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Spector negotiated a deal with Ike & Tina Turner's manager Bob Krasnow, who was also head of Loma. He offered $20,000 ($188,000 in 2023) to have them released from their contract. [9] After Mike Maitland (then president at Warner Bros.) gave them their release, they signed with Spector's Philles Records .
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Nov 4, 2022 · He had a meltdown when Ike and Tina Turner’s “River Deep—Mountain High” wasn’t the all-conquering American hit he’d hoped, and became a hermit-recluse for much of the rest of his life,...
May 9, 2016 · This is the 1966 original version that Tina Turner recorded with Phil Spector. Ike was not at all involved in this recording, despite his name being credited...
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May 13, 2019 · Watch Tina Turner perform “River Deep – Mountain High” on this day in 1983 below.
Jan 23, 2009 · Written in the spring of 1966, "River Deep, Mountain High" originated from the pen of husband-and-wife team Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich, and the producer Phil Spector. Each brought ideas to...
He recalled how Phil Spector, who had been won over by Ike and Tina's work as a substitute act in the rock and roll film T'N'T Show, hooked up with the Turners: "Spector had just lost The Righteous Brothers, and at the same time, Ike was unhappy (having switched to Kent Records). Spector's attorney Joey Cooper called and said Phil wanted to ...
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May 24, 2023 · Tina Turner sings 'River Deep-Mountain High' from the 1969 Ike & Tina Turner A&M album 'River Deep-Mountain High'. This song written by Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, and Ellie...
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