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At age 16, Tina Turner moved to St. Louis, Missouri and became well known for her high energy performances with The Ike & Tina Turner Revue during the 1960s and 1970s. At the height of the revue's success, Tina Turner became as popular a live performer as other very popular live entertainers during her time such as James Brown. Tina Turner was a very popular performer before she split with Ike Turner, but it was her solo comeback in the mid-1980s that propelled her to a level where Tina Turner would become one of the most successful musicians and rock artists of all time, selling more concert tickets than any other female performer in history. Tina Turner is noted for her overpowering stage presence. Her physical trademarks are her long, well-proportioned legs, big hair, and raspy voice. Throughout her career, Tina Turner has received many awards and honors. Tina Turner has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the 1990s. In addition, Tina Turner is a member of the St. Louis Walk of Fame. Tina Turner is the winner of seven Grammy Awards. Her long term boyfriend is German record executive Erwin Bach. Tina Turner and Bach live together in Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland and Nice, France. Tina Turner was a mezzo-soprano in her youth, and later developed into an alto.

Tina Turner and her elder sister, Alline Bullock, were abandoned by their father, and temporarily by their mother. They moved out of Nutbush, Tennessee and into St. Louis to reunite with their mother in 1956. In St. Louis, Tina Turner met Ike Turner, a noted pioneer of rock and roll, and later asked him if she could sing for him. Ike's initial response was no, but after much persistence on Tina Turner's part, Ike eventually agreed.

Young Tina Turner started working with Ike Turner in 1958, He gave her her stage name of Tina Turner. They married in 1962. Tina Turner began as an occasional vocalist in his show at the age of 18, but within a couple of years, not only did Tina Turner have a new name, but Tina Turner was also the spotlight of a popular soul revue led by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm.

When a singer scheduled to record the famous R&B song, "A Fool In Love", didn't appear, Tina Turner stepped in and recorded the song instead. "A Fool In Love" was a huge R&B hit, and it crossed over and made it into the top 30 of the US pop chart. After this, Ike changed the name of his band to the Ike and Tina Turner Revue. Throughout the 1960s and into the 1970s, Ike & Tina rose to superstardom.

Tina Turner and the Revue's backup singers, The Ikettes, wove intricate and electrifying dance routines into their performances, which influenced many other artists, including Mick Jagger. Ike and Tina Turner recorded a string of hits in the 1960s and early 1970s, including "A Fool In Love," "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "I Idolize You," "Nutbush City Limits," and "River Deep - Mountain High" with producer Phil Spector in his Wall of sound style. They also carved out a successful niche for themselves by covering songs made popular by other artists, such as "Come Together", "Honky Tonk Woman" and "I Want to Take You Higher". In fact, their signature hit became their high-energy cover version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's 1968 "Proud Mary". "Proud Mary" was the duo's greatest commercial successes, peaking at number four in March 1971.

While many of their original recordings failed to chart, by the late 1960s and early 1970s, the Ike and Tina Turner Revue was well known for its live act and electrifying television appearances. Ike acted as the group's manager and lead musical director, calling all the shots and ruling the act (and Tina Turner) with an iron fist. While a fine musician and an early rock-and-roll influence, Ike's control of the Revue's management, recording contracts and performances eventually led to their decline as his drug abuse worsened.

Ike and Tina Turner had one child together, born in 1960, although their extended family consisted of two older sons of Ike's from a previous relationship and a son whom Tina Turner bore in 1958 by Raymond Hill, a onetime saxophone player in Ike Turner's band.

By the mid-1970s, Tina Turner's personal life and marriage had began to further deteriorate. Ike's drug use led to increasingly erratic and physically abusive behavior toward Tina Turner. Their act was losing speed, largely due to Ike's refusal to accept outside management of their recording or touring, preferring to keep management costs down. Touring dates began to decline and record sales were down. Despite Tina Turner's successful big-screen appearance in The Who's rock opera, Tommy (in which she played the Acid Queen), Ike placed the blame for the Revue's decline on Tina Turner.

After a final vicious beating right before they were due to appear in Dallas over the Fourth of July, 1976, Tina Turner abruptly decided to leave Ike, fleeing with nothing more than thirty-six cents and a gas-station credit card. Tina Turner spent the next few months hiding from Ike by staying with various friends and relying on food stamps to exist. Additionally in 1976, Tina Turner covered the Beatles song "Come Together" for the transitory musical documentary All This and World War II.

Tina Turner credits her newfound Buddhist faith with giving her the courage to eventually strike out on her own. Legally, by walking out on Ike in the middle of a tour, Tina Turner learned she was liable for sizable damages to the tour promoters. Needing to earn a living, Tina Turner decided to strike out on her own as a solo performer, pulling a lounge act together and supplementing her income with TV appearances on shows like The Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour and even the The Brady Bunch Hour.

Tina Turner finalized her divorce in 1978 after 18 years of marriage, accusing Ike of years of severe spousal abuse and rampant drug addiction in her autobiography I, Tina, which was later made into the film What's Love Got to Do with It?. To put the marriage (and Ike) behind her, Tina Turner left the marriage with no money or property, asking for and retaining only the use of the stage name Ike had given her, and assuming responsibility for the huge debts incurred by the cancelled tour, as well as a significant IRS lien.

Tina Turner is now semi-retired. IRS lien does, however, continue to make appearances and collaborations: in 2003, Tina Turner teamed up with Phil Collins to record the song "Great Spirits" for the Disney film Brother Bear.

In 2004, Tina Turner released her latest greatest hits compilation album, All the Best, which made Tina Turner's highest Billboard 200 debut of her career, entering at number two. The album included a new single, "Open Arms"; the song failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100 in the US but reached the UK Top 25. All The Best has so far sold over five million copies around the world.

In early 2005, Tina Turner continued to do several live television performances in the US and Europe, highlighted by an interview and performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show in spring 2005 and a charity ball in St. Petersburg, Russia in November, highlighted by performances of "What's Love Got to do with it", "We Don't Need Another Hero", "Private Dancer" and "The Best". In October, Tina Turner re-released an abridged version, "All the Best: The Hits." Also in 2005, Tina Turner was honored as one of the top legends in the entertainment business by Winfrey and her peers and appeared at Oprah Winfrey's Color Purple Premiere in New York City on December 1, 2005. Tina Turner closed the year with the Kennedy Center Honors, in a show-stopping event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on December 4. Tina Turner joined an elite group of entertainers including contemporaries Aretha Franklin, Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Little Richard and Chuck Berry.

In early 2006, the All the Invisible Children soundtrack was released. Tina Turner sang "Teach Me Again" with Elisa which charted well in Italy. In August, Billboard Magazine reported that Tina Turner was working on a new album. Tina Turner had said in 2005 on the Oprah Winfrey Show that any future tours would be conducted before Tina Turner turns 70, which would be in 2009. Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams' former producer, announced during an interview in October that his next project is Tina Turner's comeback album. If this is correct, Tina Turner may be touring next year.

Simply The Best (1991)
The Best
Better Be Good To Me
I Can't Stand The Rain
What's Love Got To Do With It
I Don't Wanna Lose You
Nutbush City Limits
What You Get Is What You See
Let's Stay Together
River Deep-Mountain High
Steamy Windows
Typical Male
We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)
Private Dancer
Look Me In The Heart
It Takes Two
I Want You Near Me
Way Of The World
Love Thing

Wildest Dreams (1996)
Missing You
In Your Wildest Dreams
Whatever You Want
Do What You Do
Thief Of Hearts
On Silent Wings
Something Beautiful Remains
Confidential
The Difference Between Us
All Kinds Of People
Unfinished Sympathy
Goldeneye
Dancing In My Dreams

Private Dancer (1998)
I Might Have Been Queen
What's Love Got To Do With It
Show Some Respect
I Can't Stand The Rain
Private Dancer
Let's Stay Together
Better Be Good To Me
Steel Claw
Help
1984
I Wrote A Letter
Rock N Roll Widow
Don't Rush The Good Things
When I Was Young
What's Love Got To Do With It (Extended Version)
Better Be Good To Me (Extended Version)
I Can't Stand The Rain (Extended Version)