The year was 1983, and superstar country music singer Kenny Rogers took the stage with a cover of a song written by the Bee Gees called “Islands in the Stream.” As Rogers sang the opening bars on the stage by himself, “Baby when I met you there was peace I know / I set out to get you with a fine-tooth comb,” the audience clapped in time.
But when Dolly Parton walked out to join him, cheers went up from the audience. As their honeyed voices magically harmonized, it became clear that this was a match made in heaven. “And we rely on each other,” the duo sang.
