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TBS: Throwback Thursday─── 08:45 Thu, 02 Apr 2015
Throwback Thursday takes you back to the songs, which mark a special time in your life that you have not heard in a while. It doesn’t even have to be that long ago. A song can bring back loads of memories and we want to share
them with you!
them with you!
Today's sing is a 1966 single by Ike & Tina Turner. Considered by producer Phil Spector to be his best work.
The Original:
Tina Turner Rocks the Song like it's 1971 ...
After Eric Burdon and the Animals covered the song in 1968, it was re-released a year later, and has since become one of Tina Turner's signature songs.
In 1999, "River Deep – Mountain High" was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame.
The track was recorded using Spector's "Wall of Sound"
production technique, cost a then-unheard-of $22,000, and required 21 session musicians and 21 background vocalists. Due to Spector's perfectionism in the studio, he made Turner sing the song over and over for several hours until he
felt he had the perfect vocal take for the song. Turner recalled:
felt he had the perfect vocal take for the song. Turner recalled:
"I must have sung that 500,000 times. I was drenched with sweat. I had to take my shirt off and stand there in my bra to sing."
Today's Throwback Thursday Song is:
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