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I'm always on the lookout for songs with a great two-part harmony. male-male or male-female. What are your favourites?Veni, Vidi, Velcro;
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In my acoustic duo with the female vocalist from my band, we do a ton of harmony tunes. Believe it or not, Jack Straw, a Grateful Dead tune, has nice harmonies. Here are her and I doing it, though this was our FIRST gig together with no rehearsal lol. She also isn't playing guitar on this one (yet!)
I would also recommend a bunch of Indigo Girls tunes (we do Closer To Fine, Galileo, and Secure Yourself). Beatles make for great harmonies (Love Me Do, We Can Work It Out, and many more). Also a bunch of other Dead tunes work for nice harmonies. Eagles tunes, also try Rocket Man acoustically. It is very nice. We actually also do a harmony version of Sweet Baby James. She is improvising the harmonies here (to maybe give you an idea):
Other tunes to try: Teach Your Children, Suite Judy Blue Eyes, Mrs. Robinson, The Boxer, Sounds Of Silence, Scarborough Fair, Leather & Lace (Henley and Stevie Nicks), Drift Away, etc. We do all these tunes (working on Suite Judy now)Comment
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I have a love/hate with harmony songs. I love them because they sound great. I hate them because with my group of friends that I get together with I am the only one that can sing harmonies. When I do a song there is no one around to handle the harmomies.----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I have a love/hate with harmony songs. I love them because they sound great. I hate them because with my group of friends that I get together with I am the only one that can sing harmonies. When I do a song there is no one around to handle the harmomies.
I have been in groups like this. Honestly, I feel your pain. It is VERY frustrating.Comment
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I mentioned this song in the exchanging setlist thread -
"Dance with me" by Orleans.
I don't think it's a complicated harmony song, but I think it's a beautiful one. And it's one of my favourites.
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Beatles - Two of Us
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - Endless LoveWinner of best guitarist in the house. (my house)!Comment
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dating myself, but these songs really go over for the grey hairs in florida. these are songs that make me glad i have a harmonizer.
wake up little susie - every brothers
all i have to do is dream - everly brothers
let it be me - everly brothers
hello mary lou - ricky nelson
you and i - crystal gayle & eddie rabbitt
nobody loves me like you do - anne murray & dave loggins
you've lost that loving feeling - righteous brothers
my happiness - connie francis
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Beatles - Two of Us
Lionel Richie & Diana Ross - Endless Love
Oh man those are AWESOME ones! I used to do Endless Love with this amazing singer in a wedding band a while back, and Two Of Us...well, what can you say? Just great.
Hey, speaking of Lionel Richie, me and Jocelyn (my female vocalist) do a nice harmony version of Stuck On You in our acoustic project. But we had to get creative with the adding harmonies.Comment
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lefty...Everly Brothers FTW!
Paul McCartney even cited their harmony style as a major influence of his early on.
Rick Nelson, well, with the Jordanaires, really...four part, not 2...
personal fave would be Simon and Garfunkel (we're from the same 'hood in NYC)...the Boxer, Mrs. Robinson, America...Bridge...
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Don't forget Peter & Gordon!
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I think most of The Beatles songs with that 2 and 3 part harmonies they did were great. For example "Eight Days A Week" is a great example of their brilliant yet simple harmonies. I also love the Everly Bros. and anything Emmylou Harris sings harmony on is awesome to me.Guitars = Chick Magnet
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When playing and singing with my wife, we love doing "If I fell" by the Beatles and "Closer to Fine" by the Indigo Girls. Both are killer harmony songs.Comment
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These are more Duets than harmony songs a la Everly Bros but they're all either wonderful or famous
After the Fire Is Gone Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn
Baby You've Got What It Takes Dinah Washington & Brook Benton
Bye Bye Blues Les Paul & Mary Ford
Come On Chuck Berry & Martha Berry
Everytime You Leave Emmylou Harris & Don Everly
Golden Ring George Jones & Tammy Wynette
I Feel Good Shirley & Lee
If I Could Only Win Your Love Emmylou Harris & Herb Pedersen
If I Needed You Emmylou Harris & Don Williams
Let the Good Times Roll Shirley & Lee
Loose Talk Buck Owens & Rose Maddox
Love Is Strange Mickey & Sylvia
That Lovin' You Feelin' Again Emmylou Harris & Roy Orbison
Tramp Otis Redding & Carla Thomas
The Way We Make a Broken Heart John Hiatt / Rosanne Cash
We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds George Jones & Melba Montgomery
You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma David Frizzell & Shelly WestHi Mom!Comment
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Here's a great old tune by Nino Tempo and April Stevens, called "Deep Purple". I love this song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=fvwp&NR=1&v=Ej7BpvhzR7c
and a bit later, they followed up with this;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4txUzqkQOMQ&feature=relatedVeni, Vidi, Velcro;
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Favorites...
Two of Us- Beatles
Helplessly Hoping- CSNJust Darrell Web SiteComment
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