allsmutaside said:

vainandy said:

Well, I'd love to watch Michael Henderson and Howard Hewitt suck each others dicks.....

But no, I see all this collaborating as one of the things that eventually ruined music and made it all sound alike. The Barkays had their own producer, Allen Jones, who pretty much have them their own sound. He also produced other lesser known groups like Ebonee Webb and Kwick and that was fine. The Solar Records artists had producers that gave them their own sound. Rick James and Prince both had their own sound and acts that had their own sound. Same with George Clinton, Parliament/Funkadelic, etc. Everyone either had their own sound themselves or were part of a set of groups that had their own sound.

When folks started deciding they wanted particular outside producers, everything started sounding alike. In the early 1980s, it was great when Nile Rodgers produced Diana Ross and Stevie Wonder produced Jermaine Jackson because it wasn't hugely widespread. But in the late 1980s, everybody wanted either Jam/Lewis or LA/Babyface to produce them. They did a lot of great stuff but most of the good stuff that was on the radio at that time was starting to sound alike and they were wearing the sound out. When the 1990s came along, more and more people wanted someone established to come in and produce them and everything really started sounding alike but unlike the 1980s, when they wore a sound out in the 1990s, they didn't let it go. They just continued wearing it out.

Wow, bringing Michael Henderson up, that's like tying a bow on 1980 and presenting it as a gift to someone. A beautiful and hairy bow. I was looking for some information on him and found this great quote on Wikipedia.

Before working with Miles Davis, Henderson had been touring with Stevie Wonder, whom he met at the Regal Theater in Chicago while warming up for a gig. Davis saw the young Henderson performing at the Copacabana in New York City in early 1970 and reportedly said to Wonder simply "I'm takin' your bass player."

Oh he is very talented....in more ways than one.

Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder

Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight

Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle

Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan

Prince and Jeff Beck

Al Green and Anthony Hamilton

Jeff Beck and Beck

Lauryn Hill (before Ms.) and MC Lyte

Anita Baker and Joe Cocker

Prince and Terrence Trent D'Arby

Babyface and Rapheal Saddiq

Sade and Sting

Anne Lennox & George Michael

Prince and Amiel Larreaux

The Pharcyde and Leaders of The New School

Souls of Mischief & DeLa Soul

Public Enemy and Paris

Maxwell & Sade

Michael Jackson & Sade

Michael Jackson & Diana Ross (I already know about "muscles" & "eaten alive" i want a duet )

Michael Jackson & Marvin Gaye

(and just a little extra)- I would've loved 2 c Michael Jackson & Fred Astaire on stage dancing together

mjwifey4l said:

Michael Jackson & Sade

Michael Jackson & Diana Ross (I already know about "muscles" & "eaten alive" i want a duet )

Michael Jackson & Marvin Gaye

(and just a little extra)- I would've loved 2 c Michael Jackson & Fred Astaire on stage dancing together

You can say they sorta did one already. We Are The World. But yea....

mjwifey4l said:

Michael Jackson & Diana Ross (I already know about "muscles" & "eaten alive" i want a duet )

I take it you've never seen The Wiz or bought its soundtrack.

Janet and Prince

MickyDolenz said:

mjwifey4l said:

Michael Jackson & Diana Ross (I already know about "muscles" & "eaten alive" i want a duet )

I take it you've never seen The Wiz or bought its soundtrack.

lol of course i have but I meant like the same sort of duets she did with marvin gaye type of thing... guess i shudda been more specific

Jimi Hendrix + Sly Stone

Marvin Gaye + Curtis Mayfield

Jimi Hendrix + George Clingon

Paul McCartney + Ray Charles

Rick James + Prince

2Pac + Nas

Biggie + Big Pun

... off the top of the head

Diana Ross and Donna Summer.

I was disappointed with Donna's duet with Barbara Streisand.I think Diana would have been a better duet partner.

Janet Jackson, Paula abdul a full dance routine

MJ & Prince

Sanada (TTD) & Prince

Roger Troutman & Stevie Wonder

Roger Troutman & Prince

Roger Troutman & MJ

Curtis Mayfield & Stevie Wonder

Curtis Mayfield & Prince

Rick James & Prince

George Benson and Stevie Wonder (but only in the 1970's)

Funkadelic with Jimi Hendrix

MeShell w/ Lucious Jackson

D'Angelo and Lewis Taylor

Jamiroquai (laying down the grooves) for Barry and Robin Gibb or Stevie.

George Clinton and Rick James

Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix

Sade and Maxwell

Prince and Patrice Rushen (but only in 1978-79)

George Micheal with Queen (back in the 1990's)

Ice T with the Bad Brains

mjwifey4l said:

Michael Jackson & Sade

Michael Jackson & Diana Ross (I already know about "muscles" & "eaten alive" i want a duet )

Michael Jackson & Marvin Gaye

(and just a little extra)- I would've loved 2 c Michael Jackson & Fred Astaire on stage dancing together

It's possible Fred and Michael did some dancing in the 70s that the family prob. has footage of.

When it comes to Motown, Berry still has tons of unreleased stuff.

I don't know if he ever did an "all star" session with Diana, Michael, Smokey, Stevie and Marvin prior to the move to LA. I think all of them moved out there anyway.

Bill Withers & Jill Scott

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SoulAlive said:

Diana Ross and Donna Summer.

I was disappointed with Donna's duet with Barbara Streisand.I think Diana would have been a better duet partner.

I remember thinking initially that it was an odd match-up, but over the years it's sounded right to me. Diana & Donna would have been interesting, if you could have gotten them in the same room back then, lol.

musicjunky318 said:

I'm surprised no one said these two yet:

does the fact that they were going to do 'bad' together count? but prince said no... and a lot of the stuff from the 'dangerous' sessions is obviously influenced by prince...

ratethis99 said:

Madonna and Michael Jackson

And I would love to see Ricky Martin and Enrigue Inglesius have sex!!!!!!!!!

they ALMOST did, with 'in the closet'... but madonna's lyrical content was too much for michael.

RnBAmbassador said:

Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder

Aretha Franklin and Gladys Knight

Aretha Franklin and Patti LaBelle

Aretha Franklin and Chaka Khan

Prince and Jeff Beck

Al Green and Anthony Hamilton

Jeff Beck and Beck

Lauryn Hill (before Ms.) and MC Lyte

Anita Baker and Joe Cocker

Prince and Terrence Trent D'Arby

Babyface and Rapheal Saddiq

STEVIE and aretha have performed on stage together, though...

PDogz said:

SoulAlive said:

Diana Ross and Donna Summer.

I was disappointed with Donna's duet with Barbara Streisand.I think Diana would have been a better duet partner.

I remember thinking initially that it was an odd match-up, but over the years it's sounded right to me. Diana & Donna would have been interesting, if you could have gotten them in the same room back then, lol.

Barbra Streisand is great,but her vocals don't really 'fit' on a disco song She sounds awkward on that song and even she thought so too.During a break in the recording of "Enough Is Enough",she frantically called her manager,whining that "disco ain't my thing....Donna is singing better than me",lol.

I think a Donna/Diana duet would have been much more interesting,especially since the two of them were often compared to each other back then.

-STEVIE WONDER AND MICHAEL JACKSON (my two favourite artists of all times; they recorded together at several points, and the J5 even did an album's worth of stuff with STEVIE, but they never properly released anything together).

-JAMES BROWN AND MICHAEL JACKSON.

-sheila e and michael jackson

-al green and gladys knight

-betty wright and al green

-mos def and prince

-sheila e and teena marie

-gilberto gil and prince

-sharon jones and gladys knight

-rachelle farrell and prince (did this happen already?)

-dianne reeves and horace silver

-millie jackson and beyounce (i don't know why, i just think this would be funny)

-frank zappa and billy cobham (has THIS happened already??!!)

-marvin gaye and george duke (there's sort of a connection, but still...)

-james jamerson, charles mingus and frank zappa!!!

-james jamerson and prince

-abbey lincoln and art blakey

-STEVIE WONDER and herbie hancock (i mean, a WHOLE ALBUM, not just a couple of songs!)

-amiri baraka, charles mingus and billy cobham

-sinead o'connor and bjork

-george duke and whitney houston

RuPaul and Miss Lawrence

Cher & Bette Midler

Nas & 9th Wonder

Prince & Rick Rubin

MJJstudent said:

-STEVIE WONDER AND MICHAEL JACKSON (my two favourite artists of all times; they recorded together at several points, and the J5 even did an album's worth of stuff with STEVIE, but they never properly released anything together).

Just Good Friends & Get It

-herbie hancock

Herbie played on Jermaine Jackson's album called Jermaine (1980).

MJJstudent said:

-gilberto gil and prince

really??? Gilberto is sooooooooo boring. If he ever collaborated with a MPB (brazilian Popular music) singer it should be Marisa Monte http://www.youtube.com/wa...qPLePz9DjI

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I've always thought a piano and vocal collaboration between Leon Russell and Dr. John would be the shiznit. They are both mega-talented keyboard players with that swampy gospel flavored sound and their voices are so distinctive.

Instead we got Leon and Elton's duets album that's gotten great reviews but I'm just not feelin' it.

Check these voices and styles:

PDogz said:

SoulAlive said:

Diana Ross and Donna Summer.

I was disappointed with Donna's duet with Barbara Streisand.I think Diana would have been a better duet partner.

I remember thinking initially that it was an odd match-up, but over the years it's sounded right to me. Diana & Donna would have been interesting, if you could have gotten them in the same room back then, lol.

You were disappointed in No More Tears? I don't really understand that statement, even without qualifiers. They released 3 to 4 versions of that song - 1 for Ms. Streisand's fans, 1 for Ms. Summer' fans, and at least one for the label. Oddly, Ms. Streisand's version stands head and shoulders above the others for me. And all of them stand head and shoulders above disappointment.

There were several songs on Ms. Streisand's amazing album that year (WET!!!) where Ms. Ross would have been an incredibly perfect fit. Just not NMT. Ms Ross is a great and smart singer with a lovely tone. Maybe Rain or Shine would have worked for those two.

I don't know why but I would love to see Jill Scott and India.Arie working together

Erykah Badu & Prince

MJ & Prince

MJ & Madonna

Tina Turner & Annie Lennox

Tori Amos & Prince

Madonna & Left Eye

Janet & Madonna

Jimi Hendrix & James Brown (imaginary song) You got this I got that

Prince & Steve Vai I.S. Open the book

Carly Simon & Teddy Pendergrass I.S. I got something for you

John Williams (star wars composer) & Fishbone I.S. She said it was cool?

Grace Jones & Lady Gaga I.S. Quicksand

Annie Lennox & Prince I.S. Theater