It would have been the 79^th birthday of infamous producer, crooner, would-be Scandinavian cowboy and the saviour of Nancy Sinatra, Lee Hazlewood today. And, in a week where his duet with Nancy, Some Velvet Morning topped the Q list of the 20 Greatest Duets (which also included Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin's Je T'Aime, Nick Cave and Kylie, The Pogues and Kristy McColl, Marvin and Tammi, Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris and, of course those truly odd couples of Bono and Pavarotti and Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, it would indeed have been the cause of much celebration.

So the story goes, Nancy was about to be dropped from her Dad's label Reprise after some uninspiring 45s, when Frank introduced her to the producer and arranger - and the guy who moulded the career of Duane Eddy and discovered Gram Parsons in The International Submarine Band, no less. Frank announced that they would be working together. Who were they to argue? Her biggest hit, These Boots Were Made For Walking followed before this kooky psychedelic gem that mixed cowpoke double entendres and surreal Greek tragedy to make one of the oddest songs ever. According to Nance, she didn't understand the lyrics and neither of them indulged in the drug culture so dominant at that time. Yeah, right. Covered by Primal Scream's Bobby Gillespie and Kate Moss in more recent times, it's a haunting lullaby and the perfect way to remember the eccentric Lee who, prior to his death, had moved to Norway where he continued to make strange cerebral cosmic country.

At the Church Of Dave we have a special place for Lee and his ‘70s porn moustache. And also a special place for our favourite duet, a northern soul stomper from Larry Williams and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson, entitled Two For The Price Of One. First heard at Wigan Casino in the early ‘70s, the song was an Okeh classic from the ‘60s that bubbles with uptempo sass. So powerful a tune is it that, in the absence of a video of the duo, a Spielberg-esque Church devotee has submitted this "action-packed" piece to Youtube to celebrate its status as a national treasure. Look at the record arm go down...