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Little Known Facts:
Personal Life
•Tina Turner has two stepsons and two sons. Ike Jr. and Michael are sons of Ike’s from his first marriage. Craig is Tina’s son from her relationship with saxophonist Raymond Hill from Ike’s band The Kings of Rhythm. Ronnie is Ike and Tina’s son from their marriage.
•Although she was raised as a Baptist, Tina Turner has been practicing and studying Buddhism since 1975.
•Tina married Ike Turner in 1962 and was married for 16 years. Tina doesn’t count the two years it took for the divorce to become finalized.
•She is currently living in Zurich, Switzerland.
Career Accomplishments
•Tina was ranked #6 on VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists in 2002.
•She is the world’s most successful female rock artist. She has sold over 60 million records and has sold more concert tickets than any other female performer.
•The only concert tour that grossed more tickets than Tina Turner in 2000 was *NSync’s tour due to lower ticket prices.
•Tina Turner has won 7 Grammy Awards.
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Discography
Tina Turner has created 28 studio albums, 9 live albums, 3 compilations and 29 hit singles with Ike Turner. Her solo albums include more than 11 studio albums, 1 live album, 2 compilation albums, 67 hit singles, 9 B-sides and 18 video albums.
Her greatest hits have been from
Private Dancer (peaking at No. 3 on the US Hot 100, and 1 on R&B 100),
Break Every Rule (peaking at No. 4) and
All The Best (peaking at No. 2). Hit singles from her Ike and Tina days include “Proud Mary” (peaking at No. 4 on the Hot 100), “A Fool in Love” (peaking at No. 2 on the R&B 100), and “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” (peaking at No. 2 on the R&B 100). Her own hit singles include “What’s Love Got To Do With It” (peaking at No. 1 on the Hot 100 and No. 2 on the R&B 100), “We Don’t Need Another Hero” (peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and 3 on the R&B 100), “Typical Male” (peaking at No. 2 on the Hot 100 and 3 on the R&B 100) and “Better Be Good to Me” (peaking at No. 5 on the Hot 100 and 6 on the R&B 100).
- 1960: The Soul of Ike and Tina Turner (Collectables) #45
- 1962: Dance With Ike & Tina Turner & Their Kings of Rhythm Band (Sue) #23
- 1962: Festival of Live Performances (United) #36
- 1963: Don't Play Me Cheap (Collectables) #19
- 1963: Dynamite (Collectables) #56
- 1963: It's Gonna Work Out Fine (Collectables) #12
- 1963: Please Please Please (Kent) #74
- 1964: The Ike & Tina Turner Revue Live (Kent) #34
- 1965: Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show (Warner Bros.) #45
- 1965: Ike & Tina Show 2 (Tomato) #156
- 1965: Ooh Poo Pah Doo (Harmony) #73
- 1966: River Deep - Mountain High (Philles/A&M) #23
- 1966: Ike & Tina Turner and the Raelettes (Tangerine) #35
- 1966: Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show (Loma) #45
- 1966: Live! The Ike & Tina Turner Show, Vols. 1-2
- 1969: Outta Season (Blue Thumb) #11
- 1969: Ike & Tina Turner in Person (Minit) #27
- 1969: Fantastic (Sunset) #45
- 1969: Get It Together (Pompeii) -
- 1969: Her Man His Woman (Capitol) -
- 1969: The Hunter (Blue Thumb) -
- 1969: Ike Turner & The Kings of Rhythm: A Black Man's Soul (Tuff City) -
- 1970: On Stage (Valiant) #178
- 1970: Come Together (Liberty) #23
- 1971: Workin' Together (One Way) #24
- 1971: 'Nuff Said (United Artists) #8
- 1971: Something's Got a Hold on Me (Harmony) #24
- 1971: What You Hear Is What You Get (EMI) #29
- 1971: Funkier Than a Mosquitos Tweeter (United Artists)
- 1972: Feel Good (United Artists)
- 1973: Let Me Touch Your Mind (United Artists) #198
- 1973: Nutbush City Limits (United Artists) #65
- 1973: The World of Ike and Tina Live (United Artists) #48
- 1974: Strange Fruit (United Artists)
- 1974: Sweet Rhode Island Red (United Artists)
- 1974: Tina Turns the Country On (United Artists)
- 1974: The Gospel According to Ike and Tina (United Artists)
- 1974: The Great Album
- 1975: Sixteen Great Performances (ABC)
- 1977: Delilah's Power (United Artists)
Background
Born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee on November 26, 1939, Tina and her sister Alline were abandoned by their father. Their mother temporarily left them also to find better work, leaving them to be raised by their grandparents. Tina’s parents divorced when Tina was in high school, and were moved to St. Louis, Missouri where she attended Sumner High School. It was in St. Louis that Tina met Ike Turner and asked if she could sing for him. Ike wasn’t sure at first, but he gave in after much persistence from Tina. She became an occasional singer for Ike’s band The Kings of Rhythm at the age of 18. By the 1960’s, Tina made regular appearances with Ike, creating
The Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Another singer was scheduled to record “A Fool In Love”, but failed to appear during the session. Tina Turner stepped up to the plate. Ike intended on erasing her performance on the album later after the real singer appeared, but after hearing her performance he changed his mind and kept her on the album. By 1962, Ike and Tina Turner had tied the knot in Mexico prior to the birth of her second son, Ronnie.
Tina got her first taste of commercial success in 1966 when the hit “River Deep, Mountain High” exploded onto the European scene making Tina an instant superstar. The Ike and
Tina Turner Revue was becoming the top touring and recording act. However, by the 1970’s, the couple’s relationship became strained. Ike was known as being a shrewd businessman, who frequently did drugs and publicly (and privately) beat Tina. After two songs written by Tina enjoyed little to no success, Ike blamed her and continued to make her life a living hell. Tina attempted suicide after years of being unhappy in her marriage, but by 1976 she decided that she just needed to get away from Ike. She filed for divorce in July of that year with no more than a gas-station credit card and $0.36.
Because Tina had legal obligations to tour promoters after walking out on the Revue, Tina decided to begin pursuing her solo career. She appeared a number of times on
The Hollywood Squares,
Donny and Marie,
The Sonny & Cher Show, and
The Brady Bunch Hour. Two years after she left Ike, the divorce finally went through in 1978 after 16 years of marriage. Tina cited the reason for the divorce as being spousal abuse and drug addiction in her 1986 autobiography
I, Tina (later made into the film
What’s Love Got to Do with It?. While Tina Turner hasn’t enjoyed much success in the U.S. her popularity in Europe has not faltered. In the 1980’s, Tina toured in many parts of the world keeping her success in other areas. She sold out at many major venues in Europe. The release of “Let’s Stay Together” was considered to be the turning point for Tina’s solo career. The song was a major success on the Billboard Charts; it reached No. 1 on the Dance/Club Play Charts and No. 4 on the R&B Charts. Capitol Records jumped at the opportunity to provide Turner with the resources to record her own album.
The one defining album in Tuner’s entire career came in 1984 with
Private Dancer. This became known as the “most amazing comeback in rock music history.” The album featured 5 Top 40 singles, three of which made it to the Top Ten in the United States. At the 1985 Grammy Awards, Turner took home Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. This album is considered one of the best-selling albums of all time.
Tina has worked with many huge names from Michael Jackson and Stevie Wonder, to Dionne Warwick and Riana Ross. She also worked with Mick Jagger at the Live Aid benefit concert. She also entered the Guinness Book of World Records for performing in front of the largest paying audience for a single performer. At the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Tina Turner performed for 184,000 people. Tina’s recent activity includes a tour beginning on October 1, 2008 after having not toured in 8 years. She will be hitting more than 15 cities across the U.S. and Canada and will finish in Montreal on December 8. After eight years of not performing, there are only 17 dates that she will be performing. Seventeen chances to enjoy her live before she may retire for good! Be sure you get
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