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Tina Turner Born Anna Mae Bullock In Brownsville Tennessee On 26 November 1939 Died 24 May 2023 Was An American-Born And Naturalized-Swiss Singer Dancer And Actress. Widely Referred To As The "Queen Of Rock 'n' Roll" She Rose To Prominence As The Lead Singer Of The Ike & Tina Turner Revue Before Launching A Successful Career As A Solo Performer. Turner Began Her Career With Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm In 1957. Under The Name Little Ann She Appeared On Her First Record "Boxtop" In 1958. In 1960 She Debuted As Tina Turner With The Hit Duet Single "A Fool In Love". The Duo Ike & Tina Turner Became "one Of The Most Formidable Live Acts In History". They Released Hits Such As "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Proud Mary" And "Nutbush City Limits" Before Disbanding In 1976. In The 1980s Turner Launched "one Of The Greatest Comebacks In Music History". Her 1984 Multi-Platinum Album Private Dancer Contained The Hit Song "What's Love Got To Do With It" Which Won The Grammy Award For Record Of The Year And Became Her First And Only Number One Song On The Billboard Hot 100. At Age 44 She Was The Oldest Female Solo Artist To Top The Hot 100. Her Chart Success Continued With "Better Be Good To Me" "Private Dancer" "We Don't Need Another Hero Thunderdome " "Typical Male" "The Best" "I Don't Wanna Fight" And "GoldenEye". During Her Break Every Rule World Tour In 1988 She Set A Then-Guinness World Record For The Largest Paying Audience 180 000 For A Solo Performer. Turner Also Acted In The Films Tommy 1975 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 And Last Action Hero 1993 . In 1993 What's Love Got To Do With It A Biographical Film Adapted From Her Autobiography I Tina My Life Story Was Released. In 2009 Turner Retired After Completing Her Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour Which Is The 15th Highest-Grossing Tour Of The 2000s. In 2018 She Became The Subject Of The Jukebox Musical Tina. Having Sold Over 100 Million Records Worldwide Turner Became One Of The Best-Selling Recording Artists Of All Time. She Received 12 Grammy Awards Which Include Eight Competitive Awards Three Grammy Hall Of Fame Awards And A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She Was The First Black Artist And First Woman To Be On The Cover Of Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone Ranked Her Among The 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time And The 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time. Turner Has A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame And The St. Louis Walk Of Fame. She Was Twice Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame With Ike Turner In 1991 And As A Solo Artist In 2021. She Was A 2005 Recipient Of The Kennedy Center Honors And Women Of The Year Award. In 2020 She Came Out Of Retirement To Collaborate With Norwegian Producer Kygo On A Remix Of "What's Love Got To Do With It". With This Release She Became The First Artist To Have A Top 40 Hit In Seven Consecutive Decades In The UK. Studio Albums
Tina Turns The Country On! 1974 Acid Queen 1975 Rough 1978 Love Explosion 1979 Private Dancer 1984 Break Every Rule 1986 Foreign Affair 1989 Wildest Dreams 1996 Twenty Four Seven 1999
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Tina Turner Born Anna Mae Bullock In Brownsville Tennessee On 26 November 1939 Died 24 May 2023 Was An American-Born And Naturalized-Swiss Singer Dancer And Actress. Widely Referred To As The "Queen Of Rock 'n' Roll" She Rose To Prominence As The Lead Singer Of The Ike & Tina Turner Revue Before Launching A Successful Career As A Solo Performer. Turner Began Her Career With Ike Turner's Kings Of Rhythm In 1957. Under The Name Little Ann She Appeared On Her First Record "Boxtop" In 1958. In 1960 She Debuted As Tina Turner With The Hit Duet Single "A Fool In Love". The Duo Ike & Tina Turner Became "one Of The Most Formidable Live Acts In History". They Released Hits Such As "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" "River Deep – Mountain High" "Proud Mary" And "Nutbush City Limits" Before Disbanding In 1976. In The 1980s Turner Launched "one Of The Greatest Comebacks In Music History". Her 1984 Multi-Platinum Album Private Dancer Contained The Hit Song "What's Love Got To Do With It" Which Won The Grammy Award For Record Of The Year And Became Her First And Only Number One Song On The Billboard Hot 100. At Age 44 She Was The Oldest Female Solo Artist To Top The Hot 100. Her Chart Success Continued With "Better Be Good To Me" "Private Dancer" "We Don't Need Another Hero Thunderdome " "Typical Male" "The Best" "I Don't Wanna Fight" And "GoldenEye". During Her Break Every Rule World Tour In 1988 She Set A Then-Guinness World Record For The Largest Paying Audience 180 000 For A Solo Performer. Turner Also Acted In The Films Tommy 1975 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985 And Last Action Hero 1993 . In 1993 What's Love Got To Do With It A Biographical Film Adapted From Her Autobiography I Tina My Life Story Was Released. In 2009 Turner Retired After Completing Her Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour Which Is The 15th Highest-Grossing Tour Of The 2000s. In 2018 She Became The Subject Of The Jukebox Musical Tina. Having Sold Over 100 Million Records Worldwide Turner Became One Of The Best-Selling Recording Artists Of All Time. She Received 12 Grammy Awards Which Include Eight Competitive Awards Three Grammy Hall Of Fame Awards And A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. She Was The First Black Artist And First Woman To Be On The Cover Of Rolling Stone. Rolling Stone Ranked Her Among The 100 Greatest Artists Of All Time And The 100 Greatest Singers Of All Time. Turner Has A Star On The Hollywood Walk Of Fame And The St. Louis Walk Of Fame. She Was Twice Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame With Ike Turner In 1991 And As A Solo Artist In 2021. She Was A 2005 Recipient Of The Kennedy Center Honors And Women Of The Year Award. In 2020 She Came Out Of Retirement To Collaborate With Norwegian Producer Kygo On A Remix Of "What's Love Got To Do With It". With This Release She Became The First Artist To Have A Top 40 Hit In Seven Consecutive Decades In The UK. Studio Albums
Tina Turns The Country On! 1974 Acid Queen 1975 Rough 1978 Love Explosion 1979 Private Dancer 1984 Break Every Rule 1986 Foreign Affair 1989 Wildest Dreams 1996 Twenty Four Seven 1999 read less
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2. Let's Pretend We're Married Live Private Dancer Is The Fifth Solo Album By Tina Turner Released On Capitol Records In 1984 Which Became Her Breakthrough Solo Album. Turner's Success With The Album Came After Several Challenging Years Of Going Solo After A Public Divorce From Husband And Performing Partner Ike Turner. It Is Her Best-Selling Album Both In The U.S. And Internationally And Propelled Her Back To Superstardom During The Year Of Its Release. The Album Was An Outstanding Success. Private Dancer Has Been Certified 5 × Platinum 5 Million In The United States And Sold Around 250 000 Each Week For 2 Months. Worldwide The Album Has Been Estimated Having Sold 14 Million Copies But Also Some Sources Estimating It Sold Over 20 Million Copies. The Album Produced A Number Of Highly Successful Singles Including "What's Love Got To Do With It" Which Went To Number One And Stayed There For Three Weeks. At The 1985 Grammy Awards Private Dancer Won Four Of The Six Awards For Which It Was Nominated. No Less Than Seven Of The Album's Ten Tracks Nine In The U.S. Were Released As Singles "Let's Stay Together" Produced By Martyn Ware And Ian Craig Marsh Of British Band Heaven 17 A UK Top 10 Hit And A US Top 20 Hit And The First Sign Of What Was To Come 1983 "Help" Recorded With The Crusaders Graham Lyle And Terry Britten's Reggae-Tinged "What's Love Got To Do With It" Holly Knight And Mike Chapman's "Better Be Good To Me" Mark Knopfler's "Private Dancer" With A Guitar Solo By Jeff Beck 1984 And "I Can't Stand The Rain" And "Show Some Respect" 1985 . The Preceding UK Single "Ball Of Confusion" A Cover Of The Temptations Song Which Was Turner's First Collaboration With The B.E.F. British Electric Foundation /Heaven 17 Production Team And Part Of Their Collaborative 1982 Album Music Of Quality And Distinction Volume One Was Not Included On The Private Dancer Album. A Recording Of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" From The Same Sessions Would Re-Appear In Remixed Form On B.E.F.'s Music Of Quality And Distinction Volume Two In 1991 And Turner Also Performed The Track With This Arrangement On Her 1986/1987 Break Every Rule Tour And It Was Later Included On Her 1988 Live Album Tina Live In Europe. The Private Dancer Album Was A Radical Departure From The R&B And Soul Music Turner Had Performed With Her Former Husband. The Songs Reflected A More Straightforward Rock Sensibility But Mixed In Elements Of Pop R&B And New Wave Music And The Album Had An Overall Soundscape With Prominent Use Of Synthesizers And Drum Machines Especially On The Tracks Produced By Martyn Ware Graham Lyle Terry Britten And Rupert Hine. Following The Success Of Private Dancer Turner Released Four Further Singles In 1984 And 1985 The First A Duet With David Bowie Called "Tonight" From His Album Of The Same Name Another Duet In 1985 With Bryan Adams Called "It's Only Love" Taken From Adams' 1984 Album Reckless Followed By Two Tracks In 1985 From The Soundtrack Album To The Movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome In Which Turner Starred Against Mel Gibson "We Don't Need Another Hero" And "One Of The Living". This Meant That Turner Within The Space Of Some Eighteen Months Had Managed To Release No Less Than Eleven Singles Altogether - All Commercially Successful. In 1998 EMI The Parent Label Of Capitol Records Released A Digitally Remastered Centenary Edition Of The Private Dancer Album On CD Then Including Four Additional Demo Tracks Recorded In Late 1983 And Early 1984 With The Producer John Carter First Released As B-Sides To Some Of The Private Dancer Singles As Well As Three Extended 12" Remixes. Private Dancer Remains The Only Tina Turner Studio Album To Have Been Re-Issued In Digitally Remastered Form.
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B-Sides 1. Keep Your Hands Off My Baby2. Let's Pretend We're Married Live Private Dancer Is The Fifth Solo Album By Tina Turner Released On Capitol Records In 1984 Which Became Her Breakthrough Solo Album. Turner's Success With The Album Came After Several Challenging Years Of Going Solo After A Public Divorce From Husband And Performing Partner Ike Turner. It Is Her Best-Selling Album Both In The U.S. And Internationally And Propelled Her Back To Superstardom During The Year Of Its Release. The Album Was An Outstanding Success. Private Dancer Has Been Certified 5 × Platinum 5 Million In The United States And Sold Around 250 000 Each Week For 2 Months. Worldwide The Album Has Been Estimated Having Sold 14 Million Copies But Also Some Sources Estimating It Sold Over 20 Million Copies. The Album Produced A Number Of Highly Successful Singles Including "What's Love Got To Do With It" Which Went To Number One And Stayed There For Three Weeks. At The 1985 Grammy Awards Private Dancer Won Four Of The Six Awards For Which It Was Nominated. No Less Than Seven Of The Album's Ten Tracks Nine In The U.S. Were Released As Singles "Let's Stay Together" Produced By Martyn Ware And Ian Craig Marsh Of British Band Heaven 17 A UK Top 10 Hit And A US Top 20 Hit And The First Sign Of What Was To Come 1983 "Help" Recorded With The Crusaders Graham Lyle And Terry Britten's Reggae-Tinged "What's Love Got To Do With It" Holly Knight And Mike Chapman's "Better Be Good To Me" Mark Knopfler's "Private Dancer" With A Guitar Solo By Jeff Beck 1984 And "I Can't Stand The Rain" And "Show Some Respect" 1985 . The Preceding UK Single "Ball Of Confusion" A Cover Of The Temptations Song Which Was Turner's First Collaboration With The B.E.F. British Electric Foundation /Heaven 17 Production Team And Part Of Their Collaborative 1982 Album Music Of Quality And Distinction Volume One Was Not Included On The Private Dancer Album. A Recording Of Sam Cooke's "A Change Is Gonna Come" From The Same Sessions Would Re-Appear In Remixed Form On B.E.F.'s Music Of Quality And Distinction Volume Two In 1991 And Turner Also Performed The Track With This Arrangement On Her 1986/1987 Break Every Rule Tour And It Was Later Included On Her 1988 Live Album Tina Live In Europe. The Private Dancer Album Was A Radical Departure From The R&B And Soul Music Turner Had Performed With Her Former Husband. The Songs Reflected A More Straightforward Rock Sensibility But Mixed In Elements Of Pop R&B And New Wave Music And The Album Had An Overall Soundscape With Prominent Use Of Synthesizers And Drum Machines Especially On The Tracks Produced By Martyn Ware Graham Lyle Terry Britten And Rupert Hine. Following The Success Of Private Dancer Turner Released Four Further Singles In 1984 And 1985 The First A Duet With David Bowie Called "Tonight" From His Album Of The Same Name Another Duet In 1985 With Bryan Adams Called "It's Only Love" Taken From Adams' 1984 Album Reckless Followed By Two Tracks In 1985 From The Soundtrack Album To The Movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome In Which Turner Starred Against Mel Gibson "We Don't Need Another Hero" And "One Of The Living". This Meant That Turner Within The Space Of Some Eighteen Months Had Managed To Release No Less Than Eleven Singles Altogether - All Commercially Successful. In 1998 EMI The Parent Label Of Capitol Records Released A Digitally Remastered Centenary Edition Of The Private Dancer Album On CD Then Including Four Additional Demo Tracks Recorded In Late 1983 And Early 1984 With The Producer John Carter First Released As B-Sides To Some Of The Private Dancer Singles As Well As Three Extended 12" Remixes. Private Dancer Remains The Only Tina Turner Studio Album To Have Been Re-Issued In Digitally Remastered Form.