#1 80s Duet of ROOKIE VS. LEGEND Was A Tie Until She Threw the Knockout Punch | Professor Of Rock

The story of the #1 Eighties (80s) Duet between Aretha Franklin and George Michael...one of the powerhouse duets of all time or was it a match that was too good to be true? We get the inside info from the legendary #1 hit producer Narada Michael Walden who was there orchestrating the whole thing. You had George Michael an up and comer who had already hit #1 a couple of times with Wham! and was ready to step into legendary status as a solo artist right before Faith was released in 1987 going up against one of the greatest voices in history. The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin who was coming off her huge hit Freeway of Love The rookie was nervous singing with his idol and the legend was born ready… would the duet be a hit or a flop? Find out next on professor of rock. Thank you to this Episodes Sponsor, Zenni Optical Incredible Prices on New Glasses - https://bit.ly/ZenniOpticalShop --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out my Hand Picked Selection Below Professor's Store The 80s Collection https://amzn.to/3mAekOq 100 Best Selling Albums https://amzn.to/3h3qZX9 Ultimate History of 80s Teen Movie https://amzn.to/3ifjdKQ 80s to 90s VHS Video Cover Art https://amzn.to/2QXzmIX Totally Awesome 80s A Lexicon https://amzn.to/3h4ilrk Best In Ear Headphones (I Use These Every Day) https://amzn.to/2ZcTlIl ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Executive Producer: Brandon Fugal Honorary Producers Jeffrey Thorn, Yvon Fus, Keith Novak, Thomas Halterman, Bruce, 22 Unchained, Duff Gordon, Byrdman, Jim Hong, Bill Soucy ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check Out The Professor of Rock Merch Store - http://bit.ly/ProfessorMerch Access To Backstage Content Become a Patron - http://bit.ly/ProfessorofRockVIPFan Help out the Channel by purchasing your albums through our links! As an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases at no extra cost to you, thank you for your support. Click here for Premium Content: https://bit.ly/SignUpForPremiumContent https://bit.ly/Facebook_Professor_of_... https://bit.ly/Instagram_Professor_of... #1970s #pop #vinylstory Hey music junkies Professor of Rock always her to celebrate the greatest artists and songs of all time be a part of our community, subscribe below so you can participate in our daily content. we’d love to have you. We also want to recognize our honorary producers in the description below. We appreciate their support. You can become an honarary producer as well, click on our patreon link below to find out how. It’s high time we go back to one of our original show on this channel that we call Dos- the greatest duets of the rock era.. Last time we covered Close my eyes forever by Ozzy Osborne an Lita Ford Today we are going to go behind a power house duet that seemed to good to be true. It brought together an all time legend with a promising young rookie. I Knew You Were Waiting For me by one of the greatest singers ever. Ever. Aretha Franklin paired with George Michael who was about to blast off into the stratosphere with Faith, which in my view is a finalist for the greatest pop record ever. ever. I’ve made it no secret how I feel about George. He’s a special talent. and if you want to know how special just go listen to I Knew You Were Waiting For me. . He goes up against the greatest of all time and it’s reminiscent of the original Rocky. He holds his own and gets in plenty of soul that at least matches the Queen of Soul. This is the story of one of the greatest duets of the 80s as told by the man the myth the legend Narada Michael Walden, one of my very favorite people, not just in music but one of my favorites period. He’s salt of the earth, genuine, the real deal, Legendary as a drummer, songwriter and producer. He was the one who orchestrated this number one smash, standing there side by side with Aretha and George as the producer. Narada was coming off writing and producing Aretha and her big comeback record Freeway of Love, that won her, her 12th grammy award and was her biggest hit in 12 years. Narada Michael Walden actually is one of only a few producers in history to replace himself at number one on the billboard hot 100. He was at number one in early April as the producer of Starships smash hit Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now which spent two weeks at the top until it was replaced by Aretha and George and well, I’ll have Narada tell you the rest as he was there. As we get into this story I want to thank our sponsor Zennie eyewear, the glasses I always wear.