Sign In. Edit Tina Turner. Showing all 75 items. World's most successful female rock artist ever. Record sales: over 60 million Has sold more concert tickets than any other female performer in history. Seven-time Grammy Award-winner. She was with Ike Turner for 20 years, but was only married to him for 16 she does not count the two years it took for the divorce to become final as part of her marriage. Had the biggest-grossing concert tour of North America in Because of the frequent beatings she received from former husband Ike Turner , she had to have reconstructive surgery on her nose.
In , she moved to Zurich, Switzerland and has been residing in a lake house, Chateau Algonquin since then. On December 3, , she received the Kennedy Center Honors. She was awarded a star on the St. Louis, Missouri on May 19, Is featured in the book "Face Forward", by the late makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin. Grew up believing she had significant Native American ancestry. Oscar-winning director Vincente Minnelli wanted her to star in a potential biopic of legendary blues singer Bessie Smith in but the project never came to fruition.
When she was 14 years old, her oldest sister and cousin were both killed in an automobile accident in Ripley, Tennessee. However, when Young passed on the offer, Tina recorded the song after adding a bridge and key change, and it became one of her most high-profile signature tunes. Was in a relationship with Raymond Hill from They have a son together. She had two biological sons: Craig Raymond Turner August 20, July 3, , committed suicide by gunshot at the age 59 with her now late ex-boyfriend Raymond Hill and Ronald Renelle Turner; b.
October 27, with her late ex-husband Ike Turner. October 3, and Michael Turner b. February 23, In her book Turner reveals she became pregnant again in but she had an abortion when she discovered one of the Ikettes, Ann Thomas, was also pregnant with Ike's baby. They met while at a record label party in London in Initially friends, Turner and Bach began dating the following year. Attributes her meteoric career comeback to Europe where she was more successful and cherished than in her homeland.
When Tina first heard "What's Love Got to Do With It", the song that would resurrect her career and go on to become her biggest worldwide hit, she did not like it at all and performed it quite reluctantly for years after its release.
Considers herself, first and foremost, a rock 'n' roll artist and performer who has shared the stage with the likes of Mick Jagger , David Bowie and Bryan Adams.
She likes to think that she takes quality pop songs and turns them into rock 'n' roll songs on stage. Tragically, Craig Turner was found dead in June when he was years-old. This letter is part of my big Birthday Book, because Erwin and I wanted to share our love with you.
I am so lucky to have him by my side. After years together, Tina and Erwin married in a civil ceremony on the banks of Lake Zurich in Switzerland in July In , Tina Turner revealed in her book My Love Story that she had suffered life-threatening health issues in recent years. In , three weeks after her wedding to Erwin Bach, she had a stroke, and needed to learn to walk again. In , she was diagnosed with intestinal cancer. She had homeopathic remedies to treat her high blood pressure, that led to damage to her kidneys and kidney failure.
The hard work style with a group of Ike degenerated into tyranny. The musicians left the band, the band's popularity started to decline. Constant drugs and uncontrolled costs, scandals and beatings from her husband became unbearable and Tina Turner went nowhere with a few cents in his pocket and words in July :. Tina started her solo career in , after the divorce process. She presented albums "Rough" and "Love Explosion," which did not become commercially successful.
She often tours with European artists in the absence of a notable musical career and the first success gets in the Old World. The turn came after a meeting at the «Hollywood evenings» with the future personal manager Roger Davies. He persuaded Tina to perform Rock 'n' Roll and created an example of the most commercially successful project in the history of the music industry. The peak of luck and recognition came after a meeting with David Bowie , who arrived at the show at the Ritz Hotel with a representative of Capitol Records.
Turner recorded her new songs in London in a couple of days: "" and "Let's Stay Together," which made her a real star. The symbolic single was "I Will Survive" - the life story and personal victory, reflected in the song. The unsurpassed hit Simply the Best was a demonstration of the essence of the singer, where there is her close-up in dynamic angles in an expressive clip against the background of burning spotlights, which are replaced by a picture of galloping black horses, causing complex associations of the viewer.
The interest in the singer in the United States came later. The album "Private Dancer" came here with a circulation of 11 million. It marked star recognition:. Over the years of her musical career, Tina released ten studio albums, won eight Grammy Awards and got into The Guinness World Records, gathering an audience of , at a concert venue in Rio de Janeiro. She is a regular participant in popular TV shows, a welcome guest in the studio of Oprah Winfrey.
The whole world knows the soundtrack of the Golden Eye performed by Tina Turner to a new series of The James Bond that long existed outside the film. Tina had an affair with the saxophonist Raymond Hill, which ended with the birth of her son Craig and had no continuation.
But the creative duet of Ike Turner and Anna Mae grew into something more. The singer will write in her autobiographical book many years later:. Anna loved and tried to support her loved one, not knowing about the dark side of his character and life. In , they got married and they were united by creativity, hard work and education of children the first years. Tina had time for performances in a busy schedule to raise four sons: Ike and Michael from the previous marriage of Turner, Craig, Ronald.
Over time, Drug addiction and violent character of Ike, the tyranny of work and the beatings at home brought a couple to the inevitable divorce. Bruises and beatings became increasingly difficult to hide from others, Ike beat deliberately to saw other people about his power.
Tina decided to be alone without a penny in It ended with the official divorce in By the mids, the couple separated both personally and professionally after an altercation in Dallas in which Tina fought back, according to her later book.
In , they were officially divorced, with Tina citing Ike's frequent infidelities and increasing drug and alcohol use in addition to the abuse. In the years following her divorce, Tina's solo career got off to a slow start. According to Tina, when she left Ike, she had "36 cents and a gas station credit card.
But she also continued to perform in lower-profile venues and made guest appearances on other artists' records, though not achieving any notable success initially. In , however, Turner's solo career finally gained steam when she recorded a remake of Al Green 's "Let's Stay Together.
The following year, she exploded back into the record industry when her much-anticipated solo album, Private Dancer , was released to overwhelming critical and popular success. It went on to win four Grammy Awards and eventually sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. By this time, Turner was a woman in her mids who was becoming even more renowned for her uniquely energetic performances and raspy singing technique along with her signature look — typically performing in short skirts that exposed her famous legs, with voluminous, punk styled hair.
Turner's soundtrack for the film, in which she redid classic tracks and offered up the new top 10 hit "I Don't Wanna Fight," would go double platinum. She also made several recordings for film soundtracks, including the James Bond title song "Goldeneye," a U. Ike was unable to attend the ceremony, however, as he was serving time for drug possession. He eventually died of an overdose in Tina Turner performs on stage in Berlin on January 26, In , the iconic entertainer embarked on her "Tina!
She announced that it would be her final tour, and essentially retired from the music business save for occasional appearances and recordings.
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