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Tina Turner Has Died
Posted on 5/24/23 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 5/24/23 at 1:53 pm
Tina Turner: Music legend dies at 83
By Emma Saunders
Entertainment reporter
Singer Tina Turner, whose soul classics and pop hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the age of 83.
Turner had suffered a number of health issues in recent years including cancer, a stroke and kidney failure.
She rose to fame alongside husband Ike in the 1960s with songs including Proud Mary and River Deep, Mountain High.
She divorced the abusive Ike in 1978, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s.
Tina Turner obituary: Legend who overcame adversity
Tina Turner's 10 best songs and the stories behind them
Dubbed the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner was famed for her raunchy and energetic stage performances and husky, powerful vocals.
She won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 as a solo artist, having first been inducted alongside Ike in 1991.
Upon her solo induction, the Hall of Fame noted how she had "expanded the once-limited idea of how a Black woman could conquer a stage and be both a powerhouse and a multidimensional being".
Younger stars who have felt her influence include Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Janelle Monae and Rihanna.
Born in Tennessee into a sharecropping family, she first found prominence as one of the backing singers for her husband's band The Kings of Rhythm.
She soon went to to front the band, and the couple tasted commercial success with Fool in Love and It's Gonna Work Out Fine, which made the US charts in the early 60s.
Their other hits included 1973's Nutbush City Limits, about the small town where Tina was born. But Ike's physical and emotional abuse was taking its toll.
It was he who changed her name from her birth name, Anna Mae Bullock, to Tina Turner - a decision he took without her knowledge, one example of his controlling behaviour.
She recalled the trauma she suffered throughout their relationship in her 2018 memoir, My Love Story, in which she compared sex with the late musician to "a kind of rape".
"He used my nose as a punching bag so many times that I could taste blood running down my throat when I sang," she wrote.
After escaping her abuser, she went on to rebuild her career and become one of the biggest pop and rock stars of the 80s and 90s, with hits including Let's Stay Together, Steamy Windows, Private Dancer, James Bond theme GoldenEye, I Don't Wanna Fight and It Takes Two, a duet with Rod Stewart.
She also starred in 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - which featured another of her smashes, We Don't Need Another Hero - and The Who's 1975 rock opera Tommy as the Acid Queen.
She found happiness with her second husband, German music executive Erwin Bac. They began dating in the mid-80s, and got married in 2013.
The pair lived in Switzerland, with Turner taking Swiss citizenship. He donated one of his kidneys to her in 2017 after it was discovered she was suffering from kidney failure.
She also suffered tragedy with the loss of her eldest son Craig to suicide in 2018. His father was Turner's former bandmate, Raymond Hill.
Another son, Ronnie, whose father was Ike Turner, died in 2022. She also had two adopted sons, Ike Jr and Michael, Ike's children from a previous relationship.
Tina's life story spawned a 1993 biopic titled What's Love Got To Do With It, which earned Angela Bassett an Oscar nomination for playing the star; and a hit stage musical - aptly titled Tina: The Musical. She was also the subject of HBO documentary Tina in 2021.
In an interview with Marie Claire South Africa in 2018, Turner said: "People think my life has been tough, but I think it's been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happened, it's how you deal with it."
By Emma Saunders
Entertainment reporter
Singer Tina Turner, whose soul classics and pop hits like The Best and What's Love Got to Do With It made her a superstar, has died at the age of 83.
Turner had suffered a number of health issues in recent years including cancer, a stroke and kidney failure.
She rose to fame alongside husband Ike in the 1960s with songs including Proud Mary and River Deep, Mountain High.
She divorced the abusive Ike in 1978, and went on to find even greater success as a solo artist in the 1980s.
Tina Turner obituary: Legend who overcame adversity
Tina Turner's 10 best songs and the stories behind them
Dubbed the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner was famed for her raunchy and energetic stage performances and husky, powerful vocals.
She won eight Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 as a solo artist, having first been inducted alongside Ike in 1991.
Upon her solo induction, the Hall of Fame noted how she had "expanded the once-limited idea of how a Black woman could conquer a stage and be both a powerhouse and a multidimensional being".
Younger stars who have felt her influence include Beyonce, Janet Jackson, Janelle Monae and Rihanna.
Born in Tennessee into a sharecropping family, she first found prominence as one of the backing singers for her husband's band The Kings of Rhythm.
She soon went to to front the band, and the couple tasted commercial success with Fool in Love and It's Gonna Work Out Fine, which made the US charts in the early 60s.
Their other hits included 1973's Nutbush City Limits, about the small town where Tina was born. But Ike's physical and emotional abuse was taking its toll.
It was he who changed her name from her birth name, Anna Mae Bullock, to Tina Turner - a decision he took without her knowledge, one example of his controlling behaviour.
She recalled the trauma she suffered throughout their relationship in her 2018 memoir, My Love Story, in which she compared sex with the late musician to "a kind of rape".
"He used my nose as a punching bag so many times that I could taste blood running down my throat when I sang," she wrote.
After escaping her abuser, she went on to rebuild her career and become one of the biggest pop and rock stars of the 80s and 90s, with hits including Let's Stay Together, Steamy Windows, Private Dancer, James Bond theme GoldenEye, I Don't Wanna Fight and It Takes Two, a duet with Rod Stewart.
She also starred in 1985 film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome - which featured another of her smashes, We Don't Need Another Hero - and The Who's 1975 rock opera Tommy as the Acid Queen.
She found happiness with her second husband, German music executive Erwin Bac. They began dating in the mid-80s, and got married in 2013.
The pair lived in Switzerland, with Turner taking Swiss citizenship. He donated one of his kidneys to her in 2017 after it was discovered she was suffering from kidney failure.
She also suffered tragedy with the loss of her eldest son Craig to suicide in 2018. His father was Turner's former bandmate, Raymond Hill.
Another son, Ronnie, whose father was Ike Turner, died in 2022. She also had two adopted sons, Ike Jr and Michael, Ike's children from a previous relationship.
Tina's life story spawned a 1993 biopic titled What's Love Got To Do With It, which earned Angela Bassett an Oscar nomination for playing the star; and a hit stage musical - aptly titled Tina: The Musical. She was also the subject of HBO documentary Tina in 2021.
In an interview with Marie Claire South Africa in 2018, Turner said: "People think my life has been tough, but I think it's been a wonderful journey. The older you get, the more you realise it's not what happened, it's how you deal with it."
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:11 pm to Mizz-SEC
RIP
I dug her back in the day.
I dug her back in the day.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:13 pm to Decatur
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:16 pm to Big Scrub TX
Did not know that Marc Knopfler wrote "Private Dancer".
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:36 pm to Mizz-SEC
RIP to, maybe, the best female performer of pop/rock of the last 60 years. Probably really only Janis in the same broad conversation in the terms of influence and stage presence.
Tina's tumultuous personal life, at times, threatened to overshadow her talent, but never really did other than the times surrounding "What's Love". Ike, for his part, never really denied a lot of the ugly only to suggest that Tina gave as good as she got when it came to their infamous dust ups.
Ike also present at the very genesis of rock and roll and a great talent in his own right, I will never forget their musical partnership, particularly their cover of Proud Mary, which doesn't get enough discussion in the GOAT cover threads.
Tina's tumultuous personal life, at times, threatened to overshadow her talent, but never really did other than the times surrounding "What's Love". Ike, for his part, never really denied a lot of the ugly only to suggest that Tina gave as good as she got when it came to their infamous dust ups.
Ike also present at the very genesis of rock and roll and a great talent in his own right, I will never forget their musical partnership, particularly their cover of Proud Mary, which doesn't get enough discussion in the GOAT cover threads.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:38 pm to Mizz-SEC
Damn this world... I loved her in Thunderdome. Always thought she would have been a successful actress if she was in more films.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:43 pm to Mizz-SEC
Some friends and I will occasionally have music/drink parties, playing many hits from the 70's and 80's.
We had one this past Saturday. I remembered the best and thunderdome being played.
I think she was probably one of the more liked and talented female singers of our generation.
Thanks for the memories Tina.
We had one this past Saturday. I remembered the best and thunderdome being played.
I think she was probably one of the more liked and talented female singers of our generation.
Thanks for the memories Tina.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 2:49 pm to Bloodworth
quote:
Damn this world... I loved her in Thunderdome
C'mon, making it to 83 with her health ailments is a pretty damn good run.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 3:00 pm to Keep Stirring
83 is a good run. Good for her. Her accomplishments speak for themselves.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 3:36 pm to Mizz-SEC
She was badass on every level.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:02 pm to DeltaTigerDelta
“Better than all the Rest”
Didn’t check the OT before posting this
Rookie mistake I guess
Didn’t check the OT before posting this
Rookie mistake I guess
This post was edited on 5/24/23 at 4:06 pm
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:16 pm to STigers
Hopefully she is pegging Ike with a dildo wrapped in barbed wire.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 4:53 pm to Ace Midnight
I'm not sure that Janis Joplin had the kind of energy in her shows that Tina Turner would put out night after night. Hell, she taught Mick Jagger how to dance and move on stage.
A loss.....a big one.
A loss.....a big one.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:04 pm to Mizz-SEC
Is there anyone (except Ike, maybe) who just didn't like Tina Turner?
Posted on 5/24/23 at 8:12 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:I like Tina a lot, but I've ALWAYS thought this cover was an abomination.
particularly their cover of Proud Mary, which doesn't get enough discussion in the GOAT cover threads.
Posted on 5/24/23 at 9:31 pm to Mizz-SEC
Dang. RIP. One of the all time greats.
Posted on 5/25/23 at 8:28 am to Mizz-SEC
For those who mostly remember her from her mid-80s pop diva days and the Ike drama, it should be mentioned that she had a phenomenal r'n'b voice.
Here's a live performance from The Midnight Special that shows a little of that talent. Also her amazing legs (bear in mind she was already pushing 40 when this was recorded):
The Night Time is the Right Time
Here's a live performance from The Midnight Special that shows a little of that talent. Also her amazing legs (bear in mind she was already pushing 40 when this was recorded):
The Night Time is the Right Time
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