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Tina Turner’s 1985 comeback concerts still resonate with those who were there

• Published: May. 02, 2021, 5:00 a.m.

Tina Turner takes the stage at Richfield Coliseum on Aug. 22, 1985. (Photo: Janet Macoska)

• Troy L. Smith, Cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Before she ever became a solo star who packed stadiums around the world, Tina Turner was already a legend.

Born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner spent 16-years with rock and roll pioneer and husband Ike Turner. The duo of Ike & Tina Turner earned a reputation as one of the greatest live acts in music history with iconic songs like “River Deep – Mountain High,” “A Fool In Love” and their iconic cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary.”

However, none of that mattered by the late 1970s. Removed from her abusive relationship with Ike, Turner was relegated to playing cabaret shows in Las Vegas just to pay the bills.

But that wouldn’t last for long. Down but not out, Turner would embark on the greatest comeback story in music history with her album, “Private Dancer,” and the corresponding tour that stopped at Ohio’s Richfield Coliseum on Aug. 22, 1995.

“I loved that after being dominated by Ike for so long, Tina was able to take charge of the situation and envision what she wanted her life to be,” says photographer Janet Macoska , who shot Turner’s Richfield concert. “Tina always wanted to be in of a stadium full of people. And when you see that finally happen, you just are so thrilled for her that it all came true.”

[ Listen the CLE Rocks Podcast on Apple , Spotify , iHeart or Acast for the story behind Tina Turner’s 1985 “Private Dancer Tour” ]

What’s Love Got to Do with It

For almost all of their time together, Tina Turner would suffer a tremendous amount of emotional and physical abuse at the hands of Ike. Those horror stories would play out both the 1993 film “What’s Love Got to Do with It” and Tina’s autobiography “I, Tina.” But the abuse first came to light in a 1981 People Magazine interview.

“I went through basic torture,” Turner would say of her life with Ike. “I was living a life of death. I didn’t exist.”

The divorce between Tina and Ike was finalized in 1978. Tina asked for nothing in the form of spousal support or music royalties. But she did demand one thing – her stage name Tina Turner, which had been given to her by Ike. She was granted her wish.

“When she did go to court and she said, I don’t want anything from Ike. All I want is my name, she bet on herself,” recalls Barry Gabel, senior vice president of marketing and sponsorship sales. “Maybe nobody else saw her as more than just a niche Las Vegas act. But with the right handlers and the right songs, she knew she would be a superstar.”

Show Me Some Respect

Following her split with Ike, Tina Turner earned a living making appearances on TV shows like “The Hollywood Squares” and “The Sonny & Cher Show,” as well as playing cabaret shows at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

Tina Turner circa 1980. ullstein bild via Getty Images

Turner would take her show on the road to smaller venues. But her first two albums – 1978′s “Rough” and 1979′s “Love Explosion” – failed to chart. It wasn’t until a successful cover of Al Green’s “Let’s Stay Together” in 1983 that Turner earned enough confidence from her label Capitol Records to record a new studio album.

“Capitol Records took on the new Tina and who that was going to be,” says Macoska. “She wanted to be a rock singer. So, they knew they’d have to find a way to introduce all music fans to that side of her.”

After releasing “Let’s Stay Together” and a mellowed out, yet powerful cover of The Beatles’ “Help!” Capitol Records felt it had the song to take things to the next level. There was just one problem – Turner hated it.

“She didn’t particularly care for ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It,’” remembers Gabel. “Between the producer and her manager, they said just listen to it and make it your own. And she just wound up owning that song.”

“What’s Love Got to Do with It” was a modest hit for British pop group Buzz Fizz in 1984. But in the hands of Turner, it would become a sensation and the backbone of her third studio album, “Private Dancer.”

Two weeks before the release of “Private Dancer,” Turner would join Lionel Richie as the opening act on his “Can’t Slow Down Tour.” The trek came to Richfield Coliseum for two nights in June 1984.

“She was given that short period of time to play and she slayed everybody,” says Gabel. “She was the perfect setup for Lionel because she was incredibly high energy. She just did the six, seven, eight songs, whatever she did, and people were just so psyched to see Tina.”

Turner played a 40-minute opening set on the tour before returning to the stage to sing a few songs with Richie. Her show came with a full backing band and dancers who followed Turner’s every move as she navigated the stage in a small dress and high heels. It was the rock show she always desired.

“I guess she said, ‘You know, I don’t know what they’re going to make of me because I’m not Lionel’s audience,” remembers Macoska. “She didn’t think they were going to like me. Well, they loved her. And she got to introduce the material from ‘Private Dancer.’ It was a great lead-in for her.”

Turner’s tour with Richie would wrap up in July 1984. By that September she had achieved the superstar status she’d always coveted as a solo artist. “What’s Love Got to Do with It” reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The singles “Better Be Good to Me” and “Private Dancer” would also become Top-10 hits. “What’s Love Got to Do with It” would go on to win Record and Song of the Year at the 27th annual Grammy Awards in February 1985.

“She happened to hit that time in music where she could get the airplay across the board,” says Macoska. “She could do MTV and her image was that of a powerhouse.”

Tina Turner holds up a Grammy Award on Feb. 27, 1985 in Los Angeles, Calif. (AP Photo/Nick Ut). AP

I Might Have Been Queen

A week before her Grammy wins, Turner embarked on the massive Private Dancer tour, which would take her from Europe to Australia, Asia and, of course, North America. A year after opening for Lionel Richie, Turner was now headlining Northeast Ohio’s premiere music venue in Richfield.

“It was glorious,” says Macoska, who shot the first few songs of Turner’s set on Aug. 22 at Richfield Coliseum before taking a seat nearby to watch as a fan. “She’s just shooting out energy the way Springsteen would shoot out energy or Jagger. I just loved the show top to bottom, just watch this woman take charge of 20,000 people.”

Tina Turner at Richfield Coliseum in 1985. (Janet Macoska)

This time around, the stage was bigger. The band was fuller. The lights were brighter. The outfits were more glamorous. Even Tina’s hair seemed to take on a life of its own as she delivered an 18-song set that would have the audience standing for more than 90 minutes. And it all came from a woman who just a few months shy of her 46th birthday.

“There was sweat dripping off her. You didn’t see that from female performers,” recalls Gabel. “She’s the woman who literally taught Jagger how to move. So, just think about that persona on a woman that held that audience captive for that two-hour time period. I think that’s what the audience loved about Tina, that she gave it her all”

Turner with her band at Richfield on Aug. 22, 1985. (Janet Macoska)

I Can’t Stand the Rain

“The Private Dancer Tour” would go on to net $40 million and earn Pollstar’s “Comeback Tour of the Year Award.” Two years later, Turner would up the ante with the “Break Every Rule Tour,” a record-setting run that would become the seventh highest-grossing tour of the 1980s.

“It’s not that she was just gifted. She created her own space and was wholly unique in terms of her vocal technique and her dancing skills,” says T.J. Martin, director of HBO’s 2021 documentary “Tina.” “The more we dove into making the film, the more we realized there’s no one else really that occupies that space in music history that Tina does.”

Tina Turner in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Her show there in 1988 on the Break Every Rule Tour remains the largest paying concert audience by a female artist with 180,000 spectators. Getty Images

Turner remained one of the biggest touring acts in the world for two more decades before retiring from performing in 2009 following her 50th-anniversary tour. She is nominated for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2021 as a solo artist outside of Ike & Tina, inducted as a duo in 1991.

Yet, even if Turner is inducted into the Rock Hall in Cleveland this October, she likely won’t be there to accept the honor in person. After a 60 year career, Turner now lives in Switzerland, happily removed from any burdens of being a celebrity.

“You get the sense from being around her that she wants to retire, not only from the stage but from being the persona of Tina Turner,” says Dan Lindsay, the documentary’s co-director. “She’s perfectly happy at her house gardening, decorating or going out to dinner with her friends in Zurich. I think she is at that stage in her life where she’s not interested in public life.”

Singer Tina Turner, left, speaks on stage at the opening night of "Tina – The Tina Turner Musical" at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre on Thursday, Nov. 7, 2019, in New York. Turner has said the appearance would likely be the last public appearance of her 60-plus year career in the United States. Evan Agostini/Invision/AP

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Private dancer tour 1985.

The 179-date tour encompassed Europe, North America, Australia and Asia. Turner also played a show in Budapest, the only show of the tour behind the Iron Curtain.

* For the final two performances in Japan, Tina Turner closed the show with a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark". * During the performance at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England (on 23 March 1985), Tina Turner was joined onstage by David Bowie to perform "Tonight" and "Let's Dance". * During the performance at the NEC Arena in Birmingham, England (on 24 March 1985), Tina Turner was joined onstage by Bryan Adams to perform "It's Only Love".

The Band Jack Bruno - Drums Timmy Cappello – Percussion,Keyboard, Saxophone and Vocals Bob Feit – Bass Jemie West-Oram – Guitar and Vocals Kenny Moore – Piano and Vocals James Ralston – Guitar and Vocals

March 1985 1 March 1985 - Basketballhalle - - Münich Germany - 11000 2 March 1985 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt - Germany 3 March 1985 - C.C.H. - Hamburg - Germany 4 March 1985 - Eissporthalle - Berlin - Germany 7 March 1985 - Boeblingen - Germany 8 March 1985 - Hallenstadion - Zürich - Switzerland - 12000 - S.O. 9 March 1985 - Karl Diehm Halle - Würzburg Germany 11 March 1985 - The Brighton Centre - Brighton UK 12 March 1985 - B.I.C. - Bournemouth - UK 14 March 1985 - Wembley Arena - London - UK - SO 15 March 1985 - Wembley Arena - London - UK - 12000 - S.O. 16 March 1985 - Wembley Arena - London - UK - 12000 - S.O. 17 March 1985 - Wembley Arena - London - UK - 12000 - S.O. 20 March 1985 - The Playhouse - Edinburgh - UK 21 March 1985 - The Apollo - Manchester UK - 3500 - S.O. 23 March 1985 - N.E.C. - Birmingham - UK - 12000 - S.O. 24 March 1985 - N.E.C. - Birmingham - UK - 12000 - S.O. 26 March 1985 - Zenith - Paris - France - 7000 - S.O. 27 March 1985 - Garnier - Lyon - France - 17000 28 March 1985 - Chapiteau - Marseilles - France 29 March 1985 - Palace Lido - Milan- Italy 31 March 1985 - Sportshalle - Klagenfurt - Germany - 5000 - S.O.

April 1985 1 April 1985 - Sportshalle - Graz - Austria - 4500 - S.O. 2 April 1985 - Sportshalle - Budapest - Hungary 3 April 1985 - Stadthalle - Vienna - Austria - 10000 4 April 1985 - Sportshalle- Linz - Austria - 6000 - S.O. 6 April 1985 - Olympiahalle - Münich - Germany - 9500 7 April 1985 - Saarlandhalle - Saarbrücken - Germany 8 April 1985 - The Ahoy - Rotterdam - The Netherlands 9 April 1985 - The Ahoy - Rotterdam The Netherlands 10 April 1985 - Forest Nationale - Brussels - Belgium 11 April 1985 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt - Germany 12 April 1985 - Jahrhunderthalle - Frankfurt - Germany 13 April 1985 - Stadthalle - Bremen - Germany 14 April 1985 - Westfalenhalle - Dortmund - Germany - 12000 15 April 1985 - Philipshalle - Düsseldorf - Germany 18 April 1985 - C.C.H. - Hamburg - Germany 19 April 1985 - Rhein-Neckar-Halle - Heidelberg - Germany 20 April 1985 - Olympiahalle - Münich - Germany - 10000 21 April 1985 - Hallenstadion - Zürich - Switzerland - 12000 - S.O. 22 April 1985 - Frankenhalle - Nürnberg - Germany - 8500 - S.O. 24 April 1985 - Deutschlandhalle - Berlin - Germany 25 April 1985 - Stadthalle - Bremen - Germany 26 April 1985 - Philipshalle - Düsseldorf - Germany 27 April 1985 - Festhalle - Frankfurt - Germany 28 April 1985 - Münsterlandhalle - Münster - Germany 30 April 1985 - Ostseehalle - Kiel - Germany - 7100 - S.O.

May 1985 1 May 1985 - Sporthalle - Cologne - Germany 3 May 1985 - Deutschlandhalle - Berlin - Germany 4 May 1985 - Niedersachsenhalle- Hannover - Germany 5 May 1985 - Aisterdorferhalle - Hamburg - Germany 7 May 1985 - Boblinger - Sporthalle - Stuttgart - Germany 8 May 1985 - Basketballhalle - Münich - Germany - 10800 9 May 1985 - St. Jakob´s Hall - Basel - Switzerland

July 1985 8 July 1985 - Memorial Stadium - St. Johns - Canada 9 July 1985 - Memorial Stadium - St. Johns - Canada 10 July 1985 - Memorial Stadium - St. Johns - Canada 11 July 1985 - Memorial Stadium - St. Johns - Canada 13 July 1985 - Live Aid - Philadelphia - USA - 100000 - S.O. 14 July 1985 - Aiken Center - Fredricton - Canada 15 July 1985 - Coliseum - Moncton - Canada - 8000 - S.O. 16 July 1985 - Metro Halifax - Canada - 10000 - S.O. 17 July 1985 - Metro - Halifax - Canada - 10000 - S.O. 19 July 1985 - Forum - Montreal- Canada 21 July 1985 - Worcester Centrum - Worcestor- USA- 12000 22 July 1985 - Worcester Centrum - Worcestor - USA - 12000 25 July 1985 - Civic Center - Providence - USA 26 July 1985 - Civic Center - Portland - USA - 8462 27 July 1985 - Civic Center - Hartfore - USA 28 July 1985 - Meadowlands - East Rutherford - USA 31 July 1985 - Spectrum - Philadelphia - USA - 3500

August 1985 1 Aug. 1985 - Madison Square Garden - NYC - USA - 17000 - S.O. 2 Aug. 1985 - Madison Square Garden - NYC- USA - 17000 - S.O. 3 Aug. 1985 - Fairground - Allentown - USA 5 Aug. 1985 - Capitol Center - Lanover - USA 7 Aug. 1985 - Jones Beach - Long Island - USA - 14000 - S.O. 8 Aug. 1985 - Jones Beach - Long Island - USA - 14000 - S.O. 9 Aug. 1985 - Raindate - Long Island - USA 10 Aug. 1985 - Hershey Park - Hershey - USA 11 Aug. 1985 - War Memorial - Rochester - USA 12 Aug. 1985 - Saratoga Perf. Arts C. - Saratoga - USA - 25000 15 Aug. 1985 - Olympic Center - Lake Placid - USA 17 Aug. 1985 - CNE - Toronto - Canada 18 Aug. 1985 - CCE - Ottawa - Canada - 15000 21 Aug. 1985 - Centennial Hall - Toledo - USA 22 Aug. 1985 - Richfield Co - Cleveland - USA 23 Aug. 1985 - Civic Arena - Pittsburgh - USA 24 Aug. 1985 - Civic - Charleston - USA 25 Aug. 1985 - Revermont C. - Cincinnatti - USA 28 Aug. 1985 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit - USA 29 Aug. 1985 - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit- USA 31 Aug. 1985 - Castle Farms - Charlevoix- USA

September 1985 1 Sept. 1985 - Atwood Stadium - Flint - USA 4 Sept. 1985 - Wings Stadium - Kalamazoo - USA 5 Sept. 1985 - Coliseum Ft. - Wayne - USA 6 Sept. 1985 - Rupp Arena - Lexington - USA 7 Sept. 1985 - Market Square - Indianapolis - USA - 18000 8 Sept. 1985 - Roberts Stadium - Evansville- USA - 12500 10 Sept. 1985 - Assembly Hall - Champaign- USA 11 Sept. 1985 - Horizon - Chicago - USA 12 Sept. 1985 - Horizon - Chicago - USA 13 Sept. 1985 - MTV Awards Show - USA 14 Sept. 1985 - Mecca- Milwaukee- USA 15 Sept. 1985 - Dane City Arena - Madison - USA 18 Sept. 1985 - Civic Aud. - St. Paul - USA 19 Sept. 1985 - Carva Arena - Iowa City - USA 20 Sept. 1985 - Hilton Coliseum - Ames - USA 21 Sept. 1985 - Civic Arena - Omaha - USA - 10000 24 Sept. 1985 - Saddledome - Calgary - Canada - 20000 - S.O. 25 Sept. 1985 - Coliseum - Edmonton - Canada - 13000 - S.O. 27 Sept. 1985 - PNE Coliseum - Vancouver - Canada 29 Sept. 1985 - Dome - Tacoma - USA 30 Sept. 1985 - Coliseum - Portland - USA

October 1985 2 Oct. 1985 - Lawlor - Reno - USA 3 Oct. 1985 - Coliseum - Oakland- USA 4 Oct. 1985 - Coliseum - Oakland- USA 5 Oct. 1985 - Irvine Meadows - Irvine - USA 8 Oct. 1985 - Universal Amphitheatre- Los Angeles - USA - 6000 9 Oct. 1985 - Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles - USA - 6000 10 Oct. 1985 - Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles - USA - 6000 11 Oct. 1985 - Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles- USA - 6000 12 Oct. 1985 - Universal Amphitheatre - Los Angeles - USA - 6000 18 Oct. 1985 - ASU Activities - Tempe - USA 19 Oct. 1985 - Pan America Center - Las Cruces - Mexico 20 Oct. 1985 - Tingley Coliseum - Albuquerque - USA 23 Oct. 1985 - Kansas Coliseum - Wichita - USA 24 Oct. 1985 - Hammons - Springfield - USA 25 Oct. 1985 - Myriad - Oklahoma City - USA 26 Oct. 1985 - Kemper - Kansas City - USA - 12000 27 Oct. 1985 - Kiel - St. Louis - USA 28 Oct. 1985 - Kiel - St. Louis - USA 31 Oct. 1985 - Ass Center - Tulsa - USA

November 1985 1 Nov. 1985 - Reunion Arena - Dallas - USA - 12000 2 Nov. 1985 - Erwin Events - Austin- USA 3 Nov. 1985 - Summit - Houston - USA - 11000 6 Nov. 1985 - LSU Assembly - Baton Rouge - USA 7 Nov. 1985 - Gulf Coast 8 Nov. 1985 - Auburn Memorial Center - Auburn - USA 9 Nov. 1985 - UTC - Chatanooga- USA 10 Nov. 1985 - MidSouth - Memphis - USA 13 Nov. 1985 - Hersht Coliseum - Shreveport - USA 14 Nov. 1985 - Humphrey - Starkville - USA 15 Nov. 1985 - Jeff Co. Civic - Birmingham - USA 16 Nov. 1985 - Murphy Center - Murfrebor - USA 17 Nov. 1985 - Stokely Center - Knoxville - USA 20 Nov. 1985 - W.V.U. Gym. - Morgntown - USA 21 Nov. 1985 - Civic - Roanoke - USA 22 Nov. 1985 - Hampton Coliseum - Hampton - USA - 13000 23 Nov. 1985 - Civic - Greensboro- USA 24 Nov. 1985 - Coliseum - Columbia- USA 27 Nov. 1985 - Coliseum - Richmond - USA 29 Nov. 1985 - Coliseum - Charlotte - USA 30 Nov. 1985 - Civic Center - Savannah - USA

December 1985 1 Dec. 1985 - Omni - Atlanta- USA 4 Dec. 1985 - O´Connell Center - Gainesville - USA 5 Dec. 1985 - Conv. Center - Orlando - USA 6 Dec. 1985 - Sundome - Tampa - USA 7 Dec. 1985 - Baseball Stadium - Miami- USA 10 Dec. 1985 - Chandler Velodrome- Brisbane - Australia 12 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Sydney- Australia - 11500 - S.O. 13 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Sydney - Australia - 11500 - S.O. 15 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Sydney - Australia - 11500 - S.O. 17 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Melbourne - Australia 18 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Melbourne - Australia 19 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Melbourne - Australia 20 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Melbourne - Australia 23 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Perth - Australia - 7000 24 Dec. 1985 - Entertainment Centre - Perth - Australia - 7000 27 Dec. 1985 - Festival Hall - Osaka - Japan 28 Dec. 1985 - Budokan -Tokyo - Japan

S.O.= Sold Out

Private Dancer (1985)

Because of the massive success of the album Private Dancer and it’s singles, Tina went on the road again in 1985 with her Private Dancer Tour . After playing at small venues in 1984 at her World Tour , booked before her big comeback, this tour continues in large, sold-out arenas all over the world. The setlist was different in Europe and the rest of the world, because in the meantime the soundtrack for the movie Mad Max was released and Tina performed also her new hit single We Don’t Need Another Hero and the second new song One Of The Living live. On March 16, Elton John joined Tina on stage at the Wembley Arena in London and performed with her the encore song „Dancing In The Dark“ from Bruce Springsteen. She did also a duet with Mick Jagger , but unfortunately it’s unknown which song they performed. Parts of the concert at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England on March 23 were released on home video, featuring special appearances by Bryan Adams and David Bowie . Bryan was also the opening act in Europe and performed at most of the concerts It’s Only Love together with Tina.

Opening Night : February 19, 1985 / Helsinki (Finland) Closing Night : December 28, 1985 / Tokyo (Japan) Regions : Europe, North America, Japan, Australia Concerts : 180+ Visitors : 2.5 Mio. Home Video :  Private Dancer Tour  (1985) Opening Acts : Glenn Frey, Mr. Mister, John Parr, Go West (North America) / FM (Germany) / Strange Advance (Canada)

• Let’s Pretend We’re Married
• Show Some Respect
• I Might Have Been Queen
• River Deep, Mountain High
• Nutbush City Limits
• What’s Love Got To Do With It
• I Can’t Stand The Rain
• Better Be Good To Me
• Private Dancer
• One Of The Living
• We Don't Need Another Hero
• Let’s Stay Together
• It’s Only Love
• Let’s Dance
• Dancing In The Dark
• Out Of Time

There are at least three different program books available. The first from Europe (28 pages) contains only pictures from Tina’s  World Tour  in 1984. The American edition (32 pages) features a new cover and design and many pictures from the European concerts, as well as some new promotional shoots. In Australia, they changed some minor things and added a wonderful photo from Tina with Mick Jagger from the  Live Aid  festival and an even wonderful promo picture with Mel Gibson.

Jack Bruno: Drums / James Ralston: Guitar & Vocals / Kenny Moore: Piano & Vocals / Phil Palmer: Guitar (Europe) / Bob Feit: Bass Guitar & Vocals / Timmy Cappello: Saxophone & Keyboards / Jimmy Lyon: Guitar (USA) / Jamie West-Oram: Guest Guitarist

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Tina Turner: Private Dancer

Tina' tour of 1985 named after her big hit album of 1984. "private dancer." This concert has special appearances from David Bowie and Bryan Adams. Tina' tour of 1985 named after her big hit album of 1984. "private dancer." This concert has special appearances from David Bowie and Bryan Adams. Tina' tour of 1985 named after her big hit album of 1984. "private dancer." This concert has special appearances from David Bowie and Bryan Adams.

• David Mallet
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• David Bowie
• 3 wins & 2 nominations

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• Musican - Keyboards, Saxophone, Percussion
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• Trivia All songs except "it's only love,""tonight"and "let's dance" are featured on Tina Turner's 1984 "Private Dancer" album. "Tonight" is featured on David Bowie's 1984 "Tonight" album. Let's dance is from David Bowie's 1983 "Let's Dance" album. It's only love is from Brian Adams' 1984 "reckless" album.
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Tina turner: private dancer tour.

Directed by David Mallet

In January 1985 in California, Tina received two awards at the American Music Awards: one for "best female singer" and the other for "best video actress." A month later, at the Grammy Awards, Tina took the stage three times: as "Best Singer", as "Best Rock Singer" and as Creator of "Best Song." The disc features one of Tina's best concerts at the peak of her popularity

Tina Turner Jack Bruno Tim Capello Bob Feit Kenny Moore James Ralston Jamie West-Oram Bryan Adams David Bowie

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One of my favorite singers of all time, I still can’t believe she’s gone.  All the women that I look up to are strong in some way and she’s no exception.  Her music would always cheer me up when I was sad, and her determination made me believe that all my dreams would come true in due time.  It’s hard to put into words how much she meant to me, and still does.  How can you for someone who’s been part of the soundtrack of your life for more years than she hasn’t?  Her music was escapism for me through all the years that I felt isolated and miserable.  Now, I’m at a point in my life where the happy outweighs the sad, and when watching her performances or listening to her music, I just get to enjoy her music.  She will always hold a special place in my heart.  Rest in Peace, Tina.  ❤️

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FINALLY a whole version of “What’s Love Got to Do with it?”.

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Revisiting ‘Private Dancer’ At 40: How Tina Turner’s Liberation Album Remains A Musical Salvation

Released in May 1984, ‘Private Dancer’ was a musical tour de force. The record saw Tina Turner shed her assured vocal talents, exposing some fragility while adding in some sultriness too, to share a powerful tale of finally finding liberation.

“How it all came about was a miracle,” says Terry Britten , the co-writer and producer of Tina Turner ’s “ What’s Love Got To Do With It .” 

The enduring single on Turner's 1984 album Private Dancer , released 40 years ago this month, was the songstress' ultimate emancipating act. It liberated her from the strictures of a music career bound to former husband Ike Turner , and debuted a new, self-possessed persona that highlighted her own rich talents as a solo artist. Decades on, the album remains a searing testament to resilience and the power of raw, honest expression.   

Private Dancer , her fifth solo outing, was the beginning of Turner's renaissance and next era. Still, some of its most powerful songs — including “What’s Love” — almost didn’t make the cut. In fact, the song’s woeful quality and halted vocals proved an obstacle for Turner. 

“After all this time, I’ve realized what the problem was and why she didn’t like it: because she was so damn vulnerable in it,” Britten tells GRAMMY.com. “She’d never been that vulnerable before in a song.” 

Turner had long wrestled with her public image and allowing listeners into her inner world. Despite her success in the '70s and the subsequent 1976 breakdown of her abusive marriage to Ike (which left her penniless), followed by less successful Las Vegas revue shows, Turner was wary of conceding defeat. 

Her career revival was largely born after Turner had made a cameo appearance in 1982 on the synth-inspired remake of The Temptations ' “ Ball of Confusion .” Masterminded by pop band Heaven 17’s Martyn Ware, the song netted Turner a singles deal with Capitol Records. Her next pairing with Ware, a remake of Al Green ’s “ Let’s Stay Together ,” was a runaway success, charting at number six in the UK and No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100, in late 1983 and early 1984 respectively.

Chart success had eluded Turner for years, so by February 1984 Capitol quickly demanded a full album — with two weeks to deliver it. With Turner already on tour in the UK then, her manager, Roger Davies , raced around London seeking potential tracks. Davies had been old friends with Britten back in Australia, and reached out about available songs. 

Co-written with Graham Lyle , Britten's "What’s Love” had been skipped over by British rock singer Cliff Richard. Its rumination on sexual over romantic desire awaited a new voice. 

Turner's powerhouse vocals gave the track the justice it so called for. Just as her vocal prowess was put on display, "What's Love" also underscored Turner's ability to bring both fragility and sultriness to a song. The combination would soon propel Turner to worldwide domination. 

In the studio, Britten leaned on Turner’s dancing background to make the meditative ballad work. Turner struggled with the song’s languid rhythm, so Britten suggested she jog on the spot. “We jogged at the mic,” he says. “Soon enough, she got it!” 

Britten believes “What’s Love” showed Turner, for the first time, how empowering vulnerability could be. “She realized she could act out these songs,” he reflects. “The whole direction of her career changed in that moment.” 

Released in May 1984, “What’s Love” slowly scaled the charts, competing for prime position with the likes of Prince ’s “ When Doves Cry ” and Lionel Ritchie ’s “ Stuck on You .” “What’s Love” ultimately landed at No. 1 in August 1984 — staying there for three weeks — and fast-tracked Turner’s forceful musical renaissance. 

The arrival of Private Dancer only galvanized the transformation. 

The album was a mixture of old and new, figuratively stitching together a reinvigorated yet still rock ’n’ roll Turner. There were completely new tracks and sounds, like the synth-infused “What’s Love” and spunky, pulsating “Show Some Respect” (another Britten number). Covers of the Beatles ’ “ Help! ” and David Bowie ’s “ 1984 ,” meanwhile, were reimagined with searching gospel energy and symphonic orchestral strings.

There was an emphasis on storytelling across Private Dancer , with lyrical explorations of respect, love, and desire, paired with Turner’s frayed timbre. “ I Might Have Been Queen ” was penned by Jeannette Obstoj and Rupert Hine in response to hearing Turner’s life story. From a youth picking cotton in Tennessee to her years as a double act with Ike, Obstoj took Turner’s trying life (and lifelong interest in Ancient Egypt) to craft an earthy narrative textured by stories of grief and self-understanding. The stomping funk result was an anthemic tribute, celebrating Turner as she sang proudly of being a “sole survivor.” 

Allowed into Turner’s inner sanctum, listeners could better understand and relate to the singer’s past life — whether these were real stories or imagined tales. Songs like “Private Dancer,” seemingly about a dancer who keeps a firm psychological distance from her job as a means of self-protection, couldn’t help but be tied back to Turner’s former life as the mistreated singing partner to Ike. Turner’s coarse vocals — retelling regret with the ballad “ Better Be Good to Me ,” or celebrating self-confidence on “Show Some Respect” — underscored her toughness as she sang about respect and recognition. 

Tina Turner’s emotional depth and lyrical confessions resonated with critics and listeners, affirming Turner as sensitive, soulful and, above all, an iconic solo artist. The success of the record at the 1985 GRAMMYs only affirmed Turner's status. 

Britten, who won two gramophones for his work and joined Turner on stage to collect the GRAMMY for Record Of The Year, said that the audience — there and even at home watching — manifested her three wins that night. “In between introductions, you could hear the whole crowd going, ‘Tina! Tina! Tina!’” he says. “It was like the whole auditorium wanted her to win. In fact, they willed her to win.” 

The entire musical project was a frenzied worldwide phenomenon: the confident comeback story of a 45-year-old liberated woman. Private Dancer represents a rare redemption for a female artist over 40 — a script contemporaries have taken cues from.   

Madonna enjoyed a return serve with her revealing 1998 spiritual album Ray of Light , a record that saw her achieve renewed commercial success — and perhaps most important to her, critical acclaim. After the abject failure of 2001’s Glitter , Mariah Carey stormed the charts (and GRAMMYs) in 2005 with her confessional but defiant album, The Emancipation of Mimi . Janet Jackson , no longer suffering public shame after the infamous Superbowl incident and finally free to release music under her own label, returned revealing a more mature, reflective artist with 2015’s Unbreakable . Each album privileged some aspect of self-exposure and sonic difference to mount a comeback where audiences were invited in.    

Publicly sharing some vulnerability while also celebrating fortitude, continues to enliven the story of Private Dancer — and the listening experience decades on. After Tina Turner's death in 2023, critics reappraised the record and the seismic impact of “What’s Love.” Some said the song was an enduring “call to action” on finding independence, while others concluded that Private Dancer alone “lifted [Turner] into the pop stratosphere.” 

The record represents one of history’s greatest musical comebacks. Its emotional depth, paired with a tough if sometimes frayed sound, gave listeners a deeply resonant tale about overcoming. 

“She gave me such trust,” Britten says of recording with Turner. “I can’t tell you what a moving experience it was.” With Private Dancer , Turner entrusted listeners with her own vulnerable admissions, many of which continue to resonate and inspire today. 

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GRAMMY Rewind: Watch Tina Turner Win Her First Solo GRAMMY In 1985 For "What's Love Got To Do With It?"

Relive the moment Tina Turner won a golden gramophone for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female — an opportunity she had been waiting for "for such a long time."

During her remarkable 83 years of life, the late Tina Turner received eight GRAMMY awards, a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award, and three introductions into the GRAMMY Hall of Fame.

In this episode of GRAMMY Rewind , we travel to 1985, when Turner won a golden gramophone for one of her many iconic hits, "What's Love Got to Do with It?," in the Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, category.

"I've been waiting for this opportunity for such a long time," she said in her acceptance speech. "I have to thank many people. And all of you that I don't get to thank, you must know that it's in my mind."

Among those "many people," Turner praised Graham Lyle and Terry Britten , who wrote the track; John Carter, her A&R "who played a wonderful part" in relaunching her career with Capitol Records in the '80s; and Roger Davies , her manager, "a great man who has done a great job with her career."

Later that night, "What's Love Got To Do With It?" helped Turner win Record Of The Year; she also took home Best Rock Vocal Performance, Female, for "Better Be Good to Me." Though the 1985 ceremony marked Turner's first solo awards, she first won a GRAMMY in 1972 alongside her ex-husband, Ike Turner , for their recording of "Proud Mary."

Press play on the video above to watch Tina Turner's full acceptance speech for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female, and remember to check back to GRAMMY.com for more new episodes of GRAMMY Rewind.

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In Memoriam (2023): The Recording Academy Remembers The Music People We Lost

Take a moment to salute the members of the music community we lost in 2022-2024.

Below is a tribute to the luminaries and esteemed professionals from the music community we lost between Dec. 5, 2022, through Jan. 26, 2024.

During the 2024 GRAMMYs broadcast, the Recording Academy's In Memoriam segment featured performances by several masterful musicians. Annie Lennox  was joined by Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman to honor Sinéad O’Connor . Stevie Wonder took the stage to pay homage to the legendary Tony Bennett , Jon Batiste honored the "Godfather of Black Music" Clarence Avant and Fantasia Barrino paid tribute to the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner . The performances were set against a video homage of several of the distinguished figures on this list. Every individual who passed away before the publication date has also been respectfully commemorated in the official 2024 GRAMMYs program book .

The Recording Academy offers its profound respect and appreciation for the unique gifts and enduring contributions these individuals have bestowed upon our culture and collective spirit.

Aaron Spears

Abe Stoklasa

Adam Johnstone

Aérea Negrot

Ahmad Jamal

Akbar Golpayegani

Alan Copeland

Alan Niederland

Alan Rankine

Alan Warner

Alan Moore Stowell

Alba 'Albita' Eagan

Alice Parker

Allen Becker

Alton Wade Kelley

Amos Ettinger

Amp Fiddler

Amparo Rubín

Ana Clara Benevides Machado

Anatol Ugorski

André Watts

Andrew Penhallow

Andrew Speight

Andy Rourke

Angela Zilia

Angelo Badalamenti

Angelo Bruschini

Anita Pointer

Annie Nightingale

Anthony Topham

Anthony John Heyes

Anup Ghoshal

April Stevens

Arie Levanon

Arif Cooper

Arthur Ward Eller

Astrud Gilberto

Audie Blaylock

Axali Doëseb

B. Sasikumar

Barbara Bryne

Barrett Strong

Baxter Black

Beeyar Prasad

Benito Castro

Benjamin Zephaniah

Berit Lindholm

Bernie Marsden

Betta St. John

Betty Price

Bhavani Shankar

Bhavatharini Raja

John Nelson "Big John" Trimble Jr.

William "Bill" Castle

Bill Humble

Bill Saluga

Billy Smith

Billy White Jr.

Billy "The Kid" Emerson

Bilqees Khanum

Bishop Carlton Pearson

Blair Tindall

Blayne Tucker

Bob Burwell

Bob Feldman

Bob Mummert

Bob Nalbandian

Bob Siggins

Bob "Norton" Thompson

Bobbi Staff

Bobby Caldwell

Bobby Casey

Bobby Osborne

Bobby Schiffman

Bonny Beverley

Brad Houser

Brad Thomson

Bram Inscore

Brandon Marcel Williams

Brett Radin

Brian McBride

Brian "Brizz" Gillis

Bridgette Wimberly

Broderick Smith

Bruce Gowers

Bruce Guthro

Brucene Harrison

Bruno Ducol

Buddy McNeill

Burt Bacharach

C.J. Harris

Calton Coffie

Calvin Newton

Canelita Medina

Canisso Canisso

Care Failure

Carl Pagter

Carlee Ann Vaughn

Carlin Glynn

Carline Smith Wilhite

Carlos Fonseca

Carlos Lyra

Carmen Jara

Carmen Xtravaganza

Carole Cook

Catherine Christer Hennix

Cecilia Pantoja Levi

Chabelita Fuentes

Chaim Topol

Charline Whillhite

Charles Gayle

Charlie Dominici

Charlie Gracie

Charlie Monk

Charlie Robison

Chick Rains

Chico Novarro

Choi Sung-Bong

Chris Ledesma

Chris Peluso

Chris Strachwitz

Christy Dignam

Chuck Flood

Chuck Jackson

Chuck Morris

Charley Morris

Clarence Avant

Clarence Barlow

Claude Kahn

Clifton Oliver

Clint Yeager

Cobi Narita

Colette Maze

Colin Burgess

Conny Van Dyke

Costa Titch

Craig Burbidge

Craig Hayes

Curtis Fowlkes

Cynthia Haring

Cynthia Weil

Dan Lardner

Daniel Bourgue

Daniel Jones

Daniel Lee Stephen Jones

Danny Kaleikini

Danny Schur

Danny Milhon

Dave Dickerson

Dave Freeman

David Crosby

David Darling

David Del Tredici

David Drozen

David LaFlamme

David Lindley

David McCallum

David Leland

David Lumsdaine

David Beckwith

David Jude Jolicoeur

Dedi Graucher

Denis Badault

Denny Laine

Denyse Plummer

Dick Biondi

Dickie Harrell

Dino Danelli

DJ Dino Calvao

Djalma Corrêa

Don Sebesky

Don Williams

Donnie McKethan

Dorian Kweller

Dr Latozi Madosini Mpahleni

Duane Tabinski

Dusty Street

Dwight Twilley

Ed "Beanpole" Efaw

Edino Krieger

Edward Sexton

Edward Walters

Edward "Kidd" Jordan

Elayne Jones

Eliud Treviño

Ellen Fitzhugh

Elliot Goldman

Eloise Wyatt Russo

Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

Enrique "Zurdo" Roizner

Eric Boehlert

Eric Shoutin' Sheridan

Eric Alan Livingston

Essra Mohawk

Fallece Marilú

Faye Fantarrow

Fito Olivares

Florence Malgoire

Fran La Maina

Francesa Cappucci

Francis Monkman

François Glorieux

Frank Harlow

Frank Kozik

Frank Solivan Sr.

Frank Woodard

Frank Farian

Freddie Ross Hancock

Fuzzy Haskins

Gabriele Schnaut

Gangsta Boo

Garry Mapanzure

Garry Lee Rentfro

Gary Hobish

Gary Rossington

Gary Wright

Gennady Gladkov

George Brown

George Logan

George Maharis

George Moffett

George Newall

George Portz

George Tickner

George Winston

George Yanok

Georgia Holt

Gerald Fried

Gérard Drouot

Germano Mathias

Glen "Spot" Lockett

Gloria Belle

Gloria Coates

Glynis Johns

Gordon Lightfoot

Gordy Harmon

Gordy Nichol

Grace Bumbry

Grady Hockett

Graeme Malcolm

Graham Clark

Grand Daddy I.U.

Gregory Brian Wright

Hans Poulsen

Harley Worthington

Harold Childs

Harold Killian

Harold Black

Harry Belafonte

Harry Sheppard

Haydn Gwynne

Heather Dunbar

Heike Matthiesen

Heklina Heklina

Helen Thorington

Henri Duaman

Henry Grossman

Herb Deutsch

Hiroshi "Heath" Morie

Hoppy Hopkins

Horacio Malvicino

Huey "Piano" Smith

Ian Bairnson

Inga Swenson

Ingrid Haebler

Irish Grinstead

Irma Capece Minutolo

Irv Lichtman

Isaac "Redd" Holt

Ismaïlia Touré

Ivan "Mamão" Conti

Ivan M. Tribe

J.J. Barnes

Jack Pruett Jr.

Jacqueline Dark

Jaquelyne Ledent-Vilain

Jaimie Branch

Jake Marlowe

James Bowman

James Casey

James Harvey IV

James Jorden

James Lewis

James Kottak

James C. "Jimmy" LaRocca

Jamie Tiller

Jane Birkin

Jannis Noya Makrigiannis

Jasmin Stavros

Javier Álvarez Fuentes

Jay Goldberg

Jay Clayton

Jean Knight

Jeff Heiman

Jeffrey Foskett

Jeremiah Green

Jerry Bradley

Jerry Dodgion

Jerry Fretwell

Jerry Kearns

Jerry Samuels

Jerry Springer

Jerry Whitehurst

Jerry Kramer

Jerry Paul Arnold

Jerry Lee Lewis

Jesse McReynolds

Jesus Garber

Jim Sharpley

Jim Vienneau

Jimmy Buffett

Jo Mersa Marley

Jo-El Sonnier

Joanna Merlin

João Donato

Joaquin Romaguera

Joaquin "Jocko" Fajardo

Joe McGuire

John Albert

John Beckingham

John Cirillo

John Giblin

John Gosling

John Lomax IV

John Marshall

John Miller

John Morris

John Waddington

John Cutler

John Alexander

John Andrew Tartaglia

John Watson Algee

Johnny Allon

Johnny Fean

Johnny Ruffo

Jon Kennedy

Jordan Blake

José Evangelista

Joshua Culbreath

Joshua Madsen

Joss Ackland

Jovit Baldivino

Joyce Bryant

Juan Carlos Formell

Judy Massey

Julián Figueroa

Julian Sebothane Bahula

Justin Bartlett

Justin Fontaine

K. Neville Garrick

Kaija Saariaho

Karaikudi Mani

Karl Berger

Karl Tremblay

Karl F. Dieterichs

Katherine Anderson Schaffner

Keiko Okuya Jones

Keith Gattis

Keith Holzman

Kelly Joe Phelps

Ken Brigham

Ken Roberts

Ken Calvert

Kendall A. Minter

Kenneth Anger

Kenneth Force

Kenneth Montgomery

Kenneth Riegel

Kevin Fleming

Kevin Lemons

Kevin "Geordie" Walker

Kihnu Virve

Kim Simmonds

Kirk Arrington

Kirstie Alley

Klee Benally

Kwame Brathwaite

Kyle Jacobs

Ladislav Jásek

Lalo Rodriguez

Lance Reddick

Larry Chance

Larry Morris

Larry Collins

Lasse Wellander

Laura Lynch

Lawrence "Larry" Cohn

Lázaro Valdés

Leela Omchery

Leiji Matsumoto

Len Chandler

Lenka Hlávková

Leny Andrade

Leo D. Sullivan

Leonard Abrams

Leonard Zinn

Leroy "Black Stalin" Calliste

Les Brown Jr.

Les Leverett

Leslie Jordan

Lester Sterling

Lewis Largent

Lewis Spartlan

Lewis Pragasam

Lily Afshar

Linda de Suza

Linda Lewis

Lisa Marie Presley

Lisandro Meza

Lisl Steiner

Lizeta Nikolaou

Lois Curtis Shepherd

Lola Mitchell "Gangta Boo"

Lord Creator

Lou Deprijck

Loyal Jones

Luis Vasquez

M Daud Kilau

Malini Rajurkar

Mam' Sylvia Mdunyelwa

Manana Doijashvili

Mandla 'Mampintsha' Maphumulo

Manny Martinez

Manuel Göttsching

Manuel Castillo Girón

Marcel Amont

Marcel Zanini

Marek Kopelent

Margaret Josephine Nisbett

Margie Hunt

Margie Sullivan

María Jímenez

Mariana Sîrbu

Marianne Mantell

Marilyn Johnston Blankenship

Mark Howard

Mark Kuykendall

Mark Russell

Mark Sheehan

Mark Stewart

Mark Thomas

Mark Nelson

Marlena Shaw

Mars Williams

Marsha Gray Basore

Martha Owen

Martin Duffy

Martin Petzold

Martin Stevens

Mary G. Dawson

Mary Jane Thomas

Mary Turner Pattiz

Mason Ruble

Massimo Savić

Matt Stewart

Maurice Bourgue

Maurice Hines

Mbongeni Ngema

Mbuya Stella Chiweshe

Megan Terry

Melanie Safka

Melvin "Magoo" Barcliff

Menahem Pressler

Merv Shiner

Michael Blackwood

Michael Keith

Michael Kupper

Michael Leon

Michael McGrath

Michael Parkinson

Michael Rhodes

Michael Snow

Michael "Ibo" Cooper

Michael John McGann

Mick Slattery

Mikael Maglieri

Mike Henderson

Mike Reeves

Mike Taylor

Mike J Rojas

Miki Liukkonen

Mildred Miller

Minneapolis Backyard Punk Show Shooting

Misha K. Hunke

MoneySign Suede

Monte Cazazza

Myles Goodwyn

Mylon LeFevre

Najah Salam

Nancy Van de Vate

Nashawn (Lotto) Breedlove

Neal Langford

Neela Rampogal

Neil Kulkarni

Neville Garrick

Nicholas Lloyd Webber

Niel Immelman

Nihal Nelson

Niko Everette

Nina Matviienko

Nobuyuki Idei

Nora Forster

Norby Walters

Norm Pattiz

Notis Mavroudis

O.S. Thyagarajan

Olga Chorens

Ordy Garrison

Orlando Marin

Óscar Agudelo

Otis Barthoulameu

Otis Redding III

Pacho El Antifeka

Pamela Blair

Pamela Chopra

Patricia Burda Janečková

Patrick Emery

Paul Beasley

Paul Cattermole

Paul Desenne

Paul Justman

Paul Prestopino

Paul Woseen

Paxton Whitehead

Pedro Lavirgen

Pedro Messone

Pedro Henrique

Pedro Suárez-Vértiz

Pepe Domingo Castaño

Petch Osathanugrah

Pete Garner

Peter Austin

Peter Brötzmann

Peter Cooper

Peter Kowalsky

Peter Luboff

Peter McCann

Peter Solley

Peter Schickele

Phil Quartararo

Phill Niblock

Pilarín Bueno

Pluto Shervington

Polito Vega

Prabha Atre

Pt Vijay Kichlu

R.C. Harris

Ralph Gordon

Ramani Ammal

Ramla Beegum

Ramsey Lewis Jr.

Randy Bailey

Randy Meisner

Rashid Khan

Ray Cordeiro

Ray Hildebrand

Ray Shulman

Raymond Froggatt

Raymond Lumpkin

Reiner Goldberg

Rena Koumioti

Renata Scotto

Renée Geyer

Ricardo Iorio

Ricardo Drue

Richard Davis

Richard Landis

Richard Law

Richard Ross

Richard Gaddes

Rick Froberg

Rick Newman

Rita Hollingsworth

Robbie Bachman

Robbie Robertson

Robert Becerra

Robert Black

Robert Haimer

Robert Hicks

Robert Michaels

Robert H. Precht

Robert W. Smith

Robin Tamang

Rock Brynner

Rodney Hall

Roger Sprung

Roger Whittaker

Rohana  Jalil

Rolf Harris

Ron Cornett

Ron Haffkine

Ron Hamilton

Ron S. Peno

Ronnie Turner

Roseline Damian

Roxie Cawood Gibson

Roy Rifkind

Royal Blakeman

Royston Ellis

Rudolph Isley

Russell Batiste Jr.

Russell Sherman

Ryuichi Sakamoto

Sakevi Yokoyama

Sanath Nandasiri

Sandra Butler Truesdale

Sandra Trehub

Sara Tavares

Sarah Schlesinger

Scott Johnson

Scott Schinder

Séamus Begley

Sean Martin

Sebastian Marino

Seóirse Bodley

Seymour Stein

Shahidul Haque Khan

Shane Yellowbird

Shaul Greenglick

Shaun Roberts

Sheila Smith

Sheldon Harnick

Sheldon Reynolds

Shoji Tabuchi

Silent Servant

Silvio Berlusconi

Sinéad O'Connor

Sir David Lumsden

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez

Slim Andrews

Smokey Greene

Soňa  Červená

Stainslaw Radwan

Stan Hitchcock

Stanley Drucker

Stella Stevens

Stephen Gould

Stephen "tWitch" Boss

Stephen Allen Davis

Steve Harwell

Steve Riley

Steve Skold

Steve Travis

Steve Nelson

Steven Lutvak

Stevie B-Zet

Stuart Margolin

Sudakshina Sarma

Sueli Costa

Sulochana Chavan

Surinder Shinda

Suzanne Somers

Swarup Nayak

Sweet Charles Sherrell

Tamara Milashkina

Teddy White

Teresa Taylor

Teri Bristol

Terri Nolan

Terry Kirkman

Terry Thacker

Terry Baucom

Teté Caturla

Thanga Darlong

The 45 King

Theo de Barros

Theresa Reneé Watson

Thomas Stacy

Thomas H. Lee

Thomasina Winslow

Thotakura Somaraju

Tim Bachman

Tina Turner

TJ De Blois

Tohru Okada

Tom Langdon

Tom Verlaine

Tom Whitlock

Tom Wilkerson

Tom Smothers

Tom Mazzetta

Tony Bennett

Tony McPhee

Tony Clarkin

Torben Ulrich

Toru Mitsui

Toto Cutugno

Treat Williams

Treva Chrisco

Trish Williams Warren

Troy Brammer

Tshala Muana

Vakhtang Kikabidze

Valentin Gheorghiu

Varnell Harris Johnson

Victor Pikayzen

Victor Rasgado

Vilayil Faseela

Violeta Hemsy de Gainza

Virginia Zeani

Vivian Trimble

Vivian Williams

Vivienne Westwood

Walt Groller

Walt Wilson

Walter Aipolani

Walter Arlen

Walter Charles

Walter Cole Darcelle XV

Walter Ulloa

Walter "Wolfman" Washington

Wayne Shorter

Wayne Swinny

Wee Willie Harris

William "DJ Casper" Perry Jr.

Willie Ruff

Willis Spears

Yaacov Bergman

Yehonatan Geffen

Yitzhak Klepter

Yogesh Vaidya

Young Capone

Yukihiro Takahashi

Yuri Temirkanov

Yuzo Toyama

Yvonne Přenosilová

Zdenek Macal

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2024 GRAMMYs To Pay Tribute to Tony Bennett, Sinead O'Connor, Clarence Avant & Tina Turner With In Memoriam Segment

The GRAMMY Awards segment will feature performances by Stevie Wonder in tribute to Tony Bennett; Jon Batiste honoring Clarence Avant; Annie Lennox for Sinead O'Connor; and Fantasia Barrino remembering Tina Turner, airing live on Sunday Feb. 4.

The 2024 GRAMMYs will feature a special In Memoriam segment to honor the lives of some of the incredible individuals that the music world lost this year with performances by GRAMMY-winning and -nominated artists. 

Stevie Wonder will take the stage to pay homage to the legendary Tony Bennett , celebrating Bennett's remarkable contributions to music and devotion to the Great American Songbook.

Annie Lennox will perform in tribute to Irish icon Sinead O’Connor . Joining her for this heartfelt homage will be Wendy Melvoin and Lisa Coleman . 

Jon Batiste is set to honor Clarence Avant , the "Godfather of Black Music," with a performance dedicated to the influential figure's impact on music and culture. Lenny Kravitz , one of this year's Global Impact Award recipients , will also play a significant role in this segment, both participating and introducing the tribute, linking two generations of music icons.

In a tribute to the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll, Tina Turner , Fantasia Barrino will perform, capturing the spirit and energy of Turner's music. Oprah Winfrey will also be part of this segment, introducing the performance, and adding a layer of gravitas to the tribute to one of music's most powerful voices.

In addition to the In Memoriam segment, the 2024 GRAMMYs will feature breathtaking performances from the leading artists in music today. Performers at the 2024 GRAMMYs include Billie Eilish , Billy Joel , Burna Boy , Dua Lipa , Joni Mitchell , Luke Combs , Olivia Rodrigo , SZA , Travis Scott , and U2 . 

Several confirmed GRAMMY performers will make GRAMMY history at the 2024 GRAMMYs this weekend: Mitchell will make her GRAMMY performance debut , while U2 will deliver the first-ever broadcast performance from Sphere in Las Vegas. Click here to see the full list of performers and presenters at the 2024 GRAMMYs.

Trevor Noah , the two-time GRAMMY-nominated comedian, actor, author, podcast host, and former "The Daily Show" host, returns to host the 2024 GRAMMYs for the fourth consecutive year; he is currently nominated at the 2024 GRAMMYs in the Best Comedy Album Category for his 2022 Netflix comedy special, I Wish You Would . 

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The 2024 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 66th GRAMMY Awards , will broadcast live from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Sunday, Feb. 4, at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on the CBS Television Network and will be available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+. Prior to the Telecast, the 2024 GRAMMYs Premiere Ceremony will broadcast live from the Peacock Theater at 12:30 p.m. PT/3:30 p.m. ET and will be streamed live on live.GRAMMY.com . 

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10 Fascinating Facts About Bryan Adams: From Writing For KISS To His Serious Side Hustle

The GRAMMY-winning singer and guitarist has sold over 75 million albums and is about to share his songs on the world stage. Ahead of his So Happy It Hurts tour, read on for 10 lesser-known facts about the raspy-voiced rocker.

One of Canada's biggest rock stars, Bryan Adams has had a massively successful and sonically diverse career that spans 45 years. With one win and 16 GRAMMY nominations under his belt, Adams' prolific output includes numerous chart-topping albums and big-name collaborations.

Yet, for a man who has sold over 75 million albums and wants his music to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, Bryan Adams doesn't seem to seek the limelight. 

He’s not tabloid fodder, doesn’t date celebrities, and does not court controversy. While he certainly will promote his latest album or tour — and will begin his international tour on Jan. 20 in Montana —  but Adams is an intensely private individual who is selective with the interviews that he gives and in what he speaks about. He is also not a flamboyantly dressed performer, preferring the jeans and t-shirt that he has carried over from his very beginnings. Appropriately enough, he often calls his band the Dudes Of Leisure.

Adams’ most recent studio album is called So Happy It Hurts and recently released a 3-CD box set of live recordings of three classic albums performed at London’s Royal Albert Hall: Cuts Like A Knife, Into The Fire, and Waking Up The Neighbors .

Ahead of his So Happy It Hurts Tour — which will certainly see Adams perform hits "Summer Of ‘69," "(Everything I Do) I Do It For You," "Can’t Stop This Thing We Started" — read on for 10 lesser-known facts about the raspy-voiced rocker.

who has befriended and collaborated with an impressive range of artists across numerous media.

He Signed His First Contract For $1

Back in 1978, when was just 18 years old, Adams signed a recording contract with A&M Records who decided to take a chance on the fledgling rocker with a "wait and see" attitude. 

They signed him for the paltry sum of $1 which Adams insisted on receiving so he could frame it. 

While his first two albums, Bryan Adams (1980) and You Want It You Got It (1981) didn’t exactly set the world on fire, his third release Cuts Like A Knife (1983) went platinum in America and triple platinum in his native Canada, selling at least 1.5 million copies worldwide. Seems like A&M got a great return on their investment.

His Breakthrough Hit Was Written For Someone Else

In January 1983, producer Bruce Fairbairn asked Adams and songwriting partner Jim Vallance  to come up with a song for Blue Öyster Cult. Their original version of "Run To You" did not impress the band (or Adams) and they passed — so did .38 Special and other groups. 

When Adams needed one more song for 1984’s Reckless , he pulled out "Run" and taught it to his band. This time, everyone including album producer Bob Clearmountain was impressed. It became the album's lead single and Adams' biggest hit, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. 

Although the previous Cuts Like A Knife had three hits singles and went platinum, Reckless spawned six hits ("Heaven" went No. 1) and turned Adams into a superstar, selling 5 million copies in America and reportedly 7 million more globally.

He’s Penned Dozens Of Songs For Others

Adams has co-written songs for numerous other artists, many of them hard rockers. In 1982, he and Vallance co-wrote "Rock and Roll Hell" and "War Machine" with Gene Simmons for the KISS album Creatures Of The Night; and he worked with Paul Stanley and Mikel Japp on "Down On Your Knees" for KISS Killers . 

That led to credits on albums by Ted Nugent, Motley Crue and Krokus (who used a leftover from Reckless ). But the recipients of Adams’ songs span a wide range of artists including Neil Diamond , Tina Turner , Bonnie Raitt , Loverboy, .38 Special, and Anne Murray .

He Loves A Good Duet

Bryan Adams' duets often appear on movie soundtracks and tend to do well. His Reckless collaboration with Tina Turner, "It’s Only Love," was a Top 20 hit, peaking at No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. But things got bigger from there. 

"All For Love," his song with Sting and Rod Stewart for the Three Musketeers film soundtrack (1993) went No. 1 in at least a dozen countries, selling nearly 2 million copies globally. He’s also duetted with Bonnie Raitt ("Rock Steady"), Barbra Streisand ("I Finally Found Someone" which went Top 10), and Melanie C from Spice Girls ("When You’re Gone"). He’s also recorded with Chicane, Pamela Anderson, Emmanuelle Seigner, Loverush UK, and Michael Bublé .

In recent years, Adams has said that he would like to duet with Beyonce and Lady Gaga . And in case you missed it, Taylor Swift once brought him onstage to perform "Summer Of ‘69."

The Reckless Video Album Is A Story Of Unrequited Love

With its six videos slightly out of order from actual release, the Reckless video compilation (1984) charts a melancholy story. In "This Time" (the final video from Cuts Like A Knife ), Adams is seeking out a woman in a desert town who's only shown with glimpses of her legs and heels. At the end, he finds her in the back of his van and they hook up — or is it just a mirage? 

"Summer Of ‘69" intercuts black and white footage of Adams and a young woman during their teen years with color images of their separate lives today. At the end, his old flame drives by with her current boyfriend who sees her eyeing the rocker, gets angry, and violently stops the car. In "Somebody," she escapes the car as he screams at her, and then she and Adams wander in different locations as they recollect one another. 

In "Kids Wanna Rock," Adams jumps onstage for a high energy performance, while in "Heaven," his old flame’s new guy has been pulled over for drunk driving, so she ditches him to see the Bryan Adams show conveniently happening across the street. He is unaware she is there, mesmerized by him. 

After he races off the stage he finds himself locked inside the venue with snow coming down outside. In "Run To You," actually the album’s first single, Adams performs in wind and snow-swept environs and fantasizes about the same woman who finally walks up to him at the end. But they never embrace or kiss.

He’s An Acclaimed Photographer

Adams has been taking photos for most of his life, but it’s no longer a hobby. — he has photographed everyone from rock stars to royalty, and even himself for his own album covers. He got a lot of good pointers about photography and darkroom work when the famed Anton Corbijn shot the cover for 1987’s Into The Fire .

While Adams’ memorable portraits of people like Pink , Mick Jagger , Amy Winehouse , Rammstein , and yes, Queen Elizabeth II, he has also published books of portraits of homeless people, wounded war veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, images of sand from the Island Of Mustique, and American women dressed in Calvin Klein. He uses proceeds from these books to benefit various charitable causes. He also shot the 2022 calendar for the Pirelli Tire Company to help them celebrate their 150th anniversary. 

These days, Adams told Louder Sound that he is "a photographer moonlighting as a singer ."

He’s A Longtime Vegan & Animal Rights Advocate

The singer first became vegetarian at age 28 and later turned vegan, citing animal cruelty in the face of human food consumption. Adams has said that he gets an abundance of energy from his plant-based diet, noting he no longer gets sick. 

Adams has promoted his lifestyle to fans through positive posts, and he joins other famous musicians who are also vegan including Paul McCartney , Billie Eilish , and Stevie Wonder .

He Is Staunchly Committed To Humanitarian & Charitable Causes

Adams has lent his voice and face to a variety of causes. It all started with his appearance at the Live Aid Festival in 1985, which raised many for Ethiopian famine relief. That was followed by the two-week Amnesty International A Conspiracy of Hope tour in 1986, the 1988 Peace Concert in East Berlin, and many others. From earthquake and tsunami relief to climate change to the Mideast peace process, he has been involved in many causes, and he is an LGBTQ ally as well.

In 2006, he co-founded the Bryan Adams Foundation with the goal of improving quality of life around the world via financial grants. Funds "support specific projects that are committed to bettering the lives of other people. The Foundation seeks to protect the most vulnerable or disadvantaged individuals in society." A big goal is "to advance education and learning opportunities for children and young people worldwide."

He Co-Wrote A Broadway Musical

Adams is known for having hit songs from movies including Don Juan DeMarco, The Three Musketeers, The Mirror Has Two Faces, and Robin Hood, Prince Of Thieves . Some people might not know that he and Jim Vallance co-wrote the score to the Broadway adaptation of "Pretty Woman," which ran for 420 performances over a year starting in August 2018. It is currently touring the UK and U.S. 

None of the movie’s pop songs were used; the score was entirely theirs. And it turns out he and Vallance had to audition their work to producers. Adams told Billboard in 2016 that the duo crafted three songs and presented them to the producers, who responded with a "don’t call us, we’ll call you" approach. Thirty minutes later, Adams got the call.

He Tours Places Other Western Artists Don't Visit

Bryan Adams has performed in places other Western artists don't often visit. He has toured India several times; Adams first played Mumbai in the early ‘90s and was impressed with the loyalty of Indian audiences. He was reportedly the first Western artist to play Karachi, Pakistan after the Sept. 11 attacks, and toured in Syria and Lebanon in December 2010. He said Syria had a great audience and had never hosted a Western artist before. 

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Legendary singer Tina Turner dies at 83

Rolling Stone once named her "one of the greatest singers of all time."

Legendary singer Tina Turner, known for her sultry voice and a string of platinum hits, has died at age 83.

The news was confirmed on Turner's official Facebook page.

"It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner," the statement said on Facebook. "With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly."

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."

SLIDESHOW: The life and times of Tina Turner

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.

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Turner also released two solo albums while she was a member of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue: "Tina Turns the Country On!" in 1974 and "Acid Queen" in 1975.

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."

The singer also opened up about her marriage in the 2021 HBO documentary "Tina."

Following her divorce, Turner released her third solo album, "Rough," an album of blues and disco cover songs with a rock influence.

Turner continued to perform with stars including Rod Stewart and Chuck Berry, and performed in hotel ballrooms and clubs across the country. But it wasn't until September 1984, when she achieved her first No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 with "What's Love Got To Do With It."

The song earned her a Grammy for record of the year in 1985.

In 1985, she starred alongside Mel Gibson in "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" as the character Aunty Entity. The film was a global success and Turner received the NAACP Image Award for outstanding actress for her role in the movie. As part of the film, she also recorded two songs: "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" and "One of the Living." "One of the Living" earned her a Grammy Award for best female rock performance.

Turner's career continued to skyrocket following "Mad Max" with the singer performing with Mick Jagger at Live Aid, releasing her sixth solo album "Break Every Rule" the following year, publishing her autobiography, "I, Tina," getting her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and going on her "Break Every Rule World Tour," which began in March 1987 in Munich.

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 also released her third book in 2020, "Happiness Becomes You: A Guide to Changing Your Life For Good."

In April, she told The Guardian that she wanted to be remembered as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" and "as a woman who showed other women that it is OK to strive for success on their own terms."

Turner had four sons. She was preceded in death by her two biological children: Craig Raymond Turner -- whom she shared with Raymond Hill -- and Ronnie Turner -- whom she shared with Ike Turner.

She is survived by her sons Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner, who she adopted from her ex-husband Ike Turner.

Editor's Note: This story has been updated.

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Poll: Tina Turner? Ludacris? Who's the biggest act to perform at the VC Fair? You choose

H e rapped in the Super Bowl, took home three Grammys, starred in the “Fast and Furious” films and made fun of his name in a State Farm commercial. (“You don’t tell Ludacris what’s ludicrous,” he sputtered.)

And yet the question remains. Is Ludacris, who will perform Aug. 6 at the 12-day Ventura County Fair, the biggest name ever signed to perform at the summer event?

There is stiff competition. Tina Turner, Willie Nelson and Casitas Springs’ own Johnny Cash all graced the grandstand stage, according to fairground records that date back to 1981. Heck, The Beach Boys sang about T-Birds, waves and vibrations nine different times at the fair in Ventura.

We’re asking readers to decide which act is the most prominent to ever croon, shred, joke or rap at the fair.

The fairgrounds has been criticized, at times, on social media for not attracting big draws in the past. The records show a surprising list of legendary names have performed.

Turner played there in 1985 on the back of the “Private Dancer” album and the No. 1 hit, “What’s Love Got To Do With It?” that helped make her one of the hottest acts anywhere. It was the same year she gained even more fame by starring in the post-apocalyptic movie, “Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.”

But the fair show was not without controversy. Turner canceled her original show date and moved up earlier in the fair’s run to a date that had been reserved for the rodeo, causing consternation for families that had planned their day around broncos and steers.

The ‘85 fair also featured legendary country singer Nelson. According to a report in the Camarillo Daily News, he showed up to the show about 90 minutes late.

The mishaps caused some observers to question the benefits of pursuing superstar performers.

“If people want to see Tina Turner and Willie Nelson, let ‘em go to Caesar’s Palace and the MGM,” wrote an editorial writer for the Camarillo paper.

Other legends played the fair, too. Charley Pride, country music’s first Black superstar, performed in 1984. Linda Ronstadt, who won 11 Grammy awards, gained rave reviews for her grandstand show in 1983.

“Jerry Brown is a lucky man,” a reviewer wrote in Simi Valley’s The Enterprise, referring to the singer’s boyfriend and former governor of California.

Mexican-born guitarist Carlos Santana played his way into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame by meshing rock with Latin American jazz. He played the fair twice. So did Pattie LaBelle, known as the Godmother of Soul . Ditto for country star Brad Paisley who sold more than 11 million albums but may be better known for riffing with retired NFL quarterback Peyton Manning in a string of Nationwide commercials.

Other acts are not included in the reader’s poll because they performed at the fairgrounds in shows not connected to the fair.

Bob Dylan played at the venue in June 2000, opening a show for Phil Lesh & Friends. Lesh, a bassist, played the fairgrounds many times with the Grateful Dead, including a three-day show in 1987 that triggered a flood of community complaints about trash, controlled substances and, yes, public urination. The fair board canceled the band’s shows set for the next year.

Not all of the fair's biggest acts were musicians. In 1987, nearly 6,000 people attended a seven-match show put on by the World Wrestling Federation. Hulk Hogan body-slammed 450-pound One Man Gang and Jake “The Snake” Roberts released a live python after a match with Honky Tonk Man who dressed like Elvis Presley.

“Weird Al” Yankovic drew a big crowd to the fair, as did magician-comedian David Copperfield and singer Wayne Newton, known as Mr. Vegas. Few performers can rival comedian Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias who sold out Dodger Stadium two years ago. When Iglesias played the fair’s grandstand in 2017, 8,500 people waited for hours and one person was arrested after allegedly trying to rush past officers into the show.

Want more names? Daryl Hall & John Oates, now facing off in a bitter lawsuit, performed at the fair 11 years ago. Queen Latifah, the first lady of hip-hop, performed at the fair. Julio Iglesias, the Spanish singer who has sold more than 250 million albums, crooned at the grandstand nearly 40 years ago.

Now comes Ludacris who will take the grandstand on Tuesday, Aug. 6. He’s on a roll. He joined Usher and Lil Jon at the Super Bowl in Las Vegas to perform their hit, “Yeah!” A year ago, he was the opener for a Janet Jackson tour that produced 36 shows.

So is it ludicrous to think he may be the biggest act to perform at the fair? Or maybe it’s Ludacris.

Find this story on vcstar.com to cast your vote for the fair's best performer.

Tom Kisken covers health care and other news for the Ventura County Star. Reach him at [email protected] .

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Tina Turner , the queen of rock’n’roll behind hits such as “What’s Love Got to Do with It”, has died aged 83.

In a statement shared on Wednesday, a representative for the “Proud Mary” singer announced that she had died at her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland .

“Tina Turner, the ‘queen of rock’n’roll’ has died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland,” their statement read.

“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model... With her music and her inexhaustible vitality, Tina Turner thrilled millions of fans and inspired many artists of subsequent generations.”

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The news of her death sent shockwaves throughout the music industry, with stars including Mick Jagger and Debbie Harry paying tribute .

“I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner,” Jagger wrote. “She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer. She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her.”

Harry, meanwhile, referred to herself as “a benefactor of the energy, creativity and talents of Tina Turner”, adding: “Tina was a great inspiration to me when I was starting out and remains so to this day.”

In recent years, Turner had suffered from ill health, having been diagnosed with intestinal cancer in 2016 and undergoing a kidney transplant in 2017. A private funeral ceremony will be attended by close friends and family, who have asked for privacy.

Born Anna Mae Bullock in Nutbush, Tennessee (her hometown would inspire her 1973 song “Nutbush City Limits”) in 1939, Turner became one of the bestselling recording artists of all time in a career spanning more than 60 years. In that time she earned 12 Grammy Awards.

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After singing in church choirs as a child, Turner’s career began when she met singer Ike Turner on the St Louis nightclub circuit in 1957. After convincing Ike to let her sing with him, she became a featured vocalist in his band.

Around this time, Turner adopted the name “Tina”, with Ike adding his own surname so that he could replace her should she leave. In 1960, Turner released her first single, “A Fool For Love”, to critical acclaim and partial chart success, and Ike formed the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.

The pair married in 1962 and began releasing music together. Everything changed when they began working with Phil Spector, who produced the hit “River Deep – Mountain High” for his label. With a hit record under their belt, Ike and Tina supported the Rolling Stones on tour and gained celebrity fans in David Bowie, Cher and Elvis Presley.

The duo continued a successful streak throughout the Seventies. However, they split in 1976, with Tina later revealing that Ike had been violent and abusive, and had also cheated on her. In her 1986 autobiography, she narrated a harrowing tale of marital abuse, including the fact she had suffered a broken nose at the hands of Ike.

When Ike died in December 2007, Tina’s spokesperson was quoted as saying: “Tina is aware that Ike passed away earlier today. She has not had any contact with him in 35 years. No further comment will be made.”

Following the split, which was finalised in 1978 and left Turner with just two cars and the rights to her stage name, she returned to releasing music as a solo performer.

Even at the height of her career, however, Turner was performing for women in her audience, not to appear sexy to men.

Looking back in a 2018 interview, she said: “We were a sisterhood: me, my dancers, and our audience, out there having a good time together... At my shows, I wanted wives, husbands, grandparents, children, friends, everyone, to have fun. And here’s something I always understood. If you appeal to the women in the audience, the men will follow.”

She enjoyed a career renaissance in the Eighties, recording a string of big-selling hits such as “We Don’t Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)”, “What’s Love Got to Do With It”, “Private Dancer”, and “Let’s Stay Together”. In 1995, Turner performed the theme for James Bond film GoldenEye.

Other notable duets throughout her career included performances with David Bowie and the Rolling Stones, the latter of whom she took to the stage for Live Aid in Philadelphia in 1985.

During the performance, Jagger famously decided to rip off Turner’s skirt on stage. In an interview last month, Turner admitted that she’d “always had a crush” on the Rolling Stones frontman .

Turner’s autobiography, I, Tina , was adapted for the screen in 1993 as the biopic What’s Love Got To Do With It . Angela Bassett received an Oscar nomination for her performance as Turner.

However, vocal powerhouse Turner also dabbled in acting herself, appearing alongside Mel Gibson in 1985’s Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome , and Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1993’s Last Action Hero.

From 1994, Turner lived in Switzerland with her long-term partner, the German music executive Erwin Bach. The pair married in a civil ceremony in 2013.

In her second autobiography, 2018’s Tina Turner: My Love Story, she revealed that Bach saved her life by donating one of his kidneys to her.

She praised her husband in a rare interview in 2022, saying of their marriage: “It has enabled me to accept my mistakes and imperfections, to appreciate both the difficult times and the good times and the hurts of the past to let go. Accepting yourself as you are is true freedom.”

Turner had four children. The oldest, Raymond Craig, was the son of Kings of Rhythm saxophonist Raymond Hill. Turner and Ike later had a son, Ronnie Turner, and she adopted two of Ike’s children from a previous relationship.

In 2018, Craig died from an apparent suicide, aged 59. Then, in December last year, Ronnie died after being diagnosed with colon cancer. Discussing Ronnie’s death, Turner said that her son had “left the world far too early”.

The same year as Craig’s death, an Olivier-nominated musical based on his mother’s life, titled Tina – The Tina Turner Musical , opened on London’s West End in 2018.

In 2005, US president George W Bush described Turner’s legs as “the most famous in showbusiness”, with reports suggesting she insured them for hundreds of millions of dollars.

In 2021, Turner sold the rights to her back catalogue after reaching an agreement with BMG for an undisclosed sum. In the deal, she signed over her share of her recordings, her music publishing writer’s share and her name, image and likeness.

Turner’s solo works include 10 studio albums, two live albums, two soundtracks and five compilations, which together have sold more than 100 million records.

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Tina Turner, showstopping pop-music sensation, dies at 83

Her personal saga of struggle and revival was defiantly expressed in her 1984 hit song ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It’

She may have had second billing in her own group, but everyone knew who the star of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was.

It was Tina Turner the world came to see when she and her husband, Ike, toured with the Rolling Stones in the 1960s and scored a Grammy-winning hit with “Proud Mary” in 1971.

It was Tina Turner who ignited the stage with her raw voice and her frenzied, sweat-soaked dancing, as she became one of the most dynamic and influential performers in popular music.

And it was Tina Turner who, after walking away from the spotlight and her volatile, abusive husband, remade herself as a solo artist, selling more than 100 million records, winning eight Grammy Awards and becoming a brighter star in her 40s and 50s than she had been in her youth. Her overtly sexual costumes, dance moves and persona were imitated by performers across generations, from Mick Jagger to Beyoncé to Cardi B.

Ms. Turner, whose saga of struggle and revival was defiantly expressed in her 1984 hit song “What’s Love Got to Do With It” and a best-selling autobiography, “I, Tina,” died May 24 at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83 and, in recent years, she had a stroke, kidney disease and other ailments. Bernard Doherty, her longtime publicist, confirmed the death but did not provide an immediate cause.

Ms. Turner, who grew up as Anna Mae Bullock in rural Nutbush, Tenn., was living in St. Louis in the late 1950s, when her older sister arranged an introduction to Ike Turner, who was performing at a local club.

He was already an established musician at 26 and had co-written a 1951 rhythm-and-blues hit, “ Rocket 88 ,” featuring his hard-driving piano, that is sometimes called the first rock-and-roll record. At first, Ms. Turner, then 18, was put off by Ike’s gaunt, unsmiling appearance.

“I remember thinking that I had never seen anyone that skinny,” she told Rolling Stone magazine in 1986. “But when he walked out, he did have a great presence . . . boy, could he play that music. The place just started rocking. I wanted to get up there and sing sooooo bad.”

During an intermission, the band’s drummer — her sister’s boyfriend — set up a microphone, and Ms. Turner sang a song by B.B. King .

“Well, when Ike heard me,” she told Rolling Stone, “he rushed over to me and said, ‘Girl, I didn’t know you could sing!’ The band came back, and I kept singing.”

She began to work with Ike’s band, the Kings of Rhythm, but was not spotlighted until 1960, when a male singer didn’t show up for a studio recording session. Ms. Turner stepped up to the microphone to sing “A Fool in Love,” a song written by Ike.

It was meant to be just a demo recording, but Ms. Turner’s impassioned performance was released on a small label and credited to “Ike & Tina Turner” — a stage name bestowed by Ike. He chose the name because Tina rhymed with “Sheena, Queen of the Jungle,” a scantily clad, vine-swinging character in comic books and a 1950s TV series.

“A Fool in Love” sold 800,000 copies, became a No. 2 R&B hit and reached No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart. The group had a few other minor R&B hits but never quite reached nationwide fame.

Offstage, Ms. Turner was raising four boys — two of her own, and two of Ike’s sons from another relationship. Her older son was from a relationship with Raymond Hill, a saxophonist in Ike Turner’s band; Ike was the father of her second son, born in 1960. She and Ike were married in 1962.

Working on the club circuit, Tina and the Ikettes — three women who were backup singers and dancers — developed a high-energy, dynamically choreographed stage act that made other groups look like statues.

Yet, behind the joyous dancing and music, Ms. Turner wrote in her 1986 memoir, “I, Tina,” Ike Turner controlled the group like “a sadistic little cult.” He carried a gun and allowed Ms. Turner no financial independence.

As the group’s profile began to rise with an appearance in a 1966 concert film “ The Big T.N.T. Show ,” Tina Turner caught the attention of music producer Phil Spector , who saw her as a potential star.

A major hitmaker of the early 1960s, Spector was known for his studio wizardry and “wall of sound” musical style. He co-wrote a song with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich , “River Deep, Mountain High,” that he asked Ms. Turner to record. Insisting on total artistic control, Spector agreed to credit the recording to “Ike and Tina Turner” if Ike stayed out of the studio.

At the long, nighttime recording sessions, Ms. Turner took off her sweat-drenched blouse and was wearing only her bra as she sang countless takes of the vocal track.

“River Deep” begins on a plaintive, introspective note — “When I was a little girl, I had a rag doll” — before building to a frenzied climax: “Do I love you, my oh my? Oh baby, river deep, mountain high!”

Rolling Stone later ranked “River Deep” No. 33 on the magazine’s list of the 500 greatest songs of the rock era. It became a hit in Europe but never caught on in the United States, reaching only No. 88 on the Billboard pop chart.

“It was too black for the pop stations, and too pop for the black stations,” Ms. Turner noted in her autobiography.

Still, it marked a turning point for Ms. Turner: She realized she didn’t need Ike Turner to make an important record — and that she was a singer with a voice of her own.

“You know why I will always love that song?” she told the Chicago Tribune. “People used to call me a dancer, not a singer. So when I got with Phil, I started charging ahead and he was like, ‘No, no, I just want you to sing.’ ”

In 1966, the Rolling Stones invited the Ike & Tina Turner Revue to join them for the first of several tours, introducing them to a wider audience.

Jagger came into the dressing room Ms. Turner shared with the Ikettes, she wrote in a 2018 memoir, “My Love Story,” “and said in his unmistakable voice: ‘I like how you girls dance.’

“We’d seen him strutting with his tambourine onstage, and he was a little awkward back then,” she continued. “We pulled him into our group and taught him how to do the Pony. Mick caught on fast. . . . Not that he ever gave me and the girls credit for his fancy new footwork. To this day, Mick likes to say, ‘My mother taught me how to dance.’ And I say, ‘Okay, that’s fine.’ But I know better.”

‘Nice . . . and rough’

During the late 1960s and early ’70s, Ike and Tina Turner began to record versions of songs by other artists, including the Stones’ “Honky Tonk Women,” Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long” and most memorably “ Proud Mary ,” written by John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival.

In the original recording and in every performance for the next three decades, Ms. Turner opened the song with a signature introduction that her audiences recited in unison with her: “We never, ever, do nothin’ nice . . . and easy. So we’re gonna do it nice . . . and rough!”

“Proud Mary” reached No. 4 on the pop charts in 1971, sold more than 1 million copies and won a Grammy Award for best R&B performance. The group had a minor hit in 1973 with “Nutbush City Limits,” a tune written by Ms. Turner about her Tennessee roots, and she released a pair of poorly received solo albums.

But her life in the 1970s was increasingly scarred by her worsening relationship with Ike Turner. He had a drug problem, flaunted his affairs with other women and sometimes beat Tina, leaving her with swollen eyes and, one time, a broken jaw. He used his fists, a folded wire hanger and a wooden shoe tree, or stretcher.

“I was trapped,” she told Rolling Stone. “The success and the fear came almost hand in hand. When I finally went to tell him that I didn’t want to go on . . . that’s when he got the shoe stretcher.”

In 1976, Ms. Turner slipped out of her hotel room and down an alley in Dallas, where the band was on tour. She had 36 cents, a gas station credit card and the clothes on her back. She found refuge with friends, in exchange for cleaning their houses, and lived on food stamps. She began to practice Buddhism, which she said gave a newfound inner peace.

After their divorce in 1978, Tina never saw Ike Turner again. Her financial settlement was not nearly enough to pay off hundreds of thousands of dollars in back taxes and broken concert contracts.

“It’s very difficult to explain to people why I stayed,” she later told The Washington Post . “I’d left Tennessee as a little country girl and stepped into a man’s life who was a producer and had money and was a star in his own right. And at one time, Ike Turner had been very nice to me. It was in the later years that he changed to become a horrible person.”

She began to appear on TV game shows and in Las Vegas lounges. In 1979, Ms. Turner found a new manager, Australian Roger Davies, who had helped guide Olivia Newton-John’s career. With Ms. Turner, he became the architect of one of the most remarkable comeback stories in show business.

Davies arranged for Ms. Turner to open for the Rolling Stones in 1981, and her cover version of Al Green’s “ Let’s Stay Together ” became a hit in England and in U.S. dance clubs. Yet, as late as 1983, she still didn’t have a recording contract with a major label.

That year, David Bowie told executives of Capitol Records that he had to skip a Manhattan party in his honor because his favorite performer was appearing at a nightclub.

“So they all came along and voilà’ — there I was onstage,” Ms. Turner told The Post. “They signed me simply because of David.”

Released to modest expectations in 1984, her album “Private Dancer” sold tens of millions of copies. Ms. Turner won three Grammy Awards, including Record of the Year, for the album’s top single, “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” which was her only No. 1 hit as a solo artist.

At first, she was reluctant to sing the tune, by two British songwriters, until she found the right vocal treatment, pitched somewhere between a snarl and leering come-on:

What’s love got to do, got to do with it

What’s love but a secondhand emotion

Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?

Then in her mid-40s, Ms. Turner became an international superstar, acclaimed for the next 25 years for her breathtaking performances, in which she wore elaborate wigs and skimpy miniskirts that showed off her well-toned legs.

“Everything I’ve done for my act has really been so practical,” she told Rolling Stone in 1986. “The short dresses work for me onstage because I’ve got a short torso and because there’s a lot of dancing and sweating. . . . I never advertise myself for men. I always work to the women, because if you’ve got the girls on your side, you’ve got the guys.”

Ms. Turner’s 1986 memoir (written with Kurt Loder) formed the basis of an Oscar-nominated 1993 film, “ What’s Love Got to Do With It, ” with Angela Bassett portraying Ms. Turner and Lawrence Fishburne as Ike Turner. Her life also inspired a hit jukebox musical, “Tina,” that opened on Broadway in 2019.

Ms. Turner collaborated with U2’s Bono on the theme song for the 1995 James Bond movie “GoldenEye” and appeared at the 2000 Super Bowl . She retired from performing in 2009, the year she turned 70.

‘I lived that story’

Anna Mae Bullock was born Nov. 26, 1939, in Brownsville, Tenn., and spent her childhood in nearby Nutbush. Her father was a farm overseer, and her mother was a beautician, among other jobs.

Her parents had a tempestuous relationship and often lived away from the family, leaving young Anna Mae with grandparents and other relatives on farms in western Tennessee. “I wasn’t sad about it,” she told Rolling Stone in 1986. “It was just a fact that my parents didn’t care that much for me.”

In the 1950s, Ms. Turner was reunited with her mother, who was working as a maid in St. Louis. After finishing high school, she worked in a hospital before launching her music career.

Ms. Turner had several acting roles in films, first playing the Acid Queen in Ken Russell’s 1975 production of the Who’s rock opera, “Tommy.” A decade later, she appeared opposite Mel Gibson in the dystopian film “ Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome ,” which featured her hit song “ We Don’t Need Another Hero.”

She turned down a role in Steven Spielberg’s 1985 film “The Color Purple,” which featured abusive men in the rural South, saying “I lived that story. I don’t need to act it.”

Ms. Turner was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, along with Ike Turner, in 1991. (Ike was in prison at the time on drug charges. He died in 2007 .) She received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2005 and was named to the hall a second time, as a solo performer, in 2021.

In 1986, Ms. Turner met German music executive Erwin Bach, who was 16 years younger. They lived together for years before marrying in 2013. Ms. Turner had several serious health problems, including a stroke and needing kidney dialysis, in her 70s. Bach donated one of his kidneys to Ms. Turner in 2017.

Survivors include her husband. Her oldest son, Craig Turner (originally Craig Hill), died by suicide in 2018. “I still don’t know what took him to the edge,” Ms. Turner told the BBC. Another son, Ronnie Turner, died in 2022.

Despite her sensuous stage persona, Ms. Turner said the person she admired most was the soft-spoken, well-coiffed former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis.

“My taste was high,” she told Rolling Stone. “So when it came to role models, I looked at presidents’ wives. Of course, you’re talking about a farm girl who stood in the fields, dreaming, years ago, wishing she was that kind of person. But if I had been that kind of person, do you think I could sing with the emotions I do? You sing with those emotions because you’ve had pain in your heart.”

Tina Turner, 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll', dies aged 83 in Switzerland

The singer began performing alongside ex-husband Ike Turner, who infamously subjected her to years of abuse; she resurrected her career from the doldrums in the early 1980s - taking it to new heights and becoming one of the world's biggest music stars.

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Tina Turner - one of rock's great vocalists and most charismatic performers - has died aged 83.

Her spokesperson said: " Tina Turner , the 'Queen of Rock 'n' Roll' died peacefully today at the age of 83 after a long illness in her home in Kusnacht near Zurich, Switzerland.

"With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model."

The US-born star was one of rock's iconic singers, known for her electric stage presence and hits including The Best, Proud Mary, Private Dancer and What's Love Got to Do With It.

Among the first to pay tribute were Sir Mick Jagger, Sir Elton John, Diana Ross, Bette Midler and Giorgio Armani.

"She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer," said Rolling Stones frontman Jagger.

"She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her."

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Turner previously had intestinal cancer and suffered a stroke, revealing in 2018 that her husband had donated a kidney to save her life as she contemplated assisted suicide.

Her manager of 30 years, Roger Davies, called her "a unique and remarkable force of nature with her strength, incredible energy and immense talent" and said he would miss her deeply.

Turner found fame in the 1960s alongside ex-husband Ike Turner, with the classics River Deep, Mountain High and Nutbush City Limits among their hits.

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The domestic abuse Ike subjected her to - and her struggle to break free - was documented in a 1993 film starring Angela Bassett, which won three Oscars.

Turner's life story was also immortalised in a popular West End show that is still running.

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The singer's popularity waned by the end of the 1970s and her days in the limelight appeared over, with Turner mainly playing the cabaret circuit as a heritage act.

However, her career was dramatically resurrected in 1983 when a cover of Al Green's Let's Stay Together became a huge hit.

Turner, then in her 40s, signed a new contract with Capitol Records which led to the Private Dancer album in 1984.

It went on to sell more than 10 million copies and established her as a mega-star.

The title track from Private Dancer, as well as What's Love Got to Do With It, and I Can't Stand the Rain were among the album's seven singles.

Her most well-known song - with its distinctive intro, steady build and powerful chorus - is probably The Best.

Released in 1989, part of the Foreign Affair album, it's actually a cover of a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler.

Proud Mary is also an established classic, with Turner performing up-tempo dance moves to its "rolling down the river" refrain well into her late 60s at live shows.

Tina Turner's most streamed songs in UK

• 1. The Best
• 2. What's Love Got To Do With It?
• 3. Proud Mary
• 4. What's Love Got To Do With It? (with Kygo)
• 5. River Deep Mountain High (with Ike Turner)
• 6. We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
• 7. Nutbush City Limits (with Ike Turner)
• 8. Private Dancer
• 9. It's Only Love (with Bryan Adams)
• 10. Proud Mary (with Ike Turner)

Off the back of her comeback, there was also a foray into film alongside Mel Gibson in 1985's Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

The movie spawned another hit, We Don't Need Another Hero.

Born Annie Anna Bullock in a segregated Tennessee hospital in November 1939, Turner became a Swiss citizen a decade ago.

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She lived on a sprawling estate on Lake Zurich with her husband and former EMI record executive Erwin Bach, some 16 years her junior.

The couple met in 1985, with Turner once telling Oprah Winfrey it was love at first sight when he was sent to pick her up from an airport in Germany.

"He had the prettiest face. You could not miss it," she said.

"It was like saying, 'Where did he come from?' He was really that good looking. My heart went bu-bum. It means that a soul has met. My hands were shaking."

Turner had four children, two of them she adopted from Ike's first marriage.

Her eldest son, Craig Raymond Turner, who she had when she was 18, died in an apparent suicide five years ago.

The singer said that scattering his ashes in the sea off California was her "saddest moment as a mother".

She wrote on Twitter: "He was 59 when he died so tragically, but he will always be my baby."

Tragedy struck again in 2022 when her second son Ronnie died of cancer.

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Tina Turner, the Ultimate Trailblazer for Women in Rock ’n’ Roll, Has Died

The singer was 83 years old

Tina Turner, one of music’s most recognizable voices and a formative force in rock ’n’ roll, has died at 83. The singer, known for hits such as “Proud Mary” and “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” passed after a long illness at her home near Zurich, Switzerland, per Deadline.

“With her, the world loses a music legend and a role model,” the star’s publicist, Bernard Doherty, said in a statement.

Turner’s estate confirmed the news on her official Instagram, writing alongside a black-and-white photo of the late superstar, “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her family. Tina, we will miss you dearly.”

Turner is one of the defining voices of the 20th century, and has one of the most famously heartbreaking personal stories of the era as well. Before she became the “Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll” and one of the bestselling female artists in music history, she was Anna Mae Bullock, born in 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee, the youngest daughter of Floyd Richard Bullock and his wife, Zelma Priscilla. Like many eventual superstars, she discovered her musical gift while participating in church choir and leaned on her faith as she escaped a tumultuous upbringing.

To support herself as a young woman, she began performing in small clubs in and around St. Louis, where she eventually met musician Ike Turner—a moment that altered the course of her career, and that the singer would ultimately consider both blessing and a curse. Their union has become music-industry folklore: Tina persuaded Ike to let her sing in his band, where she quickly became a star thanks to her powerhouse voice. But over the course of their working relationship and eventual marriage, Ike was extremely abusive. Tina explained in the 2021 HBO documentary Tina that when the pair finally divorced in 1978, the only thing she thought worth fighting for was ownership of her name—it was all she had, if she wanted to maintain any sort of musical career for herself. She won that battle, and from there, Tina Turner as a solo entity and musical force was born.

“It was terrible. It was awful,” Turner said in the documentary. “I was rock and roll. ... This was a pop song. They weren’t used to [a] strong voice standing on top of music. But I converted it and made it my own.”

The star’s onstage style was almost as unforgettable as her voice: tinsel-fringed minidresses, chainmail halter tops, sky-high heels, and a spiky ’80s blowout. In her photo book That’s My Life , she wrote about how embracing edgier fashion onstage helped her become “stronger, more confident, happier, [and] loved.”

Turner’s recent documentary was widely considered a farewell of sorts to fans, released years after she had already announced her official retirement.

“How do you bow out slowly, just go away?” she asked, fighting tears, at the end of the film. The project featured appearances from her husband, Erwin Bach, whom she remained married to until the time of her passing. She also had four children: Craig, whom she welcomed with former partner Raymond Hill; Ike Jr. and Michael, adopted from Ike Sr.’s former marriage; and Ronnie, whom she welcomed with Ike. Craig died in 2018 at 59 years old, and the singer dedicated the documentary to his memory.

One of her final public appearances was in November 2019, at the opening of the Broadway show Tina: The Tina Turner Musical , based on the story of her life. “She said, ‘I’m going to America and say goodbye to my American fans, and I’ll wrap it up,’” Bach said in the documentary. “And I think this documentary and the play, this is it. It’s a closure.”

Bianca Betancourt is the culture editor at HarpersBAZAAR.com , where she covers all things film, TV, music, and more. When she's not writing, she loves impulsively baking a batch of cookies, re-listening to the same early-2000s pop playlist, and stalking Mariah Carey's Twitter feed. 

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