When asked by a reporter after getting struck by lightning why they were flying a kite in a thunderstorm, the duo explained that they were inspired by a documentary about Benjamin Franklin.

The duo were given the BPI's " Producer of the Year Award " in 1990.

The duo was named Vocal Group of the Year in 1968 by the Country Music Association, but Parton's solo records were continually ignored.

The show was pitched directly to the UK's Hat Trick Productions and Channel 4 by the duo, contrary to rumours that RTÉ ( the Irish national broadcaster ) were originally offered the series but rejected it.

Jan and Dean were a rock and roll duo, popular from the late 1950s through the mid 1960s, consisting of Jan Berry and Dean Torrence.

The poems were often performed by a duo, each person singing alternative verses or groups of verses.

The dynamic duo from years earlier were now gone and a new leader would eventually emerge.

Gell-Mann and Richard Feynman, working together, along with the independent duo of George Sudarshan and Robert Marshak, were the first to discover the vector and axial vector structures of the weak interaction in physics.

Though hired to be part of the live performance group rather than as band members, these four musicians were also included in the photograph alongside the core duo on the album cover of their first album to assist in projecting an image of a group rather than a duo.

The Righteous Brothers were the musical duo of Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield.

Simon & Garfunkel were an American music duo consisting of singer-songwriters Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.

The two had become the NFL's most famous broadcast duo since they were paired together in 1981 on CBS.

The duo were parodied as Willis and Crumble in an episode of The Simpsons entitled Angry Dad: The Movie.

These works, most in collaboration with the experimental Russian director Georges Pitoëff, were considered promising despite their lack of commercial profits, and the duo continued to work together until they had their first major success in 1937 with Le voyageur sans bagage ( Traveller Without Baggage ).

At the time, Eastland and Stennis were the longest-serving Senate duo in American history, though their record was subsequently surpassed by Strom Thurmond and Fritz Hollings of South Carolina, who served together for 36 years.

On the later albums recorded by the remaining duo, the arrangements were sparse and heavily electronic, the singing evolved from abstract screams and mumbles to a very direct, rhythmic vocal style, and their live performances were delivered with such intensity that a 1980 concert in Düsseldorf had to be stormed by the police to bring the crowd under control.

Since the duo were still working on The Black Dossier at the time, it was agreed that it would become the last League project published by DC / WildStorm, with subsequent projects published jointly by Top Shelf Productions and Knockabout Comics in the US and UK respectively.

Voshon Lenard and Dan Majerle were also added to the team, becoming a dangerous backcourt duo for their tenacity on defense and their specialization at three-point shooting.

This was the first time that the Bulls had two all stars since 1997, when Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen were the duo.

Not knowing they were both essentially unemployed, although still contracted to Paradine, Cotton signed the duo up for their own show together, and a series each on their own ; he later joked he " must have offered them too much money.

The Comateens were originally a New Wave duo formed in 1978 in New York City by bassist / vocalist Nic North and guitarist Ramona Jan.

While Mario was originally portrayed as a carpenter in Donkey Kong, the duo of Mario and Luigi in Mario Bros. were styled as Italian plumbers by Miyamoto, on the suggestion of a colleague.

He accompanied the Rolling Stones on their 1971 U. K. tour in the hope of being signed to the newly formed Rolling Stones Records, intending to record a duo album with Richards.

They also signed veteran guard Penny Hardaway, reuniting the Shaq-Penny duo from the Orlando Magic teams of the mid-90s.

In summer 1964, Stone introduced the duo to Atlantic Records ' Jerry Wexler, who signed them to Atlantic.

This Shapiro / Crawford production was a minor hit ( R & B # 36 / Pop # 102 ), but not a substantial enough commercial success to keep the duo signed to the label.

The success of 10, 000 Maniacs, Tracy Chapman, and Suzanne Vega encouraged Epic Records company to enlist other folk-based female singer-songwriters ; Epic signed the duo in 1988.

The duo ultimately signed to the Some Bizarre label, backed by Phonogram Records.

It would take them another two years to form a musical duo, and three years after that, they signed to Atlantic Records and released their debut album.

In 1989, Arista signed a German-based duo named Milli Vanilli, consisting of Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan, and released its wildly successful multi-platinum debut album ( which had been previously released in Europe the year before ), Girl You Know It's True, the same year in the U. S. and Canada.

" The duo signed to RCA Records.

In 1968, the duo signed a Washington, D. C. act named The Moments, who immediately found success with " Not on the Outside ".

The duo soon made a demo, " Fresh Is The Word ," and eventually signed with William Socolov's Sleeping Bag Records.

The duo signed to Epitaph Records and released their debut album, Patent Pending, on September 12, 2006.

In the early 2000s, the duo signed with Sean Combs ' Bad Boy Records.

In June 2008, the duo announced that they officially signed onto T. I.

After radio stations in Lincoln and Omaha turned the record into a regional " break-out " hit record, RCA Records signed the duo and rereleased the song nationwide.

Later signed to Tommy Boy Records in the U. S., the duo remixed Afrika Bambaataa's " Planet Rock ", Erasure's Love to Hate You, as well as songs from Björk, Radiohead, Depeche Mode, Laurent Garnier, and The Sabres of Paradise.

James ' relationship with Robinson began shortly after James signed with Motown and in 1983, the duo recorded the hit " Ebony Eyes ".

Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo were signed by Teddy Riley to Virgin Records as a duo, The Neptunes.

After watching the duo perform at a high school talent show, Teddy Riley, a musician and producer, signed Williams and Hugo in 1992.

After Def Jam Recordings founder Russell Simmons heard the single, the duo were signed to Island Records and began recording the album in Manhattan's Power Play Studios in early 1987.

Later that year, the duo signed with Island / PolyGram Records, which reissued Ringmaster in 1998.

ITV soon signed the duo in August 1998, and within weeks, were assigned to present ITV1's Saturday morning programmes SMTV Live and CD: UK, alongside old friend Cat Deeley.

In April 2007, the duo signed a two-year golden handcuffs deal with ITV, reportedly worth £ 40 million, securing the duo's career at the station until the end of 2009.