Tina Turner

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Tina Turner

Tina Turner is a Grammy Award winning American Pop/Rock/R&B/Soul singer. Her single What's Love Got To Do With It was a huge hit.

[edit] About

Anna Mae Bullock better known as Tina Turner was born on November 26, 1939 in the small city of Nutbush Tennessee. She had an elder sister name Alline Bullock. They were abandoned by their father and also their mother. Anna and Alline move to St. Louis to reunite with their mother.

Tina attended to St. Louis High School. He met Ike Turner, the R&B Band leader of the group Turner's King of Rhythm. Tina ask Ike if she could perform with their bands. Ike's initial response was no, but after much persistence on Tina's part. Ike eventually agreed.

Tina and Ike started working in 1958. Ike was the one who gave the stage name Tina Turner. Tina and Ike were married in 1962.

Her single A Fool In Love was a huge R&B Hit and made it into the top 30 of the US Pop Chart. They changed their bands name into Ike and Tina Turner Revere. Throughout the 60's and 70's, the couple rose to stardom.

In 1969 she had several major hits including River Deep Mountain High and Proud Mary. In mid 70's her marriage with Ike is beginning to deteriorate. Tina even had a failed suicide attempt. Tina had her divorce in 1978, she accused her husband a rampant drug addiction which she wrote on her autobiography I Tina which later made into film entitled What's Love Got To Do With It. She left her marriage with no money and property. It was revealed that her marriage with Ike was void since Ike wasn't officially divorced.

Tina climbed her way back to fame. She performed in nightclubs everyday. He met Roger Davies who produce the album Private Dancer in 1984 which became a huge hit, this proves that she can do it as a solo.

Tina also appeared in several movies like Mad Max: Beyond The Thunder Dome with Mel Gibson and her Autobiography film What's Love Got To Do With It. Tina also sang the theme song of one of the James Bond Movie Goldeneye.

In 2003, Tina teamed up with Phil Collins to record the song Great Spirits for the movie Brother Bear. She also recorded the theme song of the movie Lion King II: Simba's Pride called He Lives In You.

Tina has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In addition, she is a member of the St. Louis Walk of Fame.

[edit] Awards & Certifications

Year	Award	Category
1985	Grammy Awards	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Be Good Time"
1985	Grammy Awards	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "What's Love Got To Do With It"
1985	Grammy Awards	Record of The Year for "What's Love Got To Do With It"
1985	Grammy Awards	Song of The Year for "What's Love Got To Do With It
1986	Grammy Awards	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "One of The Living"
1987	Grammy Awards	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Back When You Starter"
1989	Grammy Awards	Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for "Tina Live in Europe"

[edit] Chart Toppers

Year	Title	UK Charts	US Hot 100	Album
1984	What's Love Got To Do With It	3	1	Private Dancer
1984	Better Be Good To Me	-	5	Private Dancer
1985	Private Dancer	7	7	Private Dancer
1985	We Don't Need Another Hero	3	2	Private Dancer
1986	Typical Male	-	2	Break Every Rule
1989	The Best	5	-	Foreign Affair
1991	It Takes 2	-	5	Foreign Affair
1993	I Don't Wanna Fight	7	9	Tina Turner
1995	Goldeneye	7	-	Tina Turner

[edit] News

[edit] Tours & Concerts

There are no current tour and concert schedules for Tina Turner.

[edit] Announcements

There are no announcements as of this time

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Tina Turns The Country On 1974 Capitol	Acid Queen 1975 Capitol	Rough 1978 Capitol	Love Explosion 1980 Capitol
Private Dancer November 16, 1984 Capitol Records	Private Dance Mixes 1984 Capitol	Break Every Rule 1986 Capitol	Foreign Affair 1989 Capitol
What's Love Got To Do With It 1993 Capitol	Tina Turner 1995 Capitol	Wildest Dreams 1996 Capitol	Twenty Four Seven 2000 Capitol

[edit] Singles

Rockin and Rollin 1976	Ball of Confusion 1982	Let's Stay Together 1984	Private Dancer 1984
Better Be Good To Me 1984	We Don't Need Another Hero 1985	One of The Living 1985	Don't Turn Around 1986
I Don't Wanna Fight 1993	Golden Eye 1995	When The Heartache is Over 1999

[edit] Compilations & Live Releases

Tina Live in Europe 1988	Simply The Best 1991	Greatest Hits 1994	The Collected Recordings: Sixties To Nineties 1994
Dues Paid, Volume 1 1999	Break Every Rule 1986	All That Glitters 2000	All The Best 2005
Collection:Best Rarities 2005