Who Did It Better
The most famous duet pair in Motown history.
Aint No Mountain High Enough in 1967. Your Precious Love and Youre All I Need to Get By. Terrell born in Philadelphia in 1945. Their musical chemistry was undeniable. Terrell collapsed on stage in 1967 and died in 1970 at age 24. Their recordings remain timeless. Their work continues to influence musicians today.
About this song
Ain't No Mountain High Enough
Ain't no mountain high enough
Ain't no valley low enough
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough" maps a love that recognizes no natural barrier. Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell's 1967 duet is a catalogue of impossibilities made possible by devotion. Rivers do not stop. Valleys do not deter. Darkness does not hide. The song builds a world where love operates as its own law of physics, overriding every limitation the physical world imposes. The hyperbole is not exaggeration. It is a definition. That is what love is, or it is nothing.
Diana Ross took that same law of physics in 1970 and applied it to the space between one person and another. Gaye and Terrell sang together, two people agreeing to the same terms. Ross sings alone. The mountains and valleys become not obstacles between two lovers but obstacles between herself and the person she is calling home. The promise sounds different when there is nobody next to you to confirm it.
Born in Detroit in 1944.
Lead singer of the Supremes, the most successful American vocal group of the 1960s with twelve number one hits. Left for a solo career in 1969. Won a Grammy for Upside Down in 1981. Received a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2012. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted twice, with the Supremes in 1988 and as a solo artist in 2007.
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1,414 artist portraits across 5 genres (Rock, Jazz, Soul, Blues, Folk). 1,363 sourced from Wikipedia (Creative Commons / Public Domain), 50 from Deezer (promotional artwork).
