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Ike & Tina Turner

River Deep – Mountain High

1966 · via Erasure

Ike & Tina Turner’s 1966 recording of “River Deep – Mountain High” is the earliest release on file. Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Supremes & Four Tops (released 1970), Deep Purple (released 1968) and Céline Dion (released 1996), among 266 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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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Credited writers: Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1966.

Other recordings on file · first release year

266 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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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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