Ike & Tina Turner – Proud Mary

“Proud Mary” – Single by Ike & Tina Turner from the album Workin’ Together
Released: January 14, 1971
Songwriter: John Fogerty

This was a #4 hit in the US for Ike & Tina Turner in 1971, and a highlight of their live shows. Tina Turner recalled in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine in 1971 how they came to record this on their Workin’ Together album: “When we cut the album, we were lacking a few tunes, so we said ‘Well, let’s just put in a few things that we’re doing on stage. And that’s how ‘Proud Mary‘ came about. I had loved it when it first came out. We auditioned a girl and she had sung ‘Proud Mary.’ This is like eight months later, and Ike said, ‘You know, I forgot all about that tune.’ And I said let’s do it, but let’s change it. So in the car Ike plays the guitar, we just sort of jam. And we just sort of broke into the black version of it. It was never planned to say, ‘Well, let’s go to the record shop, and I’d like to record this tune by Aretha Franklin’… it’s just that we get it for stage, because we give the people a little bit of us and a little bit of what they hear on the radio every day.”

Ike & Tina Turner’s version charted for the first time in the UK on the chart dated October 2, 2010 after it was performed on X-Factor by auditioneees Diva Fever. This version was credited to Tina Turner only.

Ike and Tina performed their version on the Season 2 premiere of Soul Train in 1972, becoming the first big act to appear on the program. The show became very popular its first season because of the dancers, but they were able to book many famous guests in subsequent seasons.

For their rendition, Ike & Tina Turner won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group in 1972. Both CCR and Ike & Tina Turner’s versions of the song received Grammy Hall of Fame Awards, in 1998 and 2003, respectively. “Proud Mary” ranked at No. 155 on Rolling Stone’s 2004 list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.

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Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary (1971)

Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary live on Italian TV 197104:59

“Proud Mary” este compoziția originală a lui John Fogerty, înregistrată în 1968 de Creedence Clearwater Revival, și lansată pe single în Ianuarie 1969, fiind un mare hit în SUA.

Doi ani mai târziu Ike & Tina, au reușit o performanță asemănătoare cu cover-ul lor.  Ei au lansat piesa la 30 Ianuarie 1971, fiind al doilea single de pe albumul Workin’ Together din 1970.

Față de original, Tina începe melodia diferit, cu o parte vorbită, după care melodia devene mai energică, în stilul lor caracteristic.

Proud Mary este una din puținele melodii pe care Tina a continuat să le cânte și solo.

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