Tina
Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee,
November 26, 1939) is an African American, Native American,
R&B, pop, rock and soul singer, Buddhist and occasional
actress probably best known for her scorching performances
with the Ike and Tina Turner Revue and for her remarkable
solo comeback in the mid-1980s.
Tina Turner is noted for her overpowering
stage presence -- long legs, big hair, and powerful
voice. She was discovered by Ike Turner, a noted pioneer
of rock and roll, whom she later married. She began
as an occasional vocalist in his show at the age of
18, but within a couple of years she not only had
a new name, but was the spotlight of a popular soul
revue led by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm.
Ike and Tina Turner recorded a number
of hits in the 1960s, including "A Fool In Love",
"It's Gonna Work out Fine", and the legendary
"River Deep, Mountain High" (with producer
Phil Spector). Their signature hit became their frantic
rendition of "Proud Mary" (1971).
Ike's increasingly abusive behavior
led Tina to abruptly leave him in 1976. She credits
her newfound Buhddist faith with giving her the courage
to strike out on her own. Around this time, she appeared
solo in a memorable cameo as the Gypsy Acid Queen
in the film of The Who's Tommy rock opera. Tina finalized
her divorce in 1978 after 18 years of marriage, accusing
Turner of years of severe spousal abuse and rampant
drug addiction in her autobiography I, Tina, which
was later made into the film What's Love Got to Do
with It. To put the marriage (and Ike) behind her,
Tina left the marriage with no money or property,
asking for and retaining only the use of the stage
name Ike had given her.
She began touring extensively to pay
the bills and released several solo albums in the
1970s, but her career stalled until teaming with BEF
for a remake of "Ball of Confusion" drawing
the attention of Capitol Records. The 1984 album Private
Dancer had three top ten singles: "What's Love
Got to Do with It", the title track, and "Better
Be Good To Me".
In 1985, she appeared as Aunty Entity
in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome with Mel Gibson, and
scored another hit with the movie's theme song, "We
Don't Need Another Hero".
She led several extensive world tours
in the 1980s and 1990's and released several more
successful albums.
In 1995, she recorded the title theme
of the James Bond movie GoldenEye.
Her last world tour, which ended in
2000, was a sell out.
Tina has two natural sons (one is
Ike's, the other from a previous relationship with
a musician from the Kings of Rhythm). She also raised
Ike's two sons from his previous marriage.
She gained great popularity throughout
Europe and moved there permanently in 1986 to share
a home with Erwin Bach, a German-born EMI record company
executive 16 years her junior. In addition to a lakeshore
home on the Goldküste, the most exclusive district
of Zurich, Switzerland, Turner has an estate in France
at Villefranche-sur-Mer, a small town about 4 miles
(6km) east of the city of Nice. Her home there sits
atop Mont Vinaigrier, overlooking the Mediterranean
Sea.
Now semi-retired, she teamed up with
Phil Collins to record a song for the Disney film
Brother Bear (2003).
She is currently preparing for the
release of her next album, which is a greatest hits
with two new tracks. Her next single is currently
being air played in the UK, which has had mixed reactions
from listeners.
Albums
1973 "The Country of Tina Turner"
1975 "Acid Queen" #155 US
1978 "Rough"
1979 "Love Explosion"
1984 "Private Dancer" #3 US, #2 UK, US Sales:
5,000,000
1985 "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" #41 US
1986 "Break Every Rule" #23 US, #2 UK, US
Sales: 1,000,000
1988 "Tina Live in Europe" #86 US, #8 UK
1989 "Foreign Affair" #31 US, #1 UK, US
Sales: 500,000
1991 "Simply the Best" (compilation) #113
US, #2 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000
1993 "What's Love Got to Do with It" #17
US, #1 UK, US Sales: 1,000,000
1994 "The Collected Recordings - Sixties to Nineties"
1996 "Wildest Dreams" #61 US, #4 UK
1999 "Twenty Four Seven" #21 US, #9 UK,
US Sales: 500,000
2004 "All the Best" (compilation)
Hit singles
from Private Dancer
1983 "Let's Stay Together" #26 US (1984
release), #6 UK
1984 "Help!" #40 UK
1984 "What's Love Got to Do with It" #1
US, #3 UK
1984 "Private Dancer" #7 US, #26 UK
1984 "Better Be Good to Me" #5 US
1985 "Show Some Respect" #37 US
from Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
1985 "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)"
#2 US, #3 UK
1985 "One of the Living" #15 US
from Reckless (Bryan Adams album)
1985 "It's Only Love" (with Bryan Adams)
#15 US, #29 UK
from Break Every Rule
1986 "Typical Male" #2 US, #33 UK
1986 "Two People" #30 US
1987 "What You Get Is What You See" #13
US, #30 UK
from Foreign Affair
1989 "The Best" #15 US, #5 UK
1989 "I Don't Wanna Lose You" #8 UK
1989 "Steamy Windows" #39 US, #13 UK (1990
release)
1990 "Look Me in the Heart" #31 UK
1990 "Be Tender with Me Baby" #28 UK
from Vagabond Heart (Rod Stewart album)
1990 "It Takes Two" (with Rod Stewart) #5
UK
from Simply the Best
1991 "Nutbush City Limits" #23 UK
1991 "Way of the World" #13 UK
1992 "Love Thing" #29 UK
1992 "I Want You Near Me" #22 UK
from What's Love Got to Do with It
1993 "I Don't Wanna Fight" #9 US, #7 UK
1993 "Disco Inferno" #12 UK
1993 "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" #16
UK
from Goldeneye soundtrack
1995 "Goldeneye" #10 UK
from Wildest Dreams
1996 "Whatever You Want" #23 UK
1996 "On Silent Wings" #13 UK
1996 "Missing You" #12 UK
1996 "Something Beautiful Remains" #27 UK
1996 "In Your Wildest Dreams" (feat. Barry
White) #32 UK
from Twenty Four Seven
1999 "When the Heartache Is Over" #10 UK
2000 "Whatever You Need" #27 UK
from All the Best
2004 "Open Arms" #25 UK
source from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki
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