<Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1967) </Td> <Td> "Your Precious Love" (1967) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" (1967) </Td> <Td> "Your Precious Love" (1967) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B / soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla label, a division of Motown . The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes frontwoman Diana Ross . The song became Ross' first solo number - one hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and was nominated for a Grammy Award . </P> <P> The song was written by Ashford and Simpson prior to joining Motown . British soul singer Dusty Springfield wanted to record the song but the duo declined, hoping it would give them access to the Detroit - based label . As Valerie Simpson later recalled, "We played that song for her (Springfield) but wouldn't give it to her, because we wanted to hold that back . We felt like that could be our entry to Motown . Nick called it the' golden egg' ." Dusty recorded a similar verse melody in' I'm Gonna Leave You' on Dusty . </P>

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