‘I Walk The Line’ — Johnny Cash
When Johnny Cash began working on “I Walk the Line,” he was serving in the Air Force stationed in Germany. He didn’t get to record it until many years later, after realizing that the original tape had been damaged. This turned out to be a good thing because he chose to embrace the unique sound that resulted. To add even more spice, he wrapped a piece of wax paper around the guitar strings. This is how he got his first Billboard chart No. 1 hit. “It was different than anything else you had ever heard,” he shared with Rolling Stone. Bob Dylan added, “A voice from the middle of the Earth.”
‘I Walk The Line’ — Johnny Cash
‘River Deep – Mountain High’ — Ike and Tina Turner
Phil Spector considers the 1966 Ike and Tina Turner album to be his best work as a producer, the album in question being: “River Deep – Mountain High.” That sentiment is shared by a large number of people. It even made Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at No. 33. It was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999. Turner described the experience of putting it together as “unforgettable.” Spector made her sing it for hours to make it “perfect.” “I must have sung that 500,000 times,” she revealed to the Rolling Stone. She added, “I was drenched with sweat. I had to take my shirt off and stand there in my bra to sing.”
‘River Deep – Mountain High’ — Ike and Tina Turner