You should react to George Michael singing "Somebody To Love" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.

The song was so popular George Michael and Aretha Franklin even won the 1987 Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.

George Michael has a duet with Mary J Blige and Whitney Houston as well. Also had a duet with Stevie Wonder on one of his songs, Love is in need of Love.

I cannot wait for you to delve into Aretha's work. Her longevity, like Ray Charles, is because she connects at the cellular level across genres.

Aretha's voice will take you through so many emotions. Her catalogue is ridiculous. Any genre of music, Aretha could master it. One of the best.

It's crazy that Aretha was in her late 40's when this song came out and her voice was still that amazing.

The artist from the 50’s actually had raw talent! With none of the extra auto tunes. This was a great!! I loved this song!❤️❤️❤️

❤❤Goodness Gracious!!!❤❤ Aretha Franklin makes me cry 😢 R.I.P. Aretha & George. 😢

Love this song! Not sure which ones you've done, but I'd recommend -Father Figure -Freedom '90 -One More Try -Kissing a Fool -Monkey ☮️

My friend, George was an icon himself❤❤

Because there's a lot to see on George with his fabulous rich voice. Aretha knew it too obviously.

You can't seriously compare a global star like George with Justin Bieber!!! Never. George was a great singer, Songwriter and producer with a career spanning over 30 years and over 150 million sold records.

@SM-xz9kb

2 ай бұрын

Bieber and George...laughable. George is a fricken legend!!

@Abri412

2 ай бұрын

Not in 1987 he wasn't. He was still the pretty boy pop star. Aretha (and probably her management team) saw a little more in him. And they were right.

@rouguy1972

19 күн бұрын

George has duets with Whitney, MJ Blidge, Lisa Stansfield and Mutya Buena, all great ones

One of the very few songs GM didn't write of which he sang on - apart from covers. He was a perfectionist who liked have control of what he released.

@mandyhargraves8589

4 ай бұрын

M😅😊

In the spring of 2000, George did a duet with Whitney Houston called If I Told You That and it is an absolute *banger!* You should check it out.

George is legendary himself.Aretha loved George and asked him to produce and write an album for her. He was the tender age of 22 when she requested this.. He was so intimidated, and so nervous that he couldn’t agree to it at that point. This duet won them a Grammy and went to number 1. In addition, George helped Aretha achieve her first and only number 1 with this song in the UK. George was always respected by his peers and admired for his songwriting skills and production skills. He collaborated with the best of the best because he was a phenomenal singer. George sold over 125 -150 million records including Wham!, worldwide and you have to remember the majority was all before the age of streaming and downloading. George was adored world wide and rightly so! The duets with Whitney, Ray Charles and Stevie are among the best duets of all time. George sang with Queen, and he blew it out of the stadium.

They dont last because its not real music. I have been listening to George Michael for over 40 years. Miss u G ❤

Aretha’s career was revitalized in 1980 when she gave a memorable performance in the first Blues Brothers movie ! Check it out- “Think!”

George didn't write this song, Aretha was one of his idols, he also dueted with Paul McCartney, Steve Wonder, Whitney Houston, Mary J Blige and others.

Aretha Louise Franklin was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the "Queen of Soul", Rolling Stone twice named her as the greatest singer of all time. With global sales of over 75 million records, Franklin is one of the world's best-selling music artists. Wikipedia Born: March 25, 1942, Memphis, TN Died: August 16, 2018 (age 76 years), Detroit, MI Children: Kecalf Cunningham, Clarence Franklin, Teddy Richards, Edward Franklin Spouse: Glynn Turman (m. 1978-1984), Ted White (m. 1961-1969) Siblings: Erma Franklin, Carolyn Franklin, Carl Ellan Kelley, Rev. Cecil Franklin, Vaughn Franklin............NO ONE IN MY LIFE TIME COMES CLOSE TO HER!!!!! SHE WAS TO SOUL AND R&B WHAT ELVIS WAS TO ROCK N" ROLL!!!!! IF YOU EVER SAW HER IN CONCERT, YOU CARRY IT WITH YOU FOR THE REMAINDER OF YOUR LIFE!!!!!!! SHE IS THE "QUEEN" THEN, NOW, FOREVER!!!!!!

George Michael is one of the greats and Aretha Franklin is the consummate icon. May they both Rest in Peace/Power. Please check out George’s collabs with Mary J Blige and Whitney Houston.

He also has a song with Whitney Houston, Mary J Blige, Ray Charles, Jody Watley, Paul McCartney. He sang and did a duet on Vh1 and at the Apollo with Stevie Wonder. Lousy footage of it but he sang with Beyonce at one of her shows too.

Another Aretha duet from the 80’s was with Annie Lennox ‘Sisters are doing it for themselves’ well worth a listen!

Total GREATNESS!!❤❤

Love,love,love this song. Years ago when I was young, I used to play this video whenever I stopped for a few beers at my local bar. 😀

Yep Ain’t no mountain high enough. The white duo Sonny and Cher!!

The 2nd couple is Sony and Cher.

One of my favorites. Beautiful voices!Chills as always. Her voice is powerful.

❤Miss Aretha❤

Try Aretha's Freeway of Love from the 80's - it's great and features Clarence Clemons on sax from Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band. Just a great song and video!

George has done a song with Whitney Houston, ‘If I Told You That’, definitely a song worth checking out! One of my favourite collabs of all time! ❤️

Miss them both. ❤

Awesome song. Aretha contacted George because she wanted to do a duet with him, but he held off for awhile.. and she kept on pushing. Finally they got together and it was lit. I could tell this was the 80's because Ms. Aretha was wearing door knocker earrings. lol RIP Aretha & George. xx React to Aretha Franklin's "I Say a Little Prayer", which was another big hit of Aretha's.

Yes. Marvin and Tammy did "Ain't No Mountain" long before Diana covered it.

Aretha Franklin is known as the best singer in the world!!!!!!

Love George and Aretha. R.I.P to both

This song went to number 1.

check out his collabs with Whitney Houston :If I Told You That:, Mary J. Blige "As", Queen (at Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert) "Somebody To Love" is a legendary performance and a definite must see/hear. His Live performances are always perfection. You should definitely check out as many of those as possible. Anything from the Concert of Hope in 1993, his performance of Marvin Gaye's Sexual Healing at the Mandala birthday concert in 1988, his performance of A Different Corner" on the BBC Parkinson Show, anything from the MTV Unplugged Session. All Fire!`

@lyndadowns4876

4 ай бұрын

George's voice when he sang that song on Parky was just perfect.

The other couple was Sonny and Cher. Marvin and Tammy have an album together that I have. Great album

Love Aretha and George!

I was lucky enough in this live to have opportunitty to watch both live (not together). 🥰 RIP legends!

As for longevity...check out Jihnny Marhis. He's been singing and recording for 60 plus years and still sings live a few times a year.

Check out Jesus To A Child by George Michael!

The 2nd two are Sonny & Cher

Love this song!!! ❤

When they made that video, Neither of them were EVER In the same room. They made the video of each singing their part, then dubbed it together!! Also, one of the couple you didn't know was..Sonny and *CHER*❤❤❤

@sonofmargit

4 ай бұрын

Not true, they were together, as you can clearly see in the video. Aretha talked about what a joy it was to work on the video with George, who directed it.

@allyfoster255

4 ай бұрын

@@sonofmargit I beg to differ...Please look at the video again..The one and ONLY time they showed them together, was edited..As was the rest of it..FACT

You should see the video if Nat King Cole with his Daughter. I saw her sing it live with him on video

In my opinion the best music made from all genros 1920 to 1998

Queen and George Michael, Bryan Adams with Sting and Rod Stewart Worth checking out too ❤

Always George & Mary J Blyth 👌

The people who lasted for decades started making with great voices. Could stand on stage sing with band and sometimes with a mic.

I love George Michael but Arethas voice is something else ❤

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough! Have you reacted to Patti LaBelle and Michael McDonald on “ On My Own”?

The second couple in the oldies video was Sonny and Cher, great duos in love

HUGE Hit! 😀

Simon Climie wrote this song.

Aretha’s voice was a gift from God. She was absolutely unbelievable. You should check out a video when Aretha sang opera at the Grammy Awards, filling in at the last minute for Luciano Pavarotti, who was too ill to perform. Aretha also wrote songs, one of which was Daydreaming. She was a powerhouse in every respect. R.I.P. Queen of Soul. 👏👏❤️

Yes Ain’t no mountain high enough

Tina Turner is another Powerhouse female vocalist. You should compare her version of Proud Mary to CCR's version. Also, a different type of power vocal but check out Cher. (Dark Lady- from 70's) and (if I could Turn Back time or Believe from Late 80's into 90's)

2 greats❤😊

If you can find it, listen to the song called Heart of Blues done by Three Dog Night. Another one I'd like you to try to find is called Get on This on Chicago's album called Stone of Sisyphus.

HERE WE GO!! ♥

Check out George Michael ‘One More Try’ it’s a great song!

Nr 1 hit in the Netherlands in March 1987

Listen to George with Whitney, Mary j , Ray Charles, etc. They became friends, Aretha went to George’s Faith concert n they did this duet. George stayed with Aretha a few days. She introduced him to fried chicken, yams n cauligreens. Won Grammy for best duet. Listen to “ Kissin a fool”

I think this was the brainchild of legendary producer/manager/record God Clive Davis (the major driving force behind the careers of Whitney H amongst others), George I think was already planning to launch a solo career and wanted to get away from the ‘boy band’ image of Wham! after 4 years of success with that and I think Aretha had been away from the charts for some time so they were good for each other’s cause. And even though George in the early to mid 80’s was doing great ass part of Wham!, you’re right others were noticing him. Elton John released an album in 1985 (thereabouts) called Ice On Fire. There were at least two singles I remember being released (certainly in the UK), one called Nikita and another called Wrap Her Up which featured GM, George did the backing vocals on the Nikita track 😊

You got to stick around to see her wink at the last seconds of the video, you missed it prob❤

This is such a great collaboration!! I remember the first time I heard it and I knew the voices. I was like wow, this really meshes!! 😊

Tina Turner Bryan Adams It's Only Love

@daniellaplume3840

4 ай бұрын

Yes

Aretha was one of the founders of MoTown

RIp both of them

Another great duet you should check out is Tina Turner and Bryan Adams It;s Only Love.

And Whitney and Mary J. Blige,

React to Freddy Mercury and Monserrat Caballe, Barcelona. Such an amazing combination of voices

George and Whitney…please😊.

That's Sonny and Cher before Cher went Solo.

Hi nice reaction really.. I suggest "kissing a Fool"

Sonny and Cher

I would like to hear your reactions to spinning the wheel and fastlove.

@dawnrobinson4406

4 ай бұрын

Agree. Also recommend the live version of spinning the wheel at the 02 arena

Try listening to George Michael with Mary J. Blige

Music is music Black, White,brown

It's time for George and Whitney Houston, If I told you that, I'll be waiting

Do As with Mary J Blige

Yes no mountain high

Open your mind listen to journey

react to JAMES BROWN LIVE 1974 in zaire, THE PAYBACK

That "other duo" was Sonny and Cher. C'mon Now..❤

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If I’m not mistaken, they were never together for this song!!

@johnfleming6236

4 ай бұрын

From what was reported on mtv they were in different studios on opposite coasts!

@johnfleming6236

4 ай бұрын

Might have been

Word is a great big onion marvin gaye tammy tyrell

The reason that you have never heard about him before is the fact that you are a "American".

In my opinion, I think their voices were beautiful together, but I think they could have chosen a better song. I just don't think the song itself was worthy of either performer, though I do love that it gives Aretha the opportunity to give young George the "I know you did" a couple of times, which he must have loved, being as big a fan of hers as I heard he was. I would have loved a duet that let them both let loose a little more.

I think this was the brainchild of legendary producer/manager/record God Clive Davis (the major driving force behind the careers of Whitney H amongst others), George I think was already planning to launch a solo career and wanted to get away from the ‘boy band’ image of Wham! after 4 years of success with that and I think Aretha had been away from the charts for some time so they were good for each other’s cause. And even though George in the early to mid 80’s was doing great ass part of Wham!, you’re right others were noticing him. Elton John released an album in 1985 (thereabouts) called Ice On Fire. There were at least two singles I remember being released (certainly in the UK), one called Nikita and another called Wrap Her Up which featured GM, George did the backing vocals on the Nikita track 😊