ICONIC singer Tina Turner, recognized as the Queen of rock ‘n’ roll, has died at age 83 after a glittering career that spanned five decades.
Tina, who rose to prominence during the 1960s as the lead singer of the St. Louis duo Ike & Tina Turner, died on Wednesday, a rep confirmed.
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Tina, born Anna Mae Bullock, had a troubling childhood filled with poverty and mystery, picking cotton in the field around Nutbush, Tennessee.
Her mother, Zelma, suffered domestic abuse at the hands of her father, Floyd Bullock before they both abandoned her as a child.
The singer suffered years of ill-treatment at the hands of her ex-love and music partner, Ike – whom she married in 1962.
Tina finally fled her abusive marriage in July 1976 with just 36 cents in her pocket.
Looking back, she later alleged that her relationship with Ike was physically abusive and in her memoir, My Love Story, Tina described feeling reluctant to wed, writing: “(Arguing) would just make him mad, and that might lead to a beating.
Adding: “I definitely didn’t want a black eye on my wedding day.”
She then claimed that he forced her to go to a brothel as the couple watched a live sex show.
“The experience was so disturbing that I suppressed it, scratched it out, and created a different scenario,” she said.
“People can’t imagine the kind of man he was – a man who takes his brand new wife to a live, pornographic sex show right after their marriage ceremony.”
CAREER RESURGENCE
After a few appearances on TV shows, Tina re-emerged in the music scene with a sexier image and costumes.
A career resurgence came in late 1983 when she released her cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together.
The cover skyrocketed to No.1 on the Hot Dance Songs in the US.
The successful single green-lit her debut album under Capitol Records – Private Dancer, launched in May 1984, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
The album was certified five times platinum in the United States.
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