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Tina Turner
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- Tina was born Anna Mae
Bullock on November 26, 1939, in Tennessee. Tina
began singing professionally at age 16 in Ike
Turner's touring show. Within a few years, Tina
became the star of the show. Tina was married to
Ike Turner from 1958 to 1975, and helped
synthesize rock with soul music as Ike
& Tina Turner throughout the 60s and
early 70s. But by 1975, Tina's need for success
couldn't compete with the control and abuse
inflicted by Ike over the years, and Tina left
Ike, the marriage, and the music legacy they had
started together. After divorcing Ike in 1978,
Tina didn't resurface successfully in the music
scene until the mid-80s. Tina appeared in the
movie Tommy in 1975 as the Acid Queen,
but LPs released as a solo artist, including Acid
Queen,
Rough, and Love Explosion did
not do well. Tina had to struggle from the bottom
once again to prove herself now as a solo artist.
Tina began making a comeback as a solo artist
first with the business partnership with promoter
Roger Davies and then opening for the Rolling
Stones. Tina has won a total of 7 Grammy
Awards (only 1 of which was with Ike) and had
sold millions of LPs and concert tickets. There
is a sense that we know everything about Tina
Turner because of her autobiography and the movie
about her life. Yet, Tina reveals very little
about her private life today. The result has been
a persona of power and overcoming life's setbacks
and cruelties.
- November: Tina returns to the
charts with a Top 10 hit in England - the Al
Green cover of "Let's Stay Together."
- May 15: Tina began touring as Lionel Richie's opening act.
- May 23: Tina released her
comeback LP Private
Dancer.
The LP sold millions of copies around
the world (with over 5 million sold in the U.S.).
Critical success accompanied the commercial
success.
- February 22: Tina performed "In
Your Wildest Dreams" and "Proud
Mary" on Saturday Night Live.
- November: The Advocate
named Tina as one of the '25 Coolest Women.'
- March: Tina started touring the
U.S. and indicated that this could be her last
major tour. Tina announced in the fall that
she'll be taking it easy now that she has turned
60: "There comes a point where it is just
undignified to be a rock 'n roll star... I don't
want to be dragging myself on stage in year out
until someone else tells me it is time to go.
There are certain birthdays that make you revalue
your life."
- March 7: Twenty
Four Seven was certified gold.
- June: Tina told the a crowd at
a Switzerland performance that she would retire
after her current tour. Her publicist said:
"Tina said she wants 'simply a rest'... She
wants to go out on top while she is at her best.
She doesn't want to become a faded caricature of
herself."
- December: Tina gave what she's
saying is her last concert in Anaheim,
California. She ended the year as the top
money-earner on the concert circuit taking in
over $80 million for 95 concerts (according to Pollstar).
- September 28: The live LP Tina
Live
was released. The collection was recorded in
March in the Netherlands.
- May 24: Tina died at the age of
83.
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Tina
Turns The Country On!
Released: September, 1974
Tracks: "Bayou
Song" - "Help Me Make It Through
The Night" - "Tonight I'll Be
Staying Here With You"- "If You
Love Me (Let Me Know)" - "He
Belongs To Me" - "Don't Talk
Now" - "Long Long Time" -
"I'm Moving On" - "There'll
Always Be Music" - "The Love That
Lights Our Way"
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Acid
Queen
Released: August, 1975
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 155
Tracks: "Under My
Thumb" - "Let's Spend The Night
Together" - "Acid Queen" -
"I Can See For Miles" - "Whole
Lotta Love" - "Baby-Get It On"
- "Bootsey Whitelaw" - "Pick
Me Tonight" - "Rockin' &
Rollin'"
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Rough
Released: September, 1978
Tracks: "Fruits Of The
Night" - "The Bitch Is Back" -
"Woman I'm Supposed To Be" -
"Viva La Money" - "Funny How
Times Slips Away" - "Earthquake
& Hurricane" - "Root Too
Undisputable Rock 'N' Roller" -
"Fire Down Below" - "Sometimes
When We Touch" - "Woman In A Man's
World" - "Night Time Is The Right
Time"
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Love
Explosion
Released: November 2, 1979
Tracks: "Love
Explosion" - "Fool For You
Love" - "Sunset On Sunset" -
"Music Keeps Me Dancin'" - "I
See Home" - "Backstabbers" -
"Just A Little Lovin' (Early In The
Morning)" - "You Got What I'm Gonna
Get" - "On The Radio"
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Private
Dancer
Released: May 23, 1984
US: 5x Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 3
Billboard #1: Black Albums
Grammy Nominee: Album of the Year
VH1: 100
Greatest Albums: # 95.
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "I Might Have
Been Queen" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Show Some Respect" - "I Can't
Stand The Rain" - "Better Be Good To Me" - "Let's
Stay Together" - "1984" -
"Steel Claw" - "Private Dancer"
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Break
Every Rule
Released: September 5, 1986
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 4
Tracks: "Typical Male" - "What You Get Is What
You See"
- "Two
People"
- "Till The Right Man Comes Along"
- "Afterglow" - "Girls" -
"Back Where You Started" -
"Break Every Rule" -
"Overnight Sensation" -
"Paradise Is Here" - "I'll Be
Thunder"
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Tina
Live In Europe
Released: March 21, 1988
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 86
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female
Rolling Stone:
Live Tracks: "What You Get Is What
You See"
- "Break Every Rule" - "I
Can't Stand The Rain" - "Two
People"
- "Girls" - "Typical Male" - "Back
Where You Started" - "Better Be Good To Me" - "Addicted
To Love" - "Private Dancer" - "We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Let's
Stay Together" - "Show Some Respect" - "Land Of
1,000 Dances" - "In The Midnight
Hour" - "634-5789" - "A
Change Is Gonna Come" - "River
Deep, Mountain High" - "Tearing Us
Apart" (with Eric Clapton) - "Proud
Mary" - "Help!" -
"Tonight" (with David Bowie) -
"Let's Dance" (with David Bowie) -
"Overnight Sensation" - "It's Only Love" (with Bryan
Adams) - "Nutbush City Limits" -
"Paradise Is Here"
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Foreign
Affair
Released: September 13, 1989
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 31
Grammy Nominee: Best Rock Vocal
Performance - Female
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Steamy
Windows"
- "The Best" - "You Know
Who" - "Undercover Agent For The
Blues" - "Look Me In The
Heart" - "Be Tender With Me
Baby" - "You Can't Stop Loving
You" - "Ask Me How I Feel" -
"Falling Like Rain" - "I Don't
Wanna Lose You" - "Not Enough
Romance" - "Foreign Affair"
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Simply
The Best
Released: October 14, 1991
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 113
Rolling Stone: - Entertainment
Weekly: C
Tracks: "The Best" - "Better Be Good To Me" - "I Can't
Stand The Rain" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "I Don't Wanna Lose You" -
"Nutbush City Limits" (The 90's
Version) - "What You Get Is What
You See"
- "Let's
Stay Together" - "River Deep,
Mountain High" - "Steamy
Windows"
- "Typical Male" - "We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "Private Dancer" - "Look Me
In The Heart" - "It Takes Two"
(with Rod Stewart) - "I Want You Near
Me" - "Way Of The World" -
"Love Thing"
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What's
Love Got To Do With It soundtrack
Released: June 7, 1993
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 17
Entertainment
Weekly: B-
Tracks: "I Don't Wanna Fight" - "Rock Me
Baby" - "Disco Inferno" -
"Why Must We Wait Until
Tonight?"
- "Nutbush City Limits" -
"Darlin' You Know I Love You" -
"Proud Mary" - "Fool In
Love" - "It's Gonna Work Out
Fine" - "Stay Awhile" -
"I Might Have Been Queen" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
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The
Collected Recordings - Sixties To Nineties (box set)
Released: November 15, 1994
Tracks: "Fool In
Love" - "It's Gonna Work Out
Fine" - "I Idolize You" -
"Poor Fool" - "A Letter From
Tina" - "Finger Poppin" -
"River Deep, Mountain High" -
"Crazy Bout You Baby" - "I've
Been Loving You Too Long" - "Bold
Soul Sister" - "I Want To Take You
Higher" - "Come Together" -
"Honky Tonk Women" - "Proud
Mary" - "Nutbush City Limit" -
"Sexy Ida Pt. 1" - "Sexy Ida
Pt. 2" - "It Ain't Right" -
"Acid Queen" - "Whole Lotta
Love" - "Ball Of Confusion" -
"Change Is Gonna Come" -
"Johnny And Mary" -
"Games" - "When I Was
Young" - "Total Control" -
"Let's Pretend We're Married" -
"It's Only Love" (with Bryan Adams) - "Don't Turn
Around" - "Legs" -
"Addicted To Love" - "Tearing
Us Apart" (with Eric Clapton) - "It
Takes Two" (with Rod Stewart) - "Let's
Stay Together" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Better Be Good To Me" - "Private Dancer" - "I Can't
Stand The Rain" - "Help!" -
"We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "Typical Male" - "What You Get Is What
You See"
- "Paradise Is Here" - "Back
Where You Started" - "The Best" - "Steamy
Windows"
- "Foreign Affair" - "I Don't Wanna Fight"
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Wildest
Dreams
Released: April 22, 1996
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 61
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Missing
You" - "In Your Wildest
Dreams" - "Whatever You Want"
- "Do What You Do" - "Thief Of
Hearts" - "On Silent Wings" -
"Something Beautiful Remains" -
"Confidential" - "The
Difference Between Us" - "All Kinds
Of People" - "Unfinished
Sympathy" - "Goldeneye" -
"Dancing In My Dreams"
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Twenty
Four Seven
Released: February 1, 2000 (US)
US: Gold
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 21
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Whatever You
Need" - "All The Woman" -
"When
The Heartache Is Over" -
"Absolutely Nothing's Changed" -
"Talk To My Heart" - "Don't
Leave Me This Way" - "Go
Ahead" - "Without You" -
"Falling" - "I Will Be
There" - "Twenty Four Seven"
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All
The Best
Released: February 1, 2005
US: Platinum
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 2
Rolling Stone:
Tracks: "Nutbush City
Limits" - "What You See Is What You
Get" - "Missing You" -
"Open Arms" - "The Best" - "River
Deep Mountain High" - "When The Heartache Is
Over"
- "Let's
Stay Together" - "I Don't Wanna Fight" - "Whatever
You Need" - "I Can't Stand The
Rain" - "Goldeneye" - "I
Don't Want To Lose You" - "Great
Spirits" - "Proud Mary" -
"Addicted To Love" - "In Your
Wildest Dreams" - "Private Dancer" - "Why Must
We Wait" - "Typical Male" -
"Tonight" (with David Bowie) -
"Complicated Disaster" - "On
Silent Wings" - "Something
Special" - "We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "It's Only Love" (with Bryan
Adams) - "Cose Della Vita" (with
Eros Ramazotti) - "Steamy
Windows"
- "Paradise Is Here" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Better Be Good To Me" - "Two
People"
- "Something Beautiful Remains"
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Tina!
Released: September 30, 2008
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 61
Tracks: "Steamy
Windows"
- "River Deep Mountain High" -
"Better Be Good To Me" - "Acid
Queen" - "What You Get Is What
You See"
- "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Private Dancer" - "We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "I Don't Wanna Fight" -
"Goldeneye" - "Let's
Stay Together" (live) - "I Can't
Stand The Rain" (live) - "I Can't
Stand The Rain" (live) - "Addicted
To Love" - "The Best" - "Proud
Mary" - "Nutbush City Limits"
- "It Would Be A Crime" - "I'm
Ready"
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Tina
Live
Released: September 28, 2009
Billboard Top
200 LPs
peak: # 169
Live Tracks: "Steamy
Windows"
- "River Deep Mountain High" -
"What You Get Is What
You See"
- "Better Be Good To Me" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Private Dancer" - "We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "Let's
Stay Together" - "Jumpin' Jack
Flash" - "It's Only Rock 'N Roll
(But I Like It)" - "Golden
Eye" - "Addicted To Love" -
"The Best" - "Proud
Mary" - "Nutbush City Limits"
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Love
Songs
Released: February 3, 2014
Tracks: "The Best" - "I Don't
Wanna Lose You" - "Let's Stay Together" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Missing You" - "Private Dancer" - "Two
People"
- "Look Me In The Heart" -
"Way Of The World" - "Why Must We Wait Until
Tonight"
- "Falling" - "I Want You Near
Me" - "Be Tender With Me Baby"
- "Don't Leave Me This Way" -
"I Don't Wanna Fight" - "Whatever
You Need" - "When
The Heartache Is Over" - "River
Deep Mountain High"
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Queen
Of Rock 'N' Roll
Released: November 24, 2023
Tracks: "Whole Lotta
Love" - "Acid Queen" -
"Root, Toot Undisputable Rock N'
Roll" - "Viva La Money" -
"Sometimes When We Touch" -
"Music Keeps Me Dancin'" - "Let's Stay Together" -
"Help" - "What's Love Got To Do
With It"
- "Better Be Good To Me" - "Private Dancer" - "I Can't
Stand The Rain" - "Show Some Respect" - "We Don't Need Another
Hero (Thunderdome)" - "One Of The Living" - "It's Only Love" (with Bryan
Adams) - "Typical Male" - "Two
People"
- "What You Get Is What
You See"
- "Girls" - "Break Every
Rule" - "Paradise Is Here" -
"Afterglow" - "Tearing Us
Apart" (with Eric Clapton) -
"Addicted To Live" (live) - "A
Change Is Gonna Come" (live) -
"Tonight" (live with David Bowie) -
"River Deep, Mountain High" (live)
- "The Best" - "Steamy
Windows"
- "I Don't Wanna Lose You" -
"Look Me In The Heart" -
"Foreign Affair" - "Be Tender
With Me Baby" - "It Takes Two"
(with Rod Stewart) - "Nutbush City
Limits" - "Love Thing" -
"Way Of The World" - "I Want
You Near Me" - "I Don't Wanna Fight" (Single Edit) -
"Disco Inferno" - "Why Must We Wait Until
Tonight?"
- "Proud Mary" -
"Goldeneye" - "Whatever You
Want" - "On Silent Wings" -
"Missing You" - "In Your
Wildest Dreams" (with Barry White) -
"Cose Della Vita" (with Eros
Ramazzotti) - "When
The Heartache Is Over" - "Whatever
You Need" - "Open Arms" -
"Teach Me Again" (with Elisa) -
"What's Love Got To Do
With It"
(Kygo version) - "Something
Beautiful"
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