Let's Duet with Darlene Madison

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"Let's Duet" - Dewey Cox & Darlene Madison

(scene from 2007 film Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story)

No, that wasn't Johnny Cash, and that wasn't June Carter.

And that wasn't Cal "The Magic Man" Naughton from

Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.

And that wasn't Pam Beesly from The Office.

 I declare... folks have been tellin' me

for years how much I look like that gal.

 No sir, that was rising rock & roll star Dewey Cox and me, Darlene Madison.

We're the stars of Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, the 2007

comedy parody movie that references the Johnny Cash

biopic Walk The Line and the Ray Charles biopic Ray.

In a nutshell, the demands of Dewey's budding singing career keep him

on the road, leaving behind a neglected wife and child. Before long, Dewey

succumbs to temptation and gets involved with booze, drugs and ice cream...

...lots and lots of ice cream.

 He also gets involved with me, his backing singer...

...a new best friend with all kinds of benefits.

  Dewey and I duet and duet and duet.

Welcome to a sneak preview of my new Shady's Place series

Let's Duet

with Darlene Madison

Every great song I play is by a duo or a band with two lead singers. 

Let's keep the ball rollin' now with a sizzling slab of southern soul.

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Here's the Alabama duo Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson

with their top 15 R&B hit from early 1969- "Soulshake!" 

"Soulshake" - Peggy Scott & Jo Jo Benson

(Feb./Mar. 1969, highest chart pos. #13 R&B,

#37 Hot 100/#41 Cash Box)

Darlene Madison (not Pam Beesly)

In recent years, you have watched this gifted young woman perform

on other Shady's Place shows. She's Emily Linge, a singer and multi-

instrumentalist living in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Emily

is back and appearing on my show today as part of a duo with

German singer and musician Chiara Kilchling aka Cara Vel.

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The ladies will cover a Carole King-Howard Greenfield song that

was a top 10 hit for The Everly Brothers in 1962, a hit for country

artist Tammy Wynette in 1981 and a chart-topping hit for the

Norwegian synth-pop band A-ha in 1990. Here now are

Emily Linge and Cara Vel-- "Crying In The Rain."

"Crying In The Rain" - Everly Brothers cover

by Emily Linge and Cara Vel (Aug. 2022)

If you're just tuning in, I'm Darlene Madison, your Hostess With the Mostest

and leading lady in the life of rock & roll singer Dewey Cox in the 2007

Johnny Cash comedy parody movie Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.

We're in the middle of a 7-in-a-row commercial free cruise as I

give you a sneak peek at my new S-P-M-M radio show

Let's Duet

with Darlene Madison

 

coming soon to Shady's Place. Let's Duet will feature great songs by talented 

duos, past and present, and performances by bands that have two lead singers.

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That's exactly what you get in this next number by the Serbian melodic

progressive metal band known as Big Deal. Watch and listen as the

dual female-fronted act does a rock cover of ABBA's 1979 disco

hit "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)."

I assure you, folks, it's a really-- Big Deal!

"Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" 

- ABBA cover by The Big Deal (Dec. 2021)

Darlene Madison spinning duet gold for you

here on S-P-M-M Retrosonic Radio.

Now here's a Stax Records duo consisting of

gospel-tinged soul singer Judy Clay and

Memphis-born soul man William Bell.

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In the fall of 1968, Judy and William scored a top 10 hit in the UK

and cracked the top 20 on the R&B chart in America with

their catchy duo ditty- "Private Number!"

"Private Number" - Judy Clay And William Bell

(Sept./Oct. 1968, highest chart pos. #17 R&B/#75 Hot 100/#8 UK)

Darlene Madison (not Pam Beesly)

Up next, another lady who is playing a return engagement at Shady's Place. 

She's Allison Young, the Nashville-based singer who appeared on Dr Rick's

Rick-Rolled show in 2021 and performed a cover of The Classics IV hit

"Spooky."  This year, Allison has teamed up with her friend and fellow

musician Josh Turner to form the duo called The Bygones. Here are

Allison and Josh, The Bygones, doing their cover of a song by

The Beatles from the 1968 White Album-- "Honey Pie!"

"Honey Pie" - The Beatles cover by The Bygones (Jan. 2023)

That does it for this sneak preview.  Thanks a lot for joining me.

I'll be back before you know it with the official launch of

Let's Duet

with Darlene Madison

right here on S-P-M-M... the station with personality plus.

To close today's show, I've got a winner of a spinner, "If I Were

A Carpenter," a song written by folk and blues man Tim Hardin

that yielded three great recordings by three different artists,

and all three versions were big hits. Bobby Darin was

first to gain a hit with the song. releasing it on a

single that charted in late 1966. In the spring

of 1968, Motown's Four Tops became the

second act to have success with the song.

Then in early 1970, the power couple I talked about at the top of the show,

Johnny Cash and June Carter, scored a major country crossover hit

with their rendition of "If I Were A Carpenter." 

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As the real Johnny and June sing us off, this is Darlene saying goodbye and

leaving you with a friendly piece of advice. Life's short. Don't hesitate. Just duet!

"If I Were A Carpenter" - Johnny Cash & June Carter

(Feb/Mar. 1970, highest chart pos. #2 U.S. Country,

#1 Canada Country/#9 Easy Listening/#36 Hot 100)

Darlene Madison (not Pam Beesly)