‘I Walk The Line’ — Johnny Cash
Johnny Cash was serving in the Air Force and stationed in Germany when he began work on “I Walk the Line,” He didn’t manage to record it until several years later, when he realized the original tape was ruined. This worked out well since he chose to embrace the distinctive sound that developed. To spice things up even more, he wrapped a piece of wax paper around the guitar strings. This is how he got his first No. 1 Billboard chart success. “It was unlike anything else you’d ever heard,” he told Rolling Stone. “A voice from the middle of the Earth,” Bob Dylan added.
‘I Walk The Line’ — Johnny Cash
‘River Deep – Mountain High’ — Ike and Tina Turner
Phil Spector considers the 1966 Ike and Tina Turner album “River Deep – Mountain High” to be his best achievement as a producer. A substantial proportion of people agree with this sentiment. It was even ranked No. 33 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Turner called the process of putting it together “unforgettable.” Spector forced her to sing it for hours in order to make it “perfect.” “I must have sung it 500,000 times,” she told Rolling Stone. “I was drenched in sweat,” she added. To sing, I had to remove my shirt and stand in my bra.”
‘River Deep – Mountain High’ — Ike and Tina Turner
