What multiple Grammy winning songwriter and performer once filled in for an ailing singer on a duet which she and her husband wrote? It's a song that has been heard countless times in movies, TV shows and commercials and has been remade several times. The record label was so impressed with the charade that when they found out the ailing singer wasn't getting any better, they had her fill in again for the singer... for an entire album of duets.
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11 comments:
I want this to be James Taylor & Carly Simon, but I don't think it is.
my 1st thought was Carole Bayer Sager (Burt Bacharach being the writing partner) but I guess I should read the rest of the Blind
Carole Bayer Sager
sorry @BA-didnt see your post!
I agree CBS/BB ailing singer song=Thats what Friends Are For"/Dionne Warwick
Valerie Simpson (of Ashford and Simpson)/Tammi Terrell (died of brain cancer)/Song: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" duet with Marvin Gaye.
hahaha-we must be on that same eastern seaboard wavelength!
yup:)
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/it-took-two-marvin-gayes-duet-legacy
you are correct
Valerie Simpson is quoted in Ludie Montgomery's biography:"Terrell-My sister Tommi" as not having subbed Terrell for Vocals. Simpson again explicitly denied having done so in the liner notes of "The Complete Motown Single Series"
On a recent documentary on Terrell,Simpson admitted she sang with Gaye during sessions saying "I sang songs with Marvin because Tammi was not available.And,then we would bring Tammi in to go over her parts.Those are Tammi Terrell vocals because we know that we went back in with Tammi and got what we needed." --Valerie Simpson
Good article. Never knew that
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