TOP 100 MUSIC DUOS
OF THE '50S AND '60S
- The Everly Brothers - Bye Bye Love, Wake Up Little Susie,
All I Have to Do is Dream, Bird Dog, Problems, Cathy's Clown - Les Paul and Mary Ford - Mockin' Bird Hill, How High the Moon,
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise, Vaya Con Dios - Jan and Dean - Baby Talk, Surf City, Dead Man's Curve,
The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena) - Simon and Garfunkel - The Sounds of Silence, Homeward Bound,
I Am a Rock, Mrs. Robinson - The Righteous Brothers - You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin',
Unchained Melody, Ebb Tide, (You're My) Soul and Inspiration - Peter and Gordon - A World Without Love, I Go to Pieces,
Lady Godiva - Sonny and Cher - I Got You Babe, Baby Don't Go, The Beat Goes On
- Ferrante and Teicher - (Theme from) The Apartment, Exodus, Tonight
- Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell - Your Precious Love, Ain't Nothing
Like the Real Thing, You're All I Need to Get By - Sam and Dave - Hold On! I'm a Comin', Soul Man, I Thank You
- Chad and Jeremy - Yesterday's Gone, A Summer Song,
Willow Weep For Me - Ike and Tina Turner - A Fool in Love, It's Gonna Work Out Fine,
Poor Fool - Peaches and Herb - Let's Fall in Love, Close Your Eyes,
Love is Strange - Dick and DeeDee - The Mountain's High, Tell Me, Thou Shalt Not Steal
- Nino Tempo and April Stevens - Deep Purple, Whispering,
All Strung Out - James and Bobby Purify - I'm Your Puppet, Shake a Tail Feather,
Let Love Come Between Us - Paul and Paula - Hey Paula, Young Lovers
- Santo and Johnny - Sleep Walk, Tear Drop
- The Wilburn Brothers - Trouble's Back in Town, Hurt Her Once For Me
- Jo Stafford and Frankie Laine - Hey, Good Lookin'; Hambone
- Mickey and Sylvia - Love is Strange, What Would I Do
- Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs - Cabin on the Hill, The Ballad of
Jed Clampett - Dale and Grace - I'm Leaving it Up to You, Stop and Think it Over
- The Kalin Twins - When, Forget Me Not
- Patience and Prudence - Tonight You Belong to Me, Gonna Get
Along Without Ya Now - Shirley and Lee - Feel So Good, Let the Good Times Roll
- Johnnie and Jack - Oh Baby Mine (I Get So Lonely); Goodnight,
Sweetheart, Goodnight - Gary Crosby and Friend - Play a Simple Melody, Sam's Song
- Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely - Broken Down
Merry-Go-Round, Let's Go to Church (Next Sunday Morning) - Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight,
Alice Long - The Louvin Brothers - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby,
My Baby's Gone - Billy and Lillie - La Dee Dah, Lucky Ladybug
- Buchanan and Goodman - The Flying Saucer, Flying Saucer the 2nd
- Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazlewood - Jackson, Lady Bird
- Dinah Washington and Brook Benton - Baby (You've Got What it
Takes), A Rockin' Good Way (To Mess Around and Fall in Love) - Kitty Wells and Red Foley - One By One, You and Me
- Skip and Flip - It Was I, Cherry Pie
- Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper - Big Midnight Special, There's a
Big Wheel - Inez and Charlie Foxx - Mockingbird
- Zager and Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)
- Betty Everett and Jerry Butler - Let it Be Me
- The DeJohn Sisters - (My Baby Don't Love Me) No More
- The Caravelles - You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
- Ernest Tubb and Red Foley - Goodnight, Irene
- Johnny Cash and June Carter - Jackson
- Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson - Pickin' Wild Mountain Berries
- Gene and Eunice - Ko Ko Mo
- Red Sovine and Webb Pierce - Why Baby Why
- Nancy Sinatra and Frank Sinatra - Somethin' Stupid
- Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly - True Love
- Marvin Gaye and Mary Wells - What's the Matter With You Baby
- Perry Como and Eddie Fisher - Maybe
- Dinah Shore and Tony Martin - A Penny a Kiss
- Don Gardner and Dee Dee Ford - I Need Your Loving
- Louis Prima and Keely Smith - That Old Black Magic
- Bill Anderson and Jan Howard - For Loving You
- Steve and Eydie - I Want to Stay Here
- Rene and Rene - Lo Mucho Que Te Quiero
- David Houston and Tammy Wynette - My Elusive Dreams
- Johnnie and Joe - Over the Mountain Across the Sea
- Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky - A Dear John Letter
- The Bell Sisters - Bermuda
- Gene and Debbe - Playboy
- Marvin and Johnny - Tick Tock
- Dean and Jean - Tra La La La Suzy
- Otis and Carla - Tramp
- Homer and Jethro - (How Much Is) That Hound Dog in the Window
- Marvin Gaye and Kim Weston - It Takes Two
- Los Indios Tabajaras - Maria Elena
- Don and Juan - What's Your Name
- Jan and Arnie - Jennie Lee
- Kay Starr and Tennessee Ernie Ford - I'll Never Be Free
- Debbie Reynolds and Carleton Carpenter - The Aba Daba
Honeymoon - Chubby Checker and Dee Dee Sharp - Slow Twistin'
- Edward Byrnes and Connie Stevens - Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me
Your Comb) - The Davis Sisters - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
- Perry Como and Betty Hutton - A Bushel and a Peck
- Friend and Lover - Reach Out of the Darkness
- Robert and Johnny - We Belong Together
- The Delmore Brothers - Blues Stay Away From Me
- Chuck Jackson and Maxine Brown - Something You Got
- The Fendermen - Mule Skinner Blues
- Tony Martin and Fran Warren - I Said My Pajamas (And Put on
My Pray'rs) - Frankie Laine and Jimmy Boyd - Tell Me a Story
- Andy Williams and Peggy Powers - I Like Your Kind of Love
- Bobbie Gentry and Glen Campbell - Let It Be Me
- Travis and Bob - Tell Him No
- Art and Dotty Todd - Chanson D'Amour
- Mel and Tim - Backfield in Motion
- Doris Day and Frankie Laine - Sugarbush
- Stan Getz / Charlie Byrd - Desafinado
- The Teen Queens - Eddie My Love
- Ray Bolger and Ethel Merman - Dearie
- Roy Drusky and Priscilla Mitchell - Yes, Mr. Peters
- Billy Vera and Judy Clay - Country Girl - City Man
- Fontella Bass and Bobby McClure - Don't Mess Up a Good Thing
- The Soul Sisters - I Can't Stand It
- Bob and Earl - Harlem Shuffle
- Marlene Dietrich and Rosemary Clooney - Too Old to Cut the
Mustard - Jesse and Marvin - Dream Girl
Two equal singing, instrumental, comedy or novelty partners are considered duos and are eligible for inclusion on this list. A bandleader with a singer or a featured musician does not qualify. Permanent duet acts are included as well as any two artists who came together to record duets separate from his or her individual careers. Rankings are based on the popularity of each artist during the period of 1950 through 1969.
Two artists appear three times: Frankie Laine, with Jo Stafford (#20), Jimmy Boyd (#84) and Doris Day (#90); and Marvin Gaye, with Tammi Terrell (#9), Mary Wells (#51) and Kim Weston (#68).
Seven artists appear twice: Bing Crosby, as the "friend" of Gary Crosby (#28) and with Grace Kelly (#50); Perry Como, with Eddie Fisher (#52) and Betty Hutton (#77); Tony Martin, with Dinah Shore (#53) and Fran Warren (#83); Red Foley, with Kitty Wells (#36) and Ernest Tubb (#44); Marvin Phillips, with Johnny Perry (#64) and Jesse Belvin (#100); Jan Berry, with Dean Torrence (#3) and Arnie Ginsburg (#71); and Nancy Sinatra, with Lee Hazlewood (#34) and Frank Sinatra (#49).