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Saturday, 06 February 2010

AIN’T NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH

UPON READING MY BLOG ENTRY ABOUT NOEL & I LIVING APART TWOGETHER, BLOGGER EDUARDO GUIZE SUGGESTED  THIS SONG SO I DECIDED TO POST IT...HOPE YOU LOVE IT AS MUCH AS NOEL & I DO!

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell for the Tamla (Motown) label. The song became a hit a second time in 1970, when a cover by fellow Motown artist Diana Ross became a number-one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award. 

The original 1967 version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was a top twenty hit. According to record producers, Terrell was a little nervous and intimidated during recording because she hadn't rehearsed the lyrics. Terrell recorded her vocals alone with producers Harvey Fuqua and Johnny Bristol, who added Gaye's vocal at a later date.[1] "Ain't No Mountain" peaked at number nineteen on the Billboard pop charts, and went to number three on the R&B charts. 

This original version of "Ain't No Mountain", produced by Fuqua and Bristol, was a care-free, danceable, and romantic love song that became the signature duet between Gaye and Terrell. Its success led to a string of more Ashford/Simpson penned duets (including "You're All I Need to Get By", "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing", and "Your Precious Love").

The Gaye/Terrell version was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999, and is regarded today as one of the most important records ever released by Motown.

7 comments:

  1. I can't think of one song by Marvin that was even close to not listenable.

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  2. Man you went way back in the archives for this one, but nevertheless it is most certainly a good one. Yes I remember this song, and oh how I loved me some Marvin.

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  3. EDUARDO - THANK YOU FOR SUGGESTING IT...

    DEONTE'K - SUCH AN AWESOME SONG!

    THE WALKING MAN - OKAY, MARVIN REALLY DID HIS THING! YEAH I KNOW, IT IS JUST HARD SOMETIMES...I WILL BE OVER TO YOUR BLOG IN A FLASH...

    CHET - YEP I HAD NO CHOICE...L(O)L!

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  4. A timeless classic. Beautiful lyrics, great arrangement, tight production, and soulful vocals by one of the best duos in history! What more could you ask for? This is a song that will live on forever. One that will always be relevant. A tune that will never grow old.

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  5. Absolutely LUV this song. One of my favorites. Great original song. Often imitated, never duplicated!

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