November 26: Happy Birthday Tina Turner

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Tina Turner is celebrating her 77th birthday today. Sometimes called the “Queen of Rock,” she has essentially had two musical careers. The first began when she was in her late teens, and one night at a concert by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm, she was invited to sing at intermission, which led to her gradually becoming part of the band.

Tina’s first recording with the band, “A Fool in Love,” was a success. Ike and Tina Turner had a number of R&B hits in the 1960s and early 1970s, including “It’s Gonna Work Out Fine,” “Poor Fool,” “River Deep—Mountain High,” and their most successful, a recording which brought the duo a Grammy for Best R&B Performance by a Group or Duo:
https://youtu.be/hzQnPz6TpGc

By the mid-1970s, the relationship between the two, both personal and as performers, was in tatters; there are plenty of sources for the details. It took a few years for Turner to establish herself as a solo performer, but her 1983 album Private Dancer was a huge success; it included her only #1 hit in the US, “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” as well as two other Top Ten singles. The album and singles brought Turner three Grammys, and she further cemented her stardom when she was featured in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome and had two hit singles on the film’s soundtrack.