Sad news to report….
Rock, Pop, R&B icon Tina Turner has passed away!
Turner became one of her era’s most enduring female artists, with smash hits like “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” and memorable movie appearances.
Rolling Stone once named her “one of the greatest singers of all time.”
Born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov. 26, 1939, in Tennessee, Turner began performing at a young age. As a teenager, she immersed herself in the local rhythm and blues scene.
In 1956, she met Ike Turner from the band, Kings of Rhythm, and became part of their act under the stage name, Tina Turner.
Together, they recorded hits in the 1960s including, “A Fool in Love,” “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine,” “I Idolize You” and “River Deep — Mountain High” as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
Turner and Ike Turner married in Mexico in 1962, two years after the birth of their son, Ronnie.
In 1971, their cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary” became a hit. Their song “Nutbush City Limits” also climbed the charts in 1973.
Turner divorced Ike Turner in 1978, alleging years of physical abuse and infidelity.
In 2018, Turner opened up about the abuse she endured in an interview with The Sunday Times.
“There was violence, because he had this fear that I was going to leave him,” she said. “The other women, because I didn’t love him that way … the other women weren’t so bad, but it was the constant, constant ill treatment.”
Tina would go on to release music solo to much acclaim.
In 2018, she received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
“Without Tina Turner we have no Beyonce. We have no Rihanna. We have no generation of Black women performers who transgressed all sorts of musical genres and without Tina Turner, we have no reclamation of Black woman’s sexuality in the context of rock and roll,” Daphne Brooks, a scholar of popular music studies and Black feminist literature and culture at Yale University, told ABC News. “Without Tina Turner, we have a new bereft in terms of our conversations about domestic abuse, about Black woman’s ability to be able to withstand patriarchy.”
Turner is survived by her children, Raymond Craig — whom she shared with Raymond Hill — and Ronnie Turner — whom she shared with Ike Turner. She is also survived by her sons Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner, who she adopted from her ex-husband Ike Turner.
Tina Turner will be missed. Her legacy will live on forever because she has left an indelible stamp on pop culture….
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