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"River Deep – Mountain High" is a song by Ike & Tina Turner released on Philles Records as the title track to their 1966 studio album. Produced by Phil Spector and written by Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. Rolling Stone ranked "River Deep – Mountain High" No. 33 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. [2]
Ike & Tina Turner by Dennis Hopper for the album River Deep – Mountain High (1966) Eager to produce Tina, Phil Spector negotiated a deal with Ike and Tina's manager Bob Krasnow, who was head of Loma Records. [52] [53] Spector offered $20,000 to release them from their contract and for creative control over his sessions with Tina. [54]
The title track "Falling into You" and "River Deep – Mountain High" (a Tina Turner cover) made prominent use of percussion instruments; "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" (produced by its writer, Jim Steinman) and a remake of Eric Carmen's "All by Myself" maintained a soft-rock atmosphere, combined with the classical sound of the piano; and the ...
Pranysqa Mishra, 9, performed Ike and Tina Turner's "River Deep —Mountain High" on "America's Got Talent," earning a Golden Buzzer from judge Heidi Klum.
With today’s news of the death of Tina Turner at age 83, it isn’t just the passing of a legend that affects the larger listening audience. It is the end of a style of song, her style of ...
Unfortunately, Tina worked with both men on the 1966 album River Deep – Mountain High, but the title track is a marvel, one of the few times when a vocalist sounded like they could actually ...
River Deep – Mountain High is a studio album by Ike & Tina Turner. It was originally released by London Records in the UK in 1966, and later A&M Records in the US in 1969. In 2017, Pitchfork ranked it at No. 40 on their list of the 200 Best Albums of the 1960s.
Spector's final signing to Philles was the husband-and-wife team of Ike & Tina Turner in April 1966. [33] [34] Spector considered their single "River Deep – Mountain High" his best work, [35] but it failed to reach any higher than number 88 in the United States.