Stars of show business often take pseudonyms, but some new names “stick” to a person so easily that many do not even suspect that a completely different name once appeared in the artist’s materials. So it was the case of Tina Turner.
The real name of the owner of eight Grammy Awards is Anna May Bullock (yes, if she had kept it, she would have been the namesake of famous actress Sandra Bullock).
As a teenager, Anna, together with her mother and sister, moved to St. Louis, where she encountered rhythm and blues, and at the same time with a musician who plays such music, Ike Turner.
She first saw Ike Turner perform with his band The Kings of Rhythm at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Bullock was impressed with his skill, recalling that she “almost went into a trance” watching him play. She asked Turner to let her sing in his band, he said he would call her, but never did. Anna took matters into her own hands – literally. At the next concert, during intermission, she took the microphone and sang. Hearing her voice, Ike urged her to cooperate. He only insisted on a name change.
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At first, the future star performed under the pseudonym Little Ann (“Little Ann”), but when it became clear that the singer had a great future, Ike suggested that she change her name to “Tina Turner.” And even renamed his group to “Ike and Tina Turner Review”.
In 1962, Tina and Hayk got married, but the marriage was terrible – soon the man began to turn into a domestic tyrant. As a result, the singer fled from him – only 36 cents remained in her memory, which she then had in her pocket, and a sonorous name, which the whole world then yearned for.
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Source: The Voice Mag
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