Marvin Gaye – Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Piano Sheet Music
Ain’t no mountain high enough, ain’t no valley low enough – Marvin Gaye Ain’t No Mountain High Enough is a song recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell in February 1967. It became the most successful single of their brief duet career, and Gaye’s solo career after Terrell’s death in the year of its release.
The Marvin Gaye version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” was listed 53rd on the Rolling Stone magazine’s The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Marvin Gaye co-wrote and produced the hit song with Renaldo “Obie” Benson and Nicholas Ashford, who also shared the credited musicians. Marvin Gaye sings lead vocals while Tammi Terrell harmonizes in the background except for a portion of Marvin Gaye’s second verse. According to biographer David Ritz, Marvin Gaye worked out the melody on a piano at Benson’s house, while Ashford played bass on the recording. Marvin Gaye was inspired to make a song out of it when he came home one day to find Tammi Terrell in tears, upset over Marvin Gaye’s brooding over his career and financial struggles. Marvin Gaye wanted to lift her spirits with “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”.
But Marvin Gaye was mindful of the need to get his wife-to-be Anna Gordy’s approval, and took a demo recording over to Motown songwriter Al Cleveland, who was also Anna Gordy’s brother. Marvin Gaye had earlier worked with Cleveland on Album: Recorded Live at the London Palladium. Marvin Gaye enlisted Anna Gordy, who was impressed with Marvin Gaye’s version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, and Marvin Gaye got a chance to record it. Marvin Gaye took the song to new heights when he added lyrics from his own relationship with Anna Gordy. Marvin Gaye used this opportunity to record a song that was far more personal than the Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell hit, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. Marvin Gaye’s version of “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” became Marvin Gaye’s biggest solo hit since he came out with his signature song, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” in 1968. Marvin Gaye’s rendition had an unmistakable personal point of view because Marvin Gaye was ecstatic about his new hit song, while Marvin Terrell had deep feelings of loss over her lover’s success.
