10 Best Duets Ever: No. 2
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'Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing' --Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell (1968)
Choosing the "best" of Gaye's duets with Terrell is a little ridiculous: It's like crowning the world's best ice cream flavor. They remain the gold standard by which all other duets are judged. Let's just say that 'Real Thing' barely edges 'Ain't No Mountain High Enough' as the signature Gaye/Terrell song. Fittingly, both were written by another future power duo: Ashford & Simpson.
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P Diddyat 10-20-2008
Wonderful song!
trishat 10-27-2009
great song i love his voice
Wolfieat 10-20-2008
These two made great songs IMO
crxlaat 10-21-2008
Who was the old fart who came up with these lists?
chimayaiat 10-21-2008
LOL you know, it never ceases to amaze me when I compare a tune to a classic song from the 1960s or 1970s, someone always writes in and asks who the old fart is. Simpoly put, the Gaye/Terrell duets were jaw-dropping examples of perfect pop verve and style. I love the old fart thing;in a couple years, I'll be an ancient fart. Can't wait to beat the crap out all of the young ruffians with my cane and my Docs.
Side note: the Collins/Bailey duet was probably one of the low points in either's career: definitely a label making a corporate decision rather than an artistic one.
Black Canaryat 10-21-2008
Your taste in music (except for good duet #1, which deserves to be on your good list somewhere) matches your AOL service: lousy.
And, of course, there were no duets before the 1970s, were there? No taste, no sense of history, and no memory for good music--you hit them all.
The Warped Vinyl Junkieat 11-16-2009
Ummm...wake up, BC...Tammi Terrell was already dead by early '70...all the Marvin & Tammi duets were recorded in the '60s.
leeloodallas31at 5-25-2009
i just love it!!!
HomerJFongat 8-14-2009
This whole list could have easily been all Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell songs.
Tammyat 8-29-2009
Yes the whole list should have been Gaye/Terrell,they had style and class. That was good music, moving music. The so called duets that were before them I'm not even sure they were of this earth. If they were did they know what they were doing, they didn't when they were getting ready to come out in public.