However, it took a number of years until they could release a full album together. One of the major influences on jazz overall - as well as what became known as scat vocal stylings, which Fitzgerald later helped to further popularize - the combination of Satchmo and Ella proved irresistible to the public. One of these legendary musical meet-ups began in the 1940s, when a young Ella Fitzgerald was connected with the already iconic Louis Armstrong, who was then at a career middle ground himself. (See? I could go on and on.)Īs for jazz, you’ll find many a dynamic duo hooking up on record.
Much more recently, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett have together put forth a few fine genre-mashup duet albums themselves. There are many fine and interesting pairings in soul and rock & roll throughout the 20th century - more than I could possibly list here - but let us not forget how Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris made instinctive waves together for a brief spell in the 1970s, while Tom Petty paired up with Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks to great popularity in the 1980s, as did Peter Gabriel and Kate Bush, and you’ll also find hit 1990s duet albums from the likes of Elton John and Frank Sinatra. Turn back the pages of music history, and you’ll find the concept started long ago. Fact is, the notion of the cross-pollinating artist duet has been around for some time. Young music fans today may consider the notion of the celebrity duet as a modern phenomenon unique to our times.
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