5 elements to understand…the life of Tina Turner
Tina Turner’s rep announced her death yesterday “Queen of Rock ‘n Roll”.
The rock legend has died at the age of 83. Yesterday’s press release said: “Tina Turner, the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n Roll’, has died peacefully at her home in Küssnacht, Switzerland, aged 83, after a long illness.” First shared by Sky News, he adds added: “With her, the world loses a music legend and an icon.” Anne Mae Bullock, that’s her real name, is now considered one of the greatest artists of all time and began her career in the 1950s, in the early years of rock ‘n ‘Roll.
His debut with Ike Turner
In the 1950s, she went on stage and picked up the microphone during the interval at an Ike Turner concert. Impressed by her performance, he then offered her to join the other singers of his rock group Kings of Rhythm. He teaches him to control the power of his voice and work on his stage performance. In 1960, Anne Mae married the leader, who immediately renamed her “Tina,” a name inspired by a comic book heroine. Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. In 1960 “A Fool in Love” sign their first success. But the singer quickly suffered violence from Ike. He even hit Tina when she was pregnant. She says: “The torture started and never stopped. But I still felt sorry for him. Despite the violence, their collaboration continues. After several titles like “Proud Mary “(1970) or “River Deep Mountain High” (1974).
In late 1966, the duo opened for the Rolling Stones (the following year she became the first black artist and the first artist to appear on the cover of the legendary Rolling Stone magazine). Fans, the Stones, even welcomed the duo a second time in 1969. Aware of the Tina phenomenon, Ike Turner renamed the group The Ike & Tina Turner Revue. In 1970 they covered the song composed by Creedence Clearwater Revival: “Proud Mary”. It eventually became one of their greatest classics. (Tina actually covered this song with Beyoncé at the 50th Anniversary Grammys in her early 20’s).
In 1976, after a last bloody argument in a car, she ended her relationship with Ike, it was the end of their collaboration. Their divorce came two years later.
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Naturally Desert crossing to movie star
After her divorce, she experienced a complicated time in debt, which was marked by cabaret shows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas and the television shows in which she appeared. In addition, his third (rough,1978) and fourth solo albums (love explosion, 1979) are failures. However, the singer never gave up. She even confided to Le Figaro: “When I left Ike I had some loose change in my pocket, a fuel card for my car and no plans. But I was happier then than I had been in years. I loved that independence. I started believing in myself and convincing myself that everything would be fine for me. And…it did !»
In 1985, thanks in particular to Mad Max, it was relaunched: Beyond the Thunder Dome, where they Play as Aunt Entity. She even performs two songs from the film’s soundtrack, including “We don’t need another hero.” In 1993 we also see him in the film Last action hero where she appears alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The new rock star
In the 80’s she released several albums and tours and became the ” Queen of Rock & Roll “. In 1984 she released her cult album “A Private Dancer” with the only king of his entire career, “What does love have to do with it”. She then continues with a performance with David Bowie, whose title “Tonight” is a cardboard box. With many hits like “Typically male” or “We don’t need another hero” As mentioned above, she won a total of six Grammy Awards.
In 1985, she took part in the recording of the charity hit We are the World, with the collective USA For Africa, which brings together today’s biggest stars, including the King of Pop Michael Jackson. His career exploded internationally with hits like “Let’s Stay Together” or ” What is love “.
Absolute symbol
Since then, Tina Turner has been considered a true musical monument, she also holds the record for the largest paid concert by a solo artist (Rio de Janeiro 1988, with more than 184,000 spectators). In the same year, the singer entered the record books. In 1993, her life was chronicled in a biography, “Tina,” inspired by her 1961 autobiography titled Me, Tina: My life story . A notorious element of her career, she even lent her singing power to the score of Bono and The Edge to the group U2 in 1975 and appeared in the credits gold eyethe 17th James Bond.
Among the artists she inspired were Beyoncé and Jay Z, who dedicate their title to her.drunk with love” for the violence she endured for 16 years. (Tina had taken over “Proud Mary” with Beyoncé at the 50th anniversary of the Grammys in the 2000s).
The White House paid tribute to him at a press conference yesterday. The White House spokeswoman said she was an “icon” and that her death was a “tremendous loss.”
His career end
In 2008, at the age of 70, she finally left the stage after a first farewell tour (2000). She then retired to her house in Küsnacht near Zurich with her second husband, the German producer Erwin Bach. As of 2010, she began to experience several health problems. She then lost her two sons, Raymond Craig Turner and Ronnie Turner, in 2018 and 2022 respectively.
