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Tina Turner: Simply The Best

Tina Turner (birth name Anna Mae Bullock) was born on November 26, 1939 in Nutbush,Tennessee.  An American icon.

Biography and Career

When she was 17, while living in St.Louis, Missouri, her sister Alline took her in Club Manhattan where the Kings of the Rhythm were invited . The singer of the band was Ike Turner.  Two years later, she became the main vocalist of the Kings of Rhythm, recording the song “A Fool in Love” together with Ike. “A Fool in Love” became a hit. She and Ike moved to California and Anna changed her name into Tina Turner. It was Ike’s idea because he loved savage African women.

In 1966, Phil Specter became the producer of Tina Turner releasing the song “River Deep, Mountain High”. The song was a failure, being the 88th in Billboard. But, that same year, in July, “River Deep, Mountain High” reached the third place on the tops in Great Britain. She was invited to sing in the opening of the Rolling Stones Tour in the autumn of the same year.

On July 1976, at 37, with a new order in her life, Tina begun her life as an solo artist. She had three shows at the Ritz Hotel. Rod Stewart invited her to sing together “Hot Legs”.

Her star was rising higher. Tina worked with Mick Jagger releasing the single “Honky Tonk Woman”. In 1983, the single “Let’s Stay Together ” was on 5th place in the British top. The Album “Private Dancer” was brought to Capital Records on April 1984.

Considered to be the queen of rock ‘n ‘roll music, Tina Turner is the most dynamic singer in the history of music. We may say she is a survivor.

Trivia :

- According to VH1, she is second on the list of Rock legends.

- In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked her #61 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

- She has won eight Grammy Awards throughout her entire career so far.

- She has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

- She has been nominated for 18 Grammy Awards and has won 8 of the nominations.

- She has a highway named after her in Nutbush, Tennessee.

- She was born of African American, Navajo, and Cherokee ancestry.

- Her dominance in rock and roll earned her the title “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”.

Quotes :

- “As a child my grandmother used to tell us stories about the dead and the mystical.”

- “For me the goddess is the female of God, She is powerful if different.”

- “I am a practicing Buddhist. I have been for 25 years.”

- “I believe in prayer and in strong belief.”

Grammy Awards Won :

1971 Proud Mary – Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female

1984 Better Be Good to Me – Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

1984 What’s Love Got to Do with It – Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female

1984 What’s Love Got to Do with It – Record Of The Year

1984 What’s Love Got to Do with It – Song Of The Year

1985 One of the Living – Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

1985 We Are the World – Best Pop Vocal Performance, Group

1985 We Are the World – Record of the Year

1986 Back Where You Started – Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female

1986 The Prince’s Trust Fund Concert – Best Video, Long Form

1987 Tina Live in Europe (Album) – Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female.

Filmography :

- The Big T.N.T. Show (1966)

- It’s Your Thing (1970)

- Gimme Shelter (1970)

- Taking Off (1971)

- Soul to Soul (1971)

- CS Blues (1972)

- Tommy (1975)

- Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)

- Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985)

- What’s Love Got to Do with It? (1993)

- Last Action Hero (1993)

- Ally McBeal (1997).

Discography :

- “Proud Mary” (with Ike Turner)

- “What’s Love Got to Do with It”

- “Better Be Good to Me”

- “Private Dancer”

- “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”

- “Typical Male”

- “I Don’t Wanna Fight”

- “River Deep – Mountain High” (with Ike Turner)

- “Nutbush City Limits” (with Ike Turner)

- “Let’s Stay Together”

- “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”

- “The Best”

- “I Don’t Wanna Lose You”

- “It Takes Two” (with Rod Stewart)

- “GoldenEye”

- “When the Heartache Is Over”

- “I Can’t Stand the Rain”

- “One Of The Living”

- “Two People”

- “Cose Della Vita” (with Eros Ramazzotti).

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