Ain't No Mountain High Enough -1996- Diana Ross live in Budapest-

Описание: DIANA ROSS ( with PLACIDO DOMINGO and JOSE CARRERAS ) sang in July 30 1996, in front of 80.000 people at Ferenc Puskàs Stadium of Budapest. They were called to celebrate the 1.100th Anniversary of the State of Hungary by the Magyar Arpad , as part of a yearlong series of cultural programs .
In 1970, "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" was her 13 th NUMBER 1( 14 weeks ) in the USA singles charts and # 1 in the USA RADIO ( 11 weeks). The single sold, in USA only, 1.245.000 copies becoming GOLD RECORD and, Diana Ross, received a GRAMMY NOMINATION for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. It was also # 1 in CANADA ( 10 weeks ), # 6 in UK ( 12 weeks and , selling over 200.000 copies , on 18 March 2023, it become UK SILVER DISC SINGLE) , # 14 in IRELAND , # 31 in AUSTRALIA ( 12 weeks) and # 39 of 1970 in DDR.
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In 1968,with The Supremes, Diana Ross recorded a version of the Terrell-Gaye original version as a duet with The Temptations on album titled Diana Ross & the Supremes Join The Temptations.
1981 saw the recording by Inner Life of the underground dance classic "Ain't No Mountain High Enough".The same year saw an upbeat disco version by the Boys Town Gang.
Australian singer Jimmy Barnes released an album of soul covers titled Soul Deep in 1991, including his rock version of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". This cover reached #28 in Australia in 1992
In 1993, at the end of the film Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, Whoopi Goldberg and most of the cast of the movie, including future neo-soul superstar Lauryn Hill, mixed both the Gaye/Terrell and Diana Ross solo versions of the song together for a performance of "Ain't No Mountain" at the climax of the film. The Gaye/Terrell version also frequently turns up, often as part of a sing-along, in "feel-good" movies, such as Remember the Titans and Stepmom.In 1997, Whitney Houston performed the song live as a part of her medley tribute to Diana Ross on her Classic Whitney Live from Washington, D.C. concert.
In 1998, Debelah Morgan covered the song for the movie Our Friend, Martin, also mixing the Gaye/Terrell and Diana Ross versions. In 1999, the tune of the song was used in Smart Gold commercial in the Philippines In 2000, KLM used this version as a commercial
Former Doobie Brother Michael McDonald recorded the song as part of his Motown album in 2003. The version was used in a commercial for MCI and in the film The 40-Year-Old Virgin. In 2004, the 12 finalists of American Idol covered the song for the ensemble track for the cast album American Idol Season 3: Greatest Soul Classics.
Swedish pop band Play recorded the song for their 2003 album Replay. This version appeared in the trailer for the 2006 film Last Holiday.
In 2006, Australian vocal group Human Nature included a cover on the second album of their Motown trilogy, Dancing in the Street: the Songs of Motown II. The album debuted at #1 on the ARIA charts.
In 2006, Eva Avila performed this song on the fourth season of Canadian Idol during the last round of the semi-finals. Avila went on to win the competition.
In 2006, Amy Winehouse recorded the song "Tears Dry On Their Own" for her album Back to Black, which keeps the chord progression, arrangement and instrumentation of "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", but which contains a different melody and different, original lyrics written by Winehouse. A duet between Eddie Money & his daughter Jesse Money is featured on his 2007 cover album Wanna Go Back.
Portions of the Diana Ross version were sampled on the Jessica Simpson single "A Public Affair". In an episode of The Steve Harvey Show, Lydia performs the song towards the end of Booker T. Washington High School's graduation ceremony. In an episode of Designing Women (titled "The Rowdy Girls"), the Sugarbaker women lip-synch to the song during a performance. In an episode of All My Children, Kendall, Greenlee, and the Fusion women lip-synch and dance to the song. In 2008, the song appeared in The Poker House, with Jennifer Lawrences' character, Agnes, and her two sisters singing along to the radio. In 2009, Lionel Richie and Stefanie Heinzmann performed the song live in the German music award show Echo 2009 .In Dionne Bromfield covered this song on her debut album "Introducing Dionne Bromfield
In 2010, Hungarian-Slovakian singer Takács Nikolas performed the song in the 4th live show and in the great final of the Hungarian X-Faktor. He ended up 2nd in the competition. In 2011, the song was re-recorded by Paul Epworth and used in a commercial for DH AND the song was covered by French singer Chimène Badi and Billy Paul, for Badi's 2011 Gospel & Soul album. Always 2011, the song appeared in a NicoDerm CQ commercial with a miniature little band playing the song on the table of the former smoker.