Tina Turner: Biography

Tina Turner was known for putting the dazzle in the 60's,70's,80's and 90's with her most populars songs like, "Proud Mary"," River Deep, Mountain High" and "Break every rule". She start her career with Ike turner, her Ex-husband in the 1960's. Her band was called Ike and Tina Turner Revue, They usually played rock & roll, but she eventually broke from the band. She used to sing rock songs but slowly her songs turned into more slow songs about her life issues.

Tina Turner is not her actual birth name. Her real name was Anna Mae Bullock, but it was changed to Tina Turner after she got married to Ike Turner. She was born on November 26, 1939. She is African, European, and Native American (Cherokee & Navajo tribe) which made her African American and Native American descends. She had and older sister named Aline Bullock. There father had abandoned them when they were young and so did there mother, but only temporarily. When they moved to St. Louis from Nut bush, Tennessee Tina meet Ike turner and had asked him to let her perform with her and that's were here career started. In 2 years when she was eighteen, Ike named her Tina after Sheena: queen of the jungle. And he also changed the band to Ike and the Tina Revue when Tina stepped in place of a singer who was supposed to sing " A Fool In Love". It was such a hit, that it hit #2 crossing over to the top 30 of the US pop chart.Eventually the two got married. They made major hits such as "It's Gonna Work Out"," I Idolize You" and the top hit "River Deep, Mountain High". When Ike started doing drugs record sales were going down do to Ike refusing outside management and eventually Tina got the strengthto leave with only thirty six cents and a gas station credit card. She went under hiding until she got the strenght from her new Buddhist practice,SGI,giving her strength and courage enough to strike out on her own. But since she left Ike in the middle of the tour she was responsible for the cancelled tour. this acted made a major impact on music history. After she left she made an earnest living by being a solo-performer and guest staring in T.V. shows like the Hollywood Squares, Donny and Marie, The Sonny & Cher Show and The Brady Bunch Hour. She wasn't that famous in America, but in U.K. she was pretty famous. In 1978 her divorce with Ike Turner was complete after 16 years of marriage. After she wrote a book called I,Tina, which was about her life, it was produced into a movie called "Whats Love Got To Do With It" She finished the years of 1970's by releasing a song since she broke up with Ike called "Rough". She finally made a hit song, "Pritive Dancer", after 5 unsuccessful solo-albums starting her new career.

Tina Turner,The Queen Of Rock And Roll, still is alive today and is doing well.The last time she performed was with beyonce Knowles at the 2008 Grammy awards. She is now 68 and will always remain the queen of rock & roll.