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Ike & Tina Turner

River Deep – Mountain High

1966 · via Erasure

Ike & Tina Turner recorded “River Deep – Mountain High” in 1966. Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector wrote it. An earlier recording by Ike & Tina Turner in 1966 is on file. Also recorded by Nilsson (1967), Deep Purple (1968) and Eric Burdon and the Animals (1969), among 266 recordings on file.

Ike & Tina Turner – River Deep – Mountain High
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Spector's name is also on "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Walking in the Rain," so Erasure kept coming back to the same songbook. Start with Ike & Tina Turner, who had this one on record well before Vince and Andy got to it.

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Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector.

Recorded earlier by Ike & Tina Turner in 1966; whether that was the first recording is not on file.

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266 recordings of “River Deep – Mountain High” on MusicBrainz in all.

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Erasure took on "River Deep – Mountain High." Who shares its writing credit with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, and also co-wrote two other songs Erasure recorded?Phil Spector
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