Word: duet
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...Anything You Can Do" (1946), by Judy Garland and Howard Keel (1948), on "Irving Berlin in Hollywood." Garland was to star in the "Annie Get Your Gun" movie, but frazzed nerves forced her withdrawal. The nerve shows in this duet of rivals, sung at a faster-than-usual tempo, and with an antagonism that ends up somewhere between alarming and awe-inspiring...
...decade earlier, made Berlin a songwriting star. On its first release, four versions of the tune charted at #1, #2, #3 and #4. Bessie Smith, in 1927, and Louis Armstrong, in 1937, made the top 20 with their interpretations. In 1938 the song was #1 again, in a duet by Bing Crosby and Connee Boswell; another Crosby duet, this time with Al Jolson, hit the top-20 in 1947. Johnny Mercer charted a swing version in 1945, and Nellie Lutcher put it on the R&B charts (#13) in 1948. Add Ray Charles' brilliant big-band take...
...voice Bourdain uses in conversation and in writing--an odd mixture of macho vulgarity and effete vocabulary, a DMX-Jane Austin duet in one person--has made him both a success and a target for most serious food writers. It's a learned toughness: he's by nature a softie, a prep-school kid who went to Vassar to follow a girl he had crush on (whom he later married). But after two years he dropped out of college to work in a series of kitchens--including fish shacks where he chopped onions alongside ex-con fry cooks--before earning...
...Thriller” and “Smooth Criminal” are included on the lineup, as well as “Come On, Get Up,” Rhythm Nation,” “Man in the Mirror” and the Jackson sibling duet, “Scream.” In addition, TAPS will be performing to “Black Cat.” The choreography of the music videos will be recreated and blended with original choreography by Mainly Jazz members Kate E. Wattson ’03, Fabiana Kepler...
...TOUGHEST In 1978 reggae star Peter Tosh and Mick Jagger record (You Gotta Walk and) Don't Look Back, a duet that the pair also performs on TV's Saturday Night Live, giving many Americans their first taste of authentic reggae...