{"id":46878,"date":"2023-06-19T14:59:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:59:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/the-life-story-you-may-not-know\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T14:59:59","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T14:59:59","slug":"the-life-story-you-may-not-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/the-life-story-you-may-not-know\/","title":{"rendered":"The Life Story You May Not Know"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ike and Tina Turner in 1970 \/ Gilles Petard\/Redferns via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>*What is there to say about the undisputed Queen of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll? Quite a lot, actually. Tina Turner\u2014a woman whose electrifying vocals sent shock waves around the world\u2014changed the course of music as many know it today. The legendary singer passed away in May 2023 at the age of 83, and there will never be another quite like her. Throughout her life, the abuse and violence she experienced with her former husband, Ike Turner, continued to follow her, but the dynamo nevertheless continued to push through and break barriers.<\/p>\n<p>From her humble beginnings in rural Tennessee to taking a chance on herself as a teenager, Turner still remains a household name six decades after her first record. After all, she is the one who\u2019s credited with <a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/mick-jagger-was-taught-to-dance-by-tina-turner-he-caught-on-fast\/wcm\/442f1d71-dcba-408c-8b0b-211d810debad\">teaching Mick Jagger how to dance<\/a>. Her 1988 concert in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil drew 188,000 fans and <a href=\"https:\/\/the-world-of-tina.com\/guinness-world-records---award.html\">set the Guinness World Record<\/a> for \u201clargest paying concert attendance for a solo artist.\u201d Two years later, she would also set the record for most concert tickets sold by any solo performer.<\/p>\n<p>Turner has garnered 25 Grammy nominations and won eight. What\u2019s more, she is a two-time Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Hall of Famer. Her powerful vocals echo through time and her dancing pulses to the beat of a dazzling drum. A woman who proudly stood up, her legacy can be found in the work of Mary J. Blige, Janet Jackson, and Beyonc\u00e9\u2014and certainly, many more artists to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stacker.com\">Stacker<\/a> scoured the web and pieced together a picture of Tina Turner\u2019s life you may not know, drawing from news accounts, biographies, magazine interviews, and more.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1939: A true Tennessean\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tina-turner-portrait.png\" alt=\"Tina Turner poses for a portrait in 1964 - Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"770\" data-portal-copyright=\"Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images)\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner poses for a portrait in 1964 \u2013 Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h2>1939: A true Tennessean<\/h2>\n<p>Tina Turner was born on Nov. 26, 1939, under the name Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee, about 60 miles north of Memphis. She was raised by well-to-do parents who were in the sharecropping business, but was soon abandoned by her parents and left to the care of her grandmother.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"1957: Becoming a queen of rhythm\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/ike-and-tina-turner.png\" alt=\"Ike Turner and Tina Turner posed in studio.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1957: Becoming a queen of rhythm<\/h2>\n<p>By age 16, however, Turner had gone to live with her mother Zelma and her sister, Alline Bullock in St. Louis, Missouri, after her grandmother\u2019s death. The two sisters went to see the hottest act in town, the Kings of Rhythm. According to Turner\u2019s sister, Ike was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/show\/st-louis-on-the-air\/2022-01-13\/ike-tina-and-the-east-st-louis-music-scene-that-shaped-them\">this amazing musician<\/a>.\u201d Turner proved her mettle on stage when Ike\u2019s drummer passed the mic to her one night while she was in the audience. At 17, she began performing with him and the band every weekend.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1960: 'A Fool In Love'\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages74298967GNPKjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Ike &amp; Tina Turner pose for a portrait in circa 1961.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1960: \u2018A Fool In Love\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>In 1960, she recorded her debut song under the music duo moniker Ike and Tina Turner, \u201cA Fool In Love,\u201d which became an instant hit, reaching the top 30 on Billboard\u2019s Hot 100. The single they put out the next year, \u201cIt\u2019s Gonna Work Out Fine\u201d was nominated for a Grammy. Riding the wave of success, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue toured aggressively and by 1964 was signed to Loma Records, an imprint of Warner Bros.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1962: Success and fear, hand in hand\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages74298429G2F0jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Ike &amp; Tina Turner pose for a portrait in circa 1963 - Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2139\" data-portal-copyright=\"Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Ike &amp; Tina Turner pose for a portrait in circa 1963 \u2013 Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>1962: Success and fear, hand in hand<\/h2>\n<p>Turner considered Ike more like a brother than a husband in the beginning. By the time she moved in with Ike, Turner had already given birth to Craig Turner, whose father was Raymond Hill, the saxophonist of the Kings of Rhythm. Ike and Tina began dating in 1959, and Turner became pregnant soon after. After the success of their first two singles, they married in Tijuana, Mexico, in 1962, perhaps as a way of Ike binding Turner to his side. \u201cThe success and the fear came almost hand in hand,\u201d Turner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/tina-turner-dead-obit-192002\/\">told Rolling Stone<\/a> in a 1984 interview.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1960s: Vibrant star, exhausted parent, abused wife\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages74299232SJHNjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Ike &amp; Tina Turner perform onstage with a Fender Stratocaster electric guitar in 1964.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Michael Ochs Archives \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1960s: Vibrant star, exhausted parent, abused wife<\/h2>\n<p>In the \u201960s, Turner\u2019s star would rise \u2026 along with Ike\u2019s. Her raspy, bluesy voice would enthrall audiences first in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.atlasobscura.com\/articles\/chitlin-circuit\">Chitlin\u2019 Circuit<\/a>, a network of music venues patronized by Black audiences, and eventually beyond that. The Ike and Tina Turner Revue was so popular the act would draw even desegregated crowds.<\/p>\n<p>But offstage, Turner divided her attention between four sons, two from Ike\u2019s previous relationship, while fielding her partner\u2019s abuse. When Turner got the courage to disagree with Ike\u2019s travel arrangements for the band, he infamously beat her with a shoe stretcher. Over the decade, Ike would break her jaw and ribs, would choke her, and sexually assault her. It proved so much that, in 1968, Turner would try to use Valium to take her own life. Turner survived, and Ike had her performing even as she was still vomiting.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1966: An orchestra comes out for 'River Deep \u2013 Mountain High'\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages84999911T32Fjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner performs on stage wearing sunglasses during recording of television show Ready Steady Go! \" data-portal-copyright=\"David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1966: An orchestra comes out for \u2018River Deep \u2013 Mountain High\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>The year 1966 saw the release of \u201cRiver Deep \u2013 Mountain High,\u201d aided by legendary producer Phil Spector, who only requested Turner for recordings rather than the duo. In recognition of the power in Turner\u2019s voice, as well as to create the producer\u2019s \u201cwall of sound,\u201d Spector had assembled a full orchestra and choir. While the record got to the top 3 in the U.K., it didn\u2019t do so well domestically, just hanging on in the Top 100. It did, however, open doors, as Ike and Tina Turner would soon open for the Rolling Stones in the U.K. and the U.S. Their Las Vegas residency would draw stars such as David Bowie, Elvis Presley, and Elton John.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1971: Proud Mary\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages84893554Y556jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner performs live on stage at the 1970 Newport Jazz Festival.\" data-portal-copyright=\"David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1971: Proud Mary<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cProud Mary,\u201d a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival\u2019s 1969 hit, solidified Tina Turner\u2019s stardom. Its addition came at Turner\u2019s insistence to add rock songs by the likes of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. The duo\u2019s country rock sound would soon transform into a more exuberant funk style. The song reached #4 on the Billboard charts and gave the couple a Grammy award for Best R&amp;B Performance by a Duo or Group.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1973: A homage and a national dance in 'Nutbush City Limits'\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages181237496BQYUjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Ike and Tina Turner performing 'Nutbush City Limits' on the German television program Musikladen.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Peter Bischoff \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Peter Bischoff \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1973: A homage and a national dance in \u2018Nutbush City Limits\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cA little old town in Tennessee \/ Quiet little old community \/ One-horse town \/ You have to watch what they\u2019re putting down \/ Oh, Nutbush.\u201d These lyrics immortalized Turner\u2019s hometown and opened it up to the world. Since then, a Tina Turner Museum has been founded in what was once the legend\u2019s one-room schoolhouse. The song has even become Australia\u2019s unofficial national dance, often heard during Aussie barbecues, birthdays, or weddings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we were kids at school, we were taught the Nutbush. Now that we\u2019re the new generation of teachers, we\u2019re teaching our kids. And the ones who become teachers will teach it to their kids,\u201d Jess Bowman, a teacher in New South Wales, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/25\/world\/australia\/australia-tina-turner-nutbush.html\">told the New York Times<\/a>. The song\u2014alongside the 1972 \u201cCover Of The Rolling Stone\u201d by Dr. Hook &amp; The Medicine Show and the 1973 \u201cRight Place, Wrong Time\u201d\u2014helped fuse a country sound with funk, jazz, and rock.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1976: Escape in Dallas\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedScreenShot20230605at8QZEZ51.PNG\" alt=\"Tina Turner holding red roses.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Lynn Goldsmith \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Lynn Goldsmith \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1976: Escape in Dallas<\/h2>\n<p>By this time, Tina was introduced to and later converted to Buddhism. Growing tired of Ike\u2019s violent ways and controlling nature, she sought to finally escape and found her chance in Dallas on July 3, 1976, fittingly on the eve of Independence Day. By that time, Ike had already beaten her bloody on the way into Dallas and had been awake for five straight days due to a cocaine binge.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting until her abusive husband fell asleep, Turner would dash out of the Statler Hilton Hotel, cross the highway, and plead with a Ramada Inn clerk to check her in. Despite only having 36 cents and a Mobil credit card, the clerk gave her the best suite gratis, placed a guard by her door, and gave her food she could ingest even with her battered face.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, with the help of Ike\u2019s lawyer, Nate Tabor, Turner boarded a flight to Los Angeles and went into hiding. She moved from one home to another for months, chanting for hours every day. She eventually filed for divorce later that month, citing irreconcilable differences.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1978: The fight for Tina Turner\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages84893533NJJ7jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner performs live on stage at Hammersmith Odeon in London - David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"3997\" height=\"2851\" data-portal-copyright=\"David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner performs live on stage at Hammersmith Odeon in London \u2013 David Redfern \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>1978: The fight for Tina Turner<\/h2>\n<p>It was an arduous battle before Turner\u2019s divorce was finalized in 1978. Her time away from Ike also meant a forced separation from her sons, which resulted in lifelong damage to her relationship with them. Not only did Turner have to face her husband, but promoters and advertisers angered by her sudden departure during a tour demanded restitution, which she was unable to pay. Ike played hardball in the proceedings and would not give an inch. Eventually, Turner decided to relent and gave her abusive partner everything, including their home, cars, and recording studio, in exchange for the right to her name: Tina Turner.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1980: A phoenix rising from the ashes\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages6584949742G74jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner performs onstage at the Ritz, New York.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Gary Gershoff \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Gary Gershoff \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1980: A phoenix rising from the ashes<\/h2>\n<p>Turner\u2019s divorce took a toll on her and her career. Her next albums, 1978\u2019s \u201cRough\u201d and 1979\u2019s \u201cLove Explosion\u201d both faltered. Her canceled tour with Ike continued to haunt her, and the icon took to the road for eight years, working to pay off her debt and an IRS lien. She appeared in variety shows, game shows, and subpar lounges.<\/p>\n<p>She met Roger Davies, whom she called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9rd8OTBsIFY\">the brother I never had<\/a>,\u201d in 1980. Davies would manage her career for more than 30 years. In this chapter, pairing up with Davies gained her entry into better gigs, even as she battled racism in the music industry.<\/p>\n<p>By 1981, Turner was ready to open up to the public about her abusive ex-husband, and she gave People music editor Carl Arrington her first interview about the sensitive topic, which was published in December.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Early '80s: Old school sound meets synth\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages1302683886TXC4jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Rolling Stones perform onstage with guest Tina Turner - Gary Gershoff \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"3997\" height=\"2850\" data-portal-copyright=\"Gary Gershoff \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Rolling Stones perform onstage with guest Tina Turner \u2013 Gary Gershoff \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>Early \u201980s: Old school sound meets synth<\/h2>\n<p>Turner slowly got back to work. She opened for Rod Stewart\u2019s U.S. tour in 1981 and played a supporting role in a Rolling Stones concert. The next year, she was included in a remake of The Temptations\u2019 \u201cBall of Confusion\u201d by Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh, of the band and production company British Electric Foundation. That song led to Turner signing a record deal with Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Turner and Davies had new ideas for music in 1983. Rather than stay true to a retro musical style, the duo wanted to introduce synthesizers and other newer production techniques. That November, Capitol released Turner\u2019s rendition of the Al Green \u201970s classic, \u201cLet\u2019s Stay Together,\u201d again produced by the British duo. The song climbed the U.K. charts and peaked at #6. In the U.S., the song reached #3 on the R&amp;B charts in 1984.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"1984: 'What's Love Got to Do with It'\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages78683694AZ74jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner at a table at an after party for the 1984 MTV Video Music Awards.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Ron Galella \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Ron Galella \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>1984: \u2018What\u2019s Love Got to Do with It\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Turner\u2019s work with younger producers would eventually lead her back into a U.K. studio to record \u201cPrivate Dancer,\u201d released in May 1984. The album included covers of \u201cHelp!\u201d from The Beatles and an electro-rock version of David Bowie\u2019s \u201c1984.\u201d But what really caught the world\u2019s ear was \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It,\u201d written by Terry Britten and Graham Lyle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It\u201d spent three weeks at the top of the Hot 100 charts. With the song, Turner also became a staple on MTV, her image now on par with the likes of a much younger Madonna on the small screen and in the public imagination. She also performed the song at MTV\u2019s first-ever Video Music Awards and, a year later, would beat out Madonna, Cyndi Lauper, and Sade for Best Female Video.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1985: Triumph on her own terms\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages842214377GYWjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner at the 1985 Grammy Awards with Lionel Richie and his award - Chris Walter \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1711\" data-portal-copyright=\"Chris Walter \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner at the 1985 Grammy Awards with Lionel Richie and his award \u2013 Chris Walter \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>1985: Triumph on her own terms<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cPrivate Dancer\u201d was a turning point in Turner\u2019s career. It proved her old-school R&amp;B vocals could play with the latest studio-produced sound and established her within the 1980s echelon of pop stars. The album spent 147 weeks on the U.K. album charts. In the U.S., it spent 81 weeks on the R&amp;B listings. Turner picked up three Grammys for the album, including Record of the Year and Female Pop Vocal Performance for \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It.\u201d The album would be the biggest hit of her career.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mid-1980s: Telling her story\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages159834023ASB5jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner wearing silver attire in a scene from the film 'Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome', 1985.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Warner Brothers \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Warner Brothers \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>Mid-1980s: Telling her story<\/h2>\n<p>Now a global pop star, Turner took her talents to the big screen. She took on the role of Aunty Entity, a fearsome ruler of a postapocalyptic town, in the third installment of the Mad Max series, \u201cMad Max: Beyond Thunderdome\u201d alongside Mel Gibson. The movie earned her two more hits, \u201cWe Don\u2019t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)\u201d and \u201cOne of the Living.\u201d The latter would gain her another Grammy in 1986 for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. She also participated in the all-star extravaganza that was \u201cWe Are the World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her newfound fame also brought with it renewed interest in her dark days with Ike. Her revelations in the 1981 interview for People alongside her hits only fanned the flames, which led Turner to publish an autobiography, \u201cI, Tina: My Life Story,\u201d which was released in 1986 and co-authored by music journalist Kurt Loder. While Turner thought the book might \u201cget the journalists off my back,\u201d it did the opposite, only prompting the media to continue haranguing her with questions.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1993: Filming 'What's Love Got to Do with It'\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages1198109150OTN9jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner performs at the Allentown Fairgrounds on July 9, 1993 - Lisa Lake \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"2806\" height=\"2000\" data-portal-copyright=\"Lisa Lake \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner performs at the Allentown Fairgrounds on July 9, 1993 \u2013 Lisa Lake \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>1993: Filming \u2018What\u2019s Love Got to Do with It\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Touchstone Pictures optioned Turner\u2019s autobiography following its success in 1988. Three powerhouse women were considered for the title role: Halle Berry, Robin Givens, and Angela Bassett. The latter won out after a performance of \u201cProud Mary.\u201d For the role, Bassett would work with a dialect coach, singing coach, choreographer, and personal trainer just to capture the dynamic singer\u2019s physique and style.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was very nervous because Tina Turner is so much in the public eye,\u201d said Bassett to Hollywood Foreign Press in 1993. \u201cIt felt as if it would be a high wire act over flames, and the slightest thing could make me fall off because we have her performances to compare mine to.\u201d Bassett would earn her first Golden Globe win and her first Oscar nomination for her performance as Turner.<\/p>\n<p>The movie opened in June 1993 along with a soundtrack album from Virgin Records and the launch of Turner\u2019s concert tour. Ike would eventually refute his portrayal in the film and even challenge the Queen of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll to a musical duel, which never materialized.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1990s: Reuniting with mother\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages1021114300IXH1jpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Turner and her mother Zelma pose for a photograph in London - Dave Hogan \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"3997\" height=\"2850\" data-portal-copyright=\"Dave Hogan \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner and her mother Zelma pose for a photograph in London \u2013 Dave Hogan \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>1990s: Reuniting with mother<\/h2>\n<p>After reuniting with her mother, Zelma Bullock, what should\u2019ve been a moment of joy became disappointment and sadness. Her mother did not fully accept the fact that Turner was able to achieve these things on her own. \u201c\u2026When I became a star, of course [back]then she was happy \u2026 I did all kinds of things for her,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/tina-turner-life-revelations-hbo-documentary-2023-5#tina-said-that-she-doesnt-think-her-mother-zelma-liked-her-9\">Turner said<\/a> in her 2021 documentary, \u201cTina.\u201d \u201cShe was my mother. I was trying to make her comfortable because she didn\u2019t have a husband. She was alone, but she still didn\u2019t like me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2000: On stage, one last time?\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedGettyImages733699081NWJBjpg.JPEG\" alt=\"Tina Tuner arrives at the Giorgio Armani fashion show.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Giuseppe Cacace \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Giuseppe Cacace \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>2000: On stage, one last time?<\/h2>\n<p>Turner would announce her retirement in 2000, though she would take the stage eight years later at the Grammys with Beyonc\u00e9 and for a final tour celebrating her half-century-long career. \u201cI was just tired of singing and making everybody happy,\u201d Turner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/09\/theater\/tina-turner-musical.html\">told the New York Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, the legend doesn\u2019t bid adieu in silence. Released in 2000 as a concert documentary, \u201cTina Turner: One Last Time Live in Concert\u201d chronicled the \u201cTwenty Four Seven\u201d tour for the album of the same name. The film captured her powerful performances on a state-of-the-art set for sold-out audiences at the former Wembley Stadium in London. According to MTV, \u201cTwenty Four Seven\u201d became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mtv.com\/news\/uokwd2\/tina-turner-nsync-had-years-top-grossing-tours\">highest-grossing tour<\/a> of that year in North America, raking in $80.2 million.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2007: Coming to terms with Ike\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tina-2007.-venturelli_wireimagepng.png\" alt=\"Tina Turner at Milan Fashion Week in 2007 - Venturelli\/WireImage via Getty Images\" width=\"1080\" height=\"770\" data-portal-copyright=\"Venturelli\/WireImage via Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner at Milan Fashion Week in 2007 \u2013 Venturelli\/WireImage via Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>2007: Coming to terms with Ike<\/h2>\n<p>Nearly four decades after their divorce, Ike Turner died on Dec. 12, 2007, at age 76 following a cocaine overdose. While the powerhouse singer\u2019s representative made no comments, only to say that Turner hadn\u2019t had contact with Ike in more than three decades, the effect of their tumultuous relationship in the eyes of the public is undeniable. Its shocking revelation brought domestic abuse to the forefront in the 1980s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere\u2019s this icon saying: It\u2019s okay to talk about this,\u201d Ruth Glenn, an early reader of Turner\u2019s 1986 autobiography, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-features\/tina-turner-ike-domestic-abuse-survivors-1234741396\/\">told Rolling Stone<\/a>. Glenn would go on to become CEO and president of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Even today, TikTok clips of Turner continue to inspire people to leave abusive partners.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2008: One more farewell\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedgettyimages79694984f8yxjpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Beyonce Knowles and Tina Turner perform onstage during the 50th annual Grammy awards.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Kevin Winter \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Kevin Winter \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>2008: One more farewell<\/h2>\n<p>In 2008, Turner performed at the 50th annual Grammy Awards alongside Beyonc\u00e9. Queen Bey called Turner one of the \u201ctwo Tinas\u201d that inspired her life: \u201cThat\u2019s my mother, Tina, and of course, the amazing Tina Turner,\u201d Knowles-Carter said. \u201cI\u2019ll never forget the first time I saw you perform. I never saw a woman so powerful, so fearless, so fabulous, and those legs!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The same year, the 69-year-old Turner marked the end of her traveling performances with \u201cTina! 50th Anniversary Tour\u201d in both North America and Europe. The explosive tour packed with crowd-pleasing hits ended in Sheffield, England, on May 5, 2009, after 90 exhausting shows that would have tried performers half the legend\u2019s age.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2013: A love to last a lifetime\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedgettyimages1213096719joyijpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Tina Turner and Erwin Bach before an event.\" data-portal-copyright=\"picture alliance \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>picture alliance \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>2013: A love to last a lifetime<\/h2>\n<p>After 27 years, Turner wed her second husband, former music executive Erwin Bach in a private ceremony in Zurich, Switzerland. The pair met back in 1986 when 30-year-old Bach was assigned to pick the 46-year-old global pop star Turner up at the airport. \u201cHe had the prettiest face. You could not miss it,\u201d Turner told the camera on the HBO documentary, \u201cTina.\u201d After Bach decided to fly to Los Angeles to see her, they were inseparable ever since. By 1989, Bach would propose, but Turner remained reticent after her past relationship. They did, however, settle in Switzerland in 1995. Turner would eventually give up her U.S. citizenship to become a Swiss national.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"2013: A noble act of love\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/tina-and-erwin.png\" alt=\"Tina Turner and Erwin Bach attend the Giorgio Armani 40th Anniversary Silos Opening And Cocktail Reception on in Milan, Italy.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Jacopo Raule\/Getty Images for Giorgio Armani\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Jacopo Raule\/Getty Images for Giorgio Armani<\/h5>\n<h2>2013: A noble act of love<\/h2>\n<p>Turner\u2019s kidney problems began with hypertension, which was diagnosed all the way back in 1978. The singer, however, didn\u2019t really know what high blood pressure meant at the time and failed to properly care for herself. \u201cI considered high blood pressure my normal. Hence, I didn\u2019t really try to control it,\u201d Turner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.showyourkidneyslove.com\/articles\/my-kidney-are-victims-of-my-elevated-blood-pressure-tina-turner\/\">told the European Health Kidney Alliance<\/a>. In 2009 and 2013, the diva suffered strokes that led to failing kidneys. She was diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 but also faced total kidney failure. Bach would save his love, offering his kidney in a transplant that would add years to Turner\u2019s life.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2019: A Broadway success\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedgettyimages1186252544ukpxjpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Tina Turner and Adrienne Warren speak during &quot;Tina: The Tina Turner Musical&quot; opening night - John Lamparski \/\/ Getty Images\" width=\"3865\" height=\"2756\" data-portal-copyright=\"John Lamparski \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/>Tina Turner and Adrienne Warren speak during \u201cTina: The Tina Turner Musical\u201d opening night \u2013 John Lamparski \/\/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<h2>2019: A Broadway success<\/h2>\n<p>On Nov. 7, 2019, \u201cTina: The Tina Turner Musical\u201d opened on Broadway. Written by playwright Katori Hall and directed by Phyllida Lloyd, the show was first staged in London and included 23 songs, including the star\u2019s standards: \u201cNutbush City Limits,\u201d \u201cProud Mary,\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s Love Got to Do with It.\u201d The musical adaptation to Turner\u2019s life was a hit, grossing $1.4 million in the first three days and playing to a standing crowd at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre. It was joined by other musicals supported by celebrity star power, The Temptations-based \u201cAin\u2019t Too Proud\u201d and \u201cJagged Little Pill\u201d with songs from Alanis Morissette.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2021: Goodbye to 60 years of music\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedgettyimages930051047cyljpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Tina Turner performs on stage at the GelreDome.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Rob Verhorst \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Rob Verhorst \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>2021: Goodbye to 60 years of music<\/h2>\n<p>By March 2021, Turner had released a new HBO documentary, \u201cTina,\u201d in her own words featuring commentary from the many people who helped her along the way. Filmed in her home in Zurich, \u201cTina\u201d documents some of her last years in the public eye and allows the star to shape (and sometimes rewrite) her own story decades later. In October, she sold her music catalog. According to BBC, the rights were sold for an undisclosed amount that is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-58814248\">estimated to be $50 million<\/a> to publishing company BMG.<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2021: A Hall of Famer in her own right\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedgettyimages1350336249213jjpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Angela Bassett inducts Tina Turner onstage during the 36th Annual Rock &amp; Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony.\" data-portal-copyright=\"Kevin Kane \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>Kevin Kane \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>2021: A Hall of Famer in her own right<\/h2>\n<p>Tina Turner was inducted into the Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll Hall of Fame for the second time in her life in October 2021. Three decades prior, she received the honor as part of the Ike and Tina duo, but this time, the accolade was all her own. \u201cWhat brings us here tonight is Tina\u2019s journey to independence,\u201d said actress Angela Bassett, who inducted the star that night. In a tribute, singer Pink movingly remarked, \u201cTo just be reaching her peak at the age of 50. It\u2019s not only inspiring to us women, but it\u2019s changing the rules of the playbook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img onerror=\"this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"2023: Rest in well-deserved peace\" src=\"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/croppedgettyimages1257788361369rjpg.jpeg\" alt=\"Flowers and memorabilia at Tina Turner's star on the Walk of Fame.\" data-portal-copyright=\"AaronP\/Bauer-Griffin \/\/ Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-focal-region=\"x1:246,y1:140,x2:246,y2:140\"\/><\/p>\n<h5>AaronP\/Bauer-Griffin \/\/ Getty Images<\/h5>\n<h2>2023: Rest in well-deserved peace<\/h2>\n<p>After 60 years in the business, with countless awards and accolades, Tina Turner died on May 24, 2023, at 83 years old. Turner died peacefully in her home near Zurich, Switzerland, after battling a stroke, kidney failure, and intestinal cancer. She leaves behind millions of fans across the world, a complicated legacy of survival and resurgence, and an inspiration for generations of musicians.<\/p>\n<p>Data reporting by Eliza Siegel. Story editing by Carren Jao. Copy editing by Tim Bruns. Photo selection by Clarese Moller.<\/p>\n<p>MORE NEWS ON EURWEB:\u00a0Radioscope Reheat: Angela Bassett on Tina Turner\u2019s \u2018Vulnerability\u2019 | Listen<\/p>\n<p id=\"subscribecall\">We Publish News 24\/7. Don\u2019t Miss A Story. Click HERE to SUBSCRIBE to Our Newsletter Now!<\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/eurweb.com\/2023\/tina-turner-the-life-story-you-may-not-know\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ike and Tina Turner in 1970 \/ Gilles Petard\/Redferns via Getty Images *What is there to say about the undisputed Queen of Rock \u2018n\u2019 Roll? Quite a lot, actually. Tina Turner\u2014a woman whose electrifying vocals sent shock waves around the world\u2014changed the course of music as many know it today. The legendary singer passed away<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46879,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-46878","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-trending"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46878"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46880,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46878\/revisions\/46880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blacktwitter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}