Impressed by Ike and Tina 's performance on '' The Big T.N.T Show '' , Phil Spector was eager to produce Tina . Working out a deal , Spector offered Ike a $ 20,000 advance for creative control over the sessions to which Ike agreed . Tina recorded the song " River Deep – Mountain High " which was released in 1966 on Spector 's Philles label . Spector considered that record , with Tina 's maximum energy over a symphonic sound , to be his best work . It was successful overseas , particularly in the United Kingdom , where it eventually reached number 3 on the singles chart , but it failed to go any higher than number 88 on the '' Billboard '' Hot 100 . The impact of the record gave Ike and Tina an opening spot for The Rolling Stones ' UK tour in the fall of 1966
UK tour
The Rolling Stones 1966 tours
Tina Turner