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Sir Michael Parkinson features famous duets, with classic records from singers like Sinatra and Crosby, Eckstine and Vaughan, and Fitzgerald and Armstrong.

On this week's 'My Favourite Things', Sir Michael Parkinson looks at what happens when two great soloists get together in the studio to record a duet. The records include some of the classics recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, but also pop stars Simon and Garfunkel, jazz legends Johnny Hartman and John Coltrane and new collaborations like Michael Buble and Boyz II Men ....

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Tue 10 Jun 2014 23:00
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Music Played

  • Sinatra, Frank & Bing Crosby

    Well, Did You Evah!

    • Frank Sinatra In Hollywood (1940 1964).
    • TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES MUSIC.
    • PRCD-400062.

  • Eckstine, Billy And Sarah Vaughan

    Passing Strangers

    • Everything I Have Is Yours/ The Best Of The Mgm Years.
    • VERVE.
    • 819 442-2.

  • Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

    A Fine Romance

    • Ella and Louis (and Oscar too).
    • Performance.
    • 38278.

  • Coltrane, John & Johnny Hartman

    My One and Only Love

    • The Johnny Hartman Collection.
    • HIPPO RECORDS.
    • HIPCD2-40137.

  • George Shearing

    Aren't You Gald You're You

    Artist: Mel Torme

    • Mel Torme & George Shearing The Complete Concord Recordings.
    • CONCORD JAZZ.
    • CCD7-2144-2.

  • Simon, Paul With Art Garfunkel

    The Sound Of Silence

    • The Essential Simon And Garfunkel.
    • COLUMBIA/LEGACY.
    • 513 470-2.

  • Basie, Count & Ella Fitzgerald

    On the Sunnuy Side of the Street

    • Ella And Basie.
    • VERVE.
    • 2317-048.

  • Basie, Count And Joe Williams

    Every Day I Have The Blues

    • Count Basie Swing/Joe Williams Sings.
    • VERVE.
    • 519-852 2.

  • Norah Jones

    Two Sleepy People

    Artist: Seth Mcfarlane

    • Seth McFarlane - Music is Better Than Words.
    • Universal Republic.
    • 00602527696775.

  • Sinatra, Frank & Antonio Carlos Jobim

    How Insensitive

    • Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim.
    • REPRISE.
    • 7599-27041-2.

  • Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong

    Summertime

    • My Life in Music.
    • Reprise.
    • 2564693506.

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Jun 2013 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2
  • Tue 10 Jun 2014 23:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2