She even began appearing on shows like The Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, and many others. After her divorce, she began releasing her solo albums. Eventually, she stopped performing with him and divorced him.
Ike and tina professional#
Her professional life, career, as well as her personal life was very much affected by her husband Ike who was an alcoholic and cocaine addict. This performance of hers instantly made her famous in the UK, and in the following year she released her second solo album “The Acid Queen”.Ĭaption: Tina Turner and Ike Turner (Source: Biography) More About Career Likewise, she was able to play the role of “The Acid Queen” in the London-based musical “Tommy” in the year 1974. Ike and Turner subsequently ventured into gospel music and released “The Gospel According to Ike & Tina” which became an instant hit. Her album became popular that fetched her Grammy nomination for “Best Female R&B Vocal Performance”. As the duo was becoming popular all over the country and they were even invited to be interviewed and perform at “The Ed Sullivan Show”.įinally, she was able to release her first solo album “Tina Turns the Country On!” in the year 1974. Tine Turner then signed with “Liberty Records’ in the year 1970 and came out with two albums along with Ike. Most of their albums and songs were gaining a lot of success and popularity as time went by. They were able to give live performances all over the USA and even were able to perform in shows like “Hollywood A-Go-Go”. The duo team was able to become popular and even went on to sign with “Loma Records”. After that, “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine” was able to earn them their first Grammy Award nomination. Then in the year 1960 their single “A Fool in Love” was able to reach the second position on the “Hot R&B Sides”. Likewise, She along with Ike Turner began singing together. And after a year, she was able to record a dummy vocal for Ike’s song. Ike Turner was able to recognize her talent and gave her a chance to record with him as a background singer in the year 1958. It was the time when she met her future husband Ike Turner as well as his band “Kings of Rhythm”. Tina Turner was interested in singing from a very young age and she also had a knack for it and she even used to sing in the church choir. She then began working as a nurse’s aide at Barnes-Jewish Hospital after her graduation. She graduated from Summer High School in the year 1958. When she was 16 years old, her grandmother passed away, and she had to go live with her mother.
Moreover, she then attended Carver High School while living with her grandmother. They then went to live with her grandmother and worked as a domestic worker. She was only 13 years old at that time and her father remarried and abandoned her as well as her sister. Likewise, her life became chaotic when their mother ran away because of their abusive father. She then went on to attend Flagg Grove Elementary School. However, after the war, they reunited with their family in Knoxville. During World War II, Tine Turner along with her two sisters was separated from their parents and had to go and live with her grandparents in Knoxville. She also has two siblings and their names are Alline Bullock and Evelyn Juanita Currie. Her father’s name is Floyd Richard Bullock and her mother’s name is Zelma Priscilla and her father was an overseer of a group of sharecroppers. She holds American nationality and her real name is Anna Mae Bullock. She is 81 years old and her astrological sign is Sagittarius. Tina Turner was born on November 26, 1939, in Brownsville, Tennessee, USA. View more / View less Facts of Tina Turner
Two sisters (Alline Bullock and Evelyn Juanita Currie)įour (Raymond Craig Turner, Ike Turner Jr, Ronnie Turner, and Michael Turner) I will never give in to old age until I become old.
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