead Me on
- Dwight Yoakam and Sheryl Crow – Baby Don’T Go
- Striking Matches – When The Right One Comes Along
- Crystal Gayle and Eddie Rabbit – You and I
- George Strait and Lee Ann Womack – Good News, Bad News
- Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell – All I Have to Do Is Dream
- Alan Jackson and George Strait – Murder on Music Row
- Vince Gill and Dolly Parton – I Will Always Love You
- Lady A and Stevie Nicks – Golden
- The Judds – Love Can Build A Bridge
“Knowing Conway Twitty has been one of the greatest pleasures in life,” said Loretta Lynn. The pair shared an amazing chemistry, showcased on country music duets such as 1970’s “Lead Me On.” They were two-time winners of The American Music Award for Favourite Duo.
Dwight Yoakam’s 1997 album “Under the Covers” featured songs by the Beatles, the Kinks and Sonny & Cher’s “Baby Don’t Go.” Yoakam teamed up with Sheryl Crow – one of the biggest female stars of the 1990s – to deliver a rousing new version of this 1960s hit.
Striking Matches is an American duo consisting of guitarist-songwriters Sarah Zimmermann and Justin Davis. One of their best compositions, “When the Right One Comes Along,” was also a key part of the soundtrack for the hit television show Nashville.
The versatile Crystal Gayle once did a whole duet album with Tom Waits. In 1982, she had a hit with the late Eddie Rabbitt on the romantic country-pop song “You and I,” penned by the acclaimed Nashville songwriter Frank J Myers.
Veteran George Strait’s voice subtly blends with Lee Ann Womack, and Stuart Duncan’s wonderful fiddle playing adds to the appeal of the delicate country love song “Good News, Bad News.” The song appeared on Strait’s 2005 album “Somewhere Down in Texas.”
There have been few better harmony pairings than the Everly Brothers, who made the song “All I Have to Do Is Dream” world famous. In 1968 singer-songwriter Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell recorded their own sweet version of the classic written by Boudleaux Bryant.
“Murder on Music Row” was a 1999 song that lamented the death of “real” country music. When Alan Jackson and George Strait sang it at the County Music Association’s awards that year, they were handed the ‘Vocal Event of the Year’ award. Their subsequent studio version was released as a B-side to Strait’s single “Go On” and it became a cult radio hi...
Dolly Parton had some strange duet partners over the years – including actors Burt Reynolds and Sylvester Stallone – but one of her best collaborations was with Vince Gill. In 1995 they had a chart hit with an affecting duet version of Parton’s 1973 classic “I Will Always Love You.”
Back in the days when Lady A were still called Lady Antebellum, the band recorded a 2014 duet version of their song “Golden” with Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks. “I love Lady Antebellum, and to me, this song is their “Landslide” because it’s just that spectacular,” Nicks said at the time.
Naomi Judd co-wrote the sweet ballad “Love Can Build a Bridge” and her duet version with sister Wynonna won a Grammy in 1992 for ‘Best Country Performance by a Duet’.
- Mashonda feat. Jadakiss – “Can’t Leave the Block Alone” Talk about the pathos of thug love: On this 2005 NYC mixtape hit, Mashonda and Jadakiss embodied the pain felt by drug dealers and the women who love them.
- Rihanna feat. Ne-Yo – “Hate That I Love You” "The best way to express an emotion like love is through storytelling," Ne-Yo said in a 2007 interview. "It makes it more, 'I can relate to this character in this song because I've been through something similar.'"
- The Human League – “Don’t You Want Me” One of the most substantial love tracks in the entirety of the new wave catalogue, its phrasing and story is so Eighties downtown New York that it's amazing Human League were British.
- Lita Ford & Ozzy Osbourne – “Close My Eyes Forever” Dripping with drama and dressed up with enough attitude to come off as simultaneously blustery and funereal, this duet between guitar goddess Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne was one of the hard rock era's most powerful ballads, at least as far as the pop charts were concerned.
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#1 Me by Taylor Swift featuring Brandon Urie. This is a very recent and therefore modern duet featuring two artists with voices that aren’t too dissimilar. Brandon Urie has a tenor voice that spans four octaves so this is great for male singers that can hit this range. It’s a good, fun song to sing and a good one to perform together.
