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Ike & Tina Turner - Rivers Deep, Mountain High (1971) | LIVE

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Ike & Tina Turner were an American musical duo active during the 1960s and 1970s, consisting of the husband-and-wife team Ike Turner and Tina Turner. Rolling Stone ranked them No. 2 on their list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time.

Beginning in 1960, they performed live as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, supported by Ike Turner's band the Kings of Rhythm and backing vocalists called the Ikettes. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was regarded as "one of the most potent live acts on the R&B circuit". Their live performances were a musical spectacle in the style of James Brown and the Famous Flames.

The duo's early recordings, which include "A Fool In Love", "It's Gonna Work Out Fine", and "I Idolize You", became high points in the development of soul music. Their later works are noted for interpretive re-arrangements of rock songs such as "Come Together", "Honky Tonk Woman", and "Proud Mary", the latter of which won them a Grammy Award in 1972. The Turners' professional and personal relationship ended in 1976, and their divorce was finalized in 1978.

Ike & Tina Turner were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. They have two singles inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, "River Deep – Mountain High" and "Proud Mary".

Beside Sonny & Cher, the husband-and-wife team Ike & Tina Turner is the most famous "supercouple" in pop music. Well known for wild and energetic live shows and cover versions, their sixteen years relationship was often overshadowed by Ike Turner's physical abuse of his wife. The Phil Spector produced "River Deep - Mountain High" ought to cost more than US$ 20.000.- but flopped badly upon it's release in the United States. Since the re-release in 1969, it has become one of Tina Turner's most signature songs.
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