Weekend Listomania: Special "And the Angels Sing" Edition

Okay, no snarky intro involving my Asian Manual Catharsis Technician Fah Lo Suee blah blah blah, so let's get directly to the subject of the business at hand. To wit:

FAVORITE OR LEAST FAVORITE POST-ELVIS POP/ROCK/FOLK/SOUL/WHATEVER SONG/RECORD BY A BAND (OR DUO) WITH ONLY TWO SINGERS HARMONIZING UP FRONT!!!

No arbitrary rules whatsoever, but to my surprise I'm not mostly talking about sibling harmony acts. Also, if you attempt to nominate anything by the Byrds or Beach Boys, i.e. groups that normally feature three or four singers -- The Association, anyone? -- I will come to your house and pummel you severely. That said, however, I haven't decided if The Beatles are eligible or not, so at your discretion. 😎

And now, without further ado, my totally Top of My Head Top Seven is:

7. Chad and Jeremy -- A Summer Song

God, that's gorgeous. Seriously -- some days I think those guys were the most underrated of the British Invasion.

6. The Everly Brothers -- Don't Run and Hide

That was written by the Hollies Clarke-Hicks-Nash triumvirate, but I actually prefer the Everlys' cover.

5. Zager and Evans -- In the Year 2525

One of my traditional candidates for Worst Record Ever Made.

4. The Indigo Girls -- Closer to Fine

You know -- because (in the immortal words of Mick Jagger) you like to have a couple of chicks in there occasionally.

3. Stealer's Wheel -- Everyone's Agreed That Everything Will Turn Out Fine

Early Gerry Rafferty, obviously. I literally wore out the grooves on my copy of that 45 when it was new.

2. Tom and Jerry -- Hey Schoolgirl

This was one of the first records I bought with my own lunch money. It was a huge hit in NYC for obvious reasons; I'm not sure exactly how it fared in the rest of the country, although I seem to recall seeing them lip-synch it on Bandstand. Whatever happened to those kids?

And the number one Two People Singin' Like Boids act of all time simply has to be...

1. The Lemon Twigs -- Look Out For Your Mind

That video is brand new, i.e. it just dropped (as today's hepsters say) this morning at 10am EST. Absolutely fantastic, and man -- these guys have a work ethic like nobody's business.

Alrighty then -- what would YOUR choices be?

And have a great weekend, everybody!!!