According to her spokesperson, Tina Turner, one of rock’s finest vocalists and most interesting entertainers, has away at the age of 83.
The ‘Queen of Rock’n Roll,’ Tina Turner, died away peacefully today at the age of 83 in her home in Kusnacht, Switzerland, not far from Zurich, according to a statement that was made public.
“With her, the world loses a musical legend and an inspiration.”
Her health has recently been worse; she was identified as having intestinal cancer in 2016 and underwent a kidney transplant the following year.
Tina Turner’s upbeat, high-kicking live performances, according to Mick Jagger, were the source of inspiration for his on-stage demeanor since they accentuated and reinforced the early indications of Black women in rock’n’roll.
After two decades of playing music with her controlling husband Ike Turner, she left him. After a few failures, with the release of the album Private Dancer, she rose to fame as one of the biggest pop superstars of the 1980s. In three autobiographies, a biography, a jukebox musical, and the renowned documentary film Tina, she provided details of her life.
Turner recalls helping her family pick cotton when she was a little child while growing up near to Nutbush, Tennessee. Turner became Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939.
As a young adult, she participated in the church choir of the tiny hamlet before singing or talking her way into Ike’s band in St. Louis. He had first turned her down before he heard her join the stage during a Kings of Rhythm concert to sing BB King’s You Know I Love You.
Ike gave her the name Tina Turner after realizing how talented she was vocally and registered the name as a trademark in case she left him and he wanted to replace her in his act. Turner recognized his erratic conduct and wanted to leave the group early. He beat her with a wooden shoe stretcher as retaliation. He immediately turned angry.
In her 2018 memoirs My Love Story, Turner said that “Ike’s realization that I was going to be his moneymaker was the day our relationship was doomed.” He required financial and psychological control over me to ensure that I would never leave him.
In July 1960, she made her debut on record as herself with the Ike and Tina Turner song A Fool in Love, which entered the US Top 30 and launched a consistent chart success. But what actually made them renowned were their live performances.
Ike and Tina Turner continuously toured the Chitlin’ Circuit with their revue as a result of their financial success, performing for a variety of audiences. Their debut album, Live!, was a commercial triumph. The Ike & Tina Turner Show was released in 1964 by the Warner Bros. imprint Loma Records.
Several of the greatest rock stars courted the couple throughout the second half of the 1960s. Visitors to their Las Vegas residency included David Bowie, Sly Stone, Cher, Elvis Presley, and Elton John. In both the US and the UK, they supported the Rolling Stones. Phil Spector produced the 1966 single River Deep – Mountain High.
They ruled the charts and won Grammys in the 1970s. However, because Ike had a history of being violent and disloyal, Turner and Ike’s popularity came to an end when they split up in 1976.
In the 1975 adaption of Tommy, Baby, Get It On, she portrayed Acid Queen, a role that had the same name as her second solo album and the Who’s final song.
Turner only received two automobiles and the rights to her theatrical name as part of the divorce settlement in 1978. According to the character Tina in the movie, “Ike fought a little bit because he knew what I would do with it.”
Tina, may peace be with you.
