Another country legend, Owen Bradley, produced the traditional country track, which appeared on their album We Only Make Believe.
It marked Lynn's first GRAMMY and the only one for Twitty. The ballad won Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group in 1971. This was the first of 14 country hits that these country legends recorded together. "After The Fire Is Gone," Conway Twitty And Loretta Lynn Cash and Carter had previously won for 1967's "Jackson." The hit, which was featured on Cash's album Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, won a GRAMMY for Best Country Vocal Performance By A Duo Or Group in 1970. The couple brought a warm, informal tone to the Tim Hardin song, which Bobby Darin had popularized in 1966. This duet made the Top 40 in early 1970, when Cash had a weekly variety series on CBS. The legendary husband-and-wife team had eight country hits, but this was the only one to cross over to the pop chart. "If I Were A Carpenter," Johnny Cash And June Carter It earned an Oscar nomination under the title "Black Magic." Big band leader Glenn Miller had the first big hit with the song.
Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer wrote the song for the 1943 movie Star Spangled Rhythm. Prima and Smith performed the song in the 1958 movie Senior Prom. It won a GRAMMY for Best Performance By A Vocal Group Or Chorus in 1958, the first year of the awards. This fizzy recording was the signature song by the husband-and-wife team, whose high-energy nightclub act made them Las Vegas favorites. "That Old Black Magic," Louis Prima And Keely Smith Whether they combine stars of the highest magnitude or artists who simply make magic together they tend to have a lasting impact on the listener. Covering country, pop, R&B, and even folk and hip-hop, duets have the kind of natural appeal that crosses genres and generations. The year's most romantic holiday seemed an appropriate opportunity to look at a select list of romantic duets honored by the GRAMMY Awards through the years.