# 4 Forgotten Duets From the 1970s That Still Sound Ethereal

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/4-forgotten-duets-from-the-1970s-that-still-sound-ethereal/
- Published: 2026-07-23T17:28:25+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-23T22:35:09+00:00
- Original publisher: American Songwriter
- Original article: https://americansongwriter.com/4-forgotten-duets-from-the-1970s-that-still-sound-ethereal/
- Topics: Entertainment, Music

## Key points

- Four overlooked 1970s duets are recommended for their emotional warmth.
- “Love Hurts” carries added weight after Gram Parsons’s death.
- The selections span country, soul and pop.

## Summary

Four 1970s duets are highlighted for combining emotionally heavy lyrics with light, airy musical arrangements and close vocal harmonies.

- Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris’s posthumously released “Love Hurts” is presented as particularly poignant because of Parsons’s death shortly before its release.
- Roberta Flack and Donny Hathaway’s “Where Is The Love” turns a story of unreturned love into an uplifting soul performance.
- Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge’s “Loving Arms” is described as the original, wistful version of a song later made more famous by The Chicks.
- Peaches & Herb’s “Reunited” remains familiar through popular culture, but is recommended as a nostalgic song about reconciliation after a break-up.

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