![]() ![]() ![]() After Mike Maitland (then president at Warner Bros.) gave them their release, they signed with Spector's Philles Records. He offered $20,000 ($167,000 in 2021) to have them released from their contract. Spector negotiated a deal with Ike & Tina Turner's manager Bob Krasnow, who was also head of Loma. At the time they were signed to Loma Records (a subsidiary of Warner Bros.). Ike agreed, but wanted the recordings to be credited to Ike & Tina Turner. He went to the Turners' house, and struck a deal with Ike Turner to produce Tina. Spector was impressed by Tina Turner and wanted to use her voice with the Wrecking Crew, and his " Wall of Sound" production technique. Phil Spector had seen the Ike & Tina Turner Revue perform at a club on the Sunset Strip and invited them to appear on The Big T.N.T. After a revival of the song from covers by Eric Burdon and the Animals and Deep Purple in 1968, the original version was reissued by A&M Records in 1969. Spector claimed to be pleased with the response from the critics and his peers, but he then withdrew from the music industry for two years, beginning his personal decline. The single did not perform well upon its original release in the US, but it was successful in Europe. The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame added it to the list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll. 37 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. 33 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Rolling Stone ranked "River Deep – Mountain High" No. Produced by Phil Spector and written by Spector, Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich. " River Deep – Mountain High" is a song by Ike & Tina Turner released as the title track to their 1966 studio album on Philles Records. "Betcha Can't Kiss Me (Just One Time Baby)" From the album River Deep – Mountain High ![]()
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