11: Gillian Welch and you can Alison Krauss – I am going to Fly-away
And it’s also an extraordinary songwriter, Gillian Welch have popularised tunes out-of a beneficial bygone age, for instance the 1929 hymn “I am going to Fly away.” Her scintillating type which have Alison Krauss, into Coen Brothers movie O Sibling, In which Ways Thou?, are developed by the fresh new gifted T-Bones Burnett.
10: Ray Charles and you will Willie Nelson – Eight Foreign language Angels
Grab one or two beasts of contemporary musical in the Beam Charles and you will Willie Nelson, add a beneficial rousing track of the Troy Seals and Eddie Setser and you may finish with top session painters, such as for example trumpeter Statement McElhiney, and you’ve got all the ingredients to have a dazzling achievements. “7 Foreign-language Angels” sample to help you No1 on the Billboard maps back in 1984.
9: Johnny Bucks and you can Summer Carter Cash – Jackson
Perhaps one of the most recognized musical romances ever was Johnny Dollars and you will Summer Carter. Brand new tempestuous people got a knock with “Jackson,” which co-publisher Billy Ed Wheeler told you is actually partially driven because of the fighting husband-and-partner from inside the Edward Albee’s enjoy Who’s Scared of Virginia Woolf. (more…)