One of
the most commercially-successful international female rock stars to date, Tina
Turner was born on November 26, 1939 in rural Tennessee. Her father was a farm
overseer and a church deacon.
Tina
Turner exploded onto the rhythm & blues charts as a lead singer in 1960. As
a solo artist, she had proved herself a diehard singer of rock and roll. She
led extensive world tours in the 1980 and 1990 and released several more
successful albums. In 1995 she recorded the title theme of the James Bond
movie, Golden Eye. Tina Turners' performances, enhanced with high-energy backup
singers called the Ikettes, brought them to the forefront of rock and roll
between 1958 and 1978.
After
her ‘Twenty Four Seven Millennium Tour’ in 2000, Tina Turner announced her
retirement from stage shows, but she said she would record and play live on a
smaller scale. Tina Turner was also nominated for a Grammy Award (with Ike
Turner) for her rhythmic performance in "Proud Mary" in 1971 and
American Music Award for best female vocalist and best female video performer,
in 1984. By 2000 her credits included 27 top ten songs and more than 180
million records sold worldwide. Her life with Ike Turner was the subject of the
biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It in 1993.
Tina Turner will always be remembered
as the undisputed Queen of Rock and Roll in music history.
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