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Tina Turner
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Born: Nov 26, 1939
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After 40 years in the music business, Tina Turner has become one of
the most commercially-successful international female rock stars to
date. Her sultry, powerful voice, her incredible legs, her
time-tested beauty and her unforgettable story all contribute to
her legedary status. Born to a mixed race (Native and African
American) sharcropping family in the segregated South, Anna Mae
Bullock (Tina) and her sister were basically abandoned by their
sparring parents early on. After her grandmother's death, she
eventually moved to St. Louis to reunite with her mother. This
opened up a whole new world of R & B nightclubs to the precocious
16-year-old. Before long she had given up early aspirations of a
nursing career and had joined Ike Turner's Kings of Rythym. Ike
Turner wanted to turn his local fame into national stardom and
quickly saw the potential of the talented, but unmolded, teen-aged
Anna Mae. One thing led to another; they got married in Mexico
between the birth of Tina's two sons - one son was Ike's and the
other was the result of an earlier relationship of Tina's. Before
too long the Ike and Tina Turner Review was tearing up large and
small R&B and Soul venues throughout the early and mid 1960s. The
hits were relatively few, but the unsurpassed energy and excitement
generated by the live stage show (read: Tina) made the Revue a
solid touring act, along with the likes of James Brown and Ray
Charles. Their big "crossover" break came in 1966 with the
recording of the Phil Spector production, "River Deep, Mountain
High". While it was a commercial flop in the US, it was a monster
hit in Europe -- the start of Tina's European superstar status, a
status which never faded during her long stint of relative
obscurity in the US (late 70s-through the early 80s). The Revue
entered the ...[MORE]
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Tina Turner Nude and Sexy
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