Classic Duets

One of the most passionate, yet heartbreaking songs ever written.

Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best-known for her work in country music. In the four-and-a-half decades since her national-chart début, she remains one of the most-successful female artists in the history of the country genre which garnered her the title of 'The Queen of Country Music',with twenty-five number-one singles, and a record forty-one top-10 country albums .

"Moves like Jagger" is a song by American band Maroon 5 featuring singer-songwriter Christina Aguilera, taken from the reissue of the former's third studio album, Hands All Over and their fourth Overexposed. It was released on June 21, 2011, by A&M Octone Records as the fourth and final single from the former, and the first from the latter. The song was written by Adam Levine, Benjamin Levin, Ammar Malik, and Shellback, and was produced by Shellback and Benny Blanco. "Moves like Jagger" is a dance-pop and electropop song and is backed by synths and electronic drums; its lyrics refer to a male's ability to impress a female with his dance moves, which he compares to those of Mick Jagger, frontman for the English band The Rolling Stones.

The X Factor 2008: One of the bonuses for the contestants is to get to duet with an idol of theirs, but 2008 X Factor winner Alexandra had a dream come true when she was joined on stage by none other than international superstar Beyoncé Knowles! See more at http://www.itv.com/xfactor

"Stay" is a song by Barbadian recording artist Rihanna, from her seventh studio album, Unapologetic (2012). It features guest vocals by Mikky Ekko, and was released as the second single from the album on January 7, 2013. "Stay" was co-written by Ekko and Justin Parker. It is a pop ballad, featuring piano and guitar chords. The song's lyrical content regards the temptation and failure of resisting a true love.

"Broken Strings" is the third single by James Morrison from his second studio album Songs for You, Truths for Me, and was released in December 2008. The song is a duet with Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. The single became Morrison's most successful single to date, peaking in the top ten on many European charts, in the top three in the UK and Ireland and topped the charts in Germany and Switzerland. It was featured in episode 16 of season 2 of The Vampire Diaries.

"Total Eclipse of the Heart" is a Platinum-certified power ballad, written and produced by Jim Steinman, and recorded by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler for her studio album Faster Than the Speed of Night.

Released as a single in early 1983 in the UK and later that summer in the US, it was the first release from the album and became Tyler's biggest career hit, reaching number one in several countries including the United States, making her the first and only Welsh singer to reach the top spot of the Billboard Hot 100. With physical sales in excess of 9 million copies, Tyler's recording is one of the best-selling singles of all time.

"I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" is a Grammy Award-winning #1 song performed by Aretha Franklin and George Michael as a duet in 1987. It was written by Simon Climie and Dennis Morgan. It also stands as Aretha's biggest hit at Adult Contemporary radio, spending several weeks at #2. Despite selling more than a million US copies, the single was never certified.

"Baby, It's Cold Outside" is a song with words and music by Frank Loesser.[1] Although popular during the Christmas season, it is strictly a romantic winter song such as "Winter Wonderland" or "Marshmallow World". In 1999, Cerys Matthews and Tom Jones collaborated to record a version for of Baby It's Cold Outside for Jones' album Reload. The single release peaked at #17 in the UK Singles Chart[1] and was also released in the US on the CD Now That's What I Call Christmas!: The Signature Collection.

"Especially for You" is a song performed by the Australian recording artists Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan, from the U.S. version of Minogue's second studio album Enjoy Yourself (1989) and Donovan's debut album Ten Good Reasons (1989). The single was released on 28 November 1988 and was written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman.

"Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album Tug of War. The song reached number one on both the UK and the U.S. charts.[1][2] It reappears on McCartney's All the Best! in 1987.

"Say Say Say" is a pop single written and performed by Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson. The track was produced by George Martin for McCartney's fifth solo album, Pipes of Peace (1983). The song was recorded during production of McCartney's 1982 Tug of War album, about a year before the release of "The Girl Is Mine", the pair's first duet from Jackson's album Thriller (1982). After its release in October 1983, "Say Say Say" became Jackson's seventh top-ten hit inside a year. It was a number one hit in the United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, and several other countries, reached number two in the United Kingdom, and peaked within the top ten in Australia, Austria, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Switzerland, and over 20 other nations.

"We Are the World" is a song and charity single originally recorded by the supergroup USA for Africa in 1985. It was written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie, and produced by Quincy Jones and Michael Omartian for the album We Are the World. With sales in excess of 20 million copies, it is one of the fewer than thirty all-time singles to have sold 10 million (or more) copies worldwide.