Tina Turner, the queen of rock n’ roll, has died at 83

The American singer, owner of hits like ‘The Best’ and star of ‘Mad Max’, died after a long illness

the american singer Tina Turner is dead this Wednesday 24, in Switzerland, where he lived, as his agent told the press. Also according to the statement, the world music star died “peacefully after a long illness”. In recent years, Tina has been battling cancer.

On the singer’s Instagram profile, her team paid a final tribute by announcing her death. “It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. With her music and her boundless passion for life, she has captivated millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us his greatest work: his music. Our deepest condolences go out to his family. Tina, we will miss you dearly,” the post read.

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The life of Tina Turner

Tina, born Anna Mae Bullock, was one of the biggest names in rock music. Even as a child, she was enthralled with music when she watched the choir at her family’s Baptist church. At age 17, she began singing in bars in St. Louis. A year later, she gave birth to her first child, which she raised on her own, after being paid by her first husband.

That same year, 1958, he released his first professional recording, the boogie-woogie Box Top, still signed under the Little Ann name. She at the time she was just the singer of musician Ike Turner’s band, with whom she Tina would have had an emotional relationship. It was she who gave the singer the stage name of Tina Turner.

In 1966 Tina, in the umpteenth attempt to break through in a market which, in addition to being sexist, did not give space to black singers, released the album Deep River – High Mountain, who is now collaborating with Ike. The record flopped in the US, but was successful in Europe.

Musician Mick Jagger, upon discovering the album, was enchanted by Tina’s voice and called her to open for the Rolling Stones in London.

In 1968, with her marriage to Ike on the rocks, Tina attempted suicide by taking sleeping pills.

“For starters, there were three women in the house that day and Ike was having sex with all of them. Everything was collapsing: my status, my confidence, my world. One night before a show, I couldn’t take it anymore and popped 50 sleeping pills. I knew it would take some time to take effect, so I figured I could do the opening act and that way Ike would get the money for the performance. I was so well trained that even my suicide had to be convenient for him,” he wrote. in your memoir Tina Turner – A love storyreleased in 2019.

In 1971, Tina and Ike released a version of the song Mary Fair, recorded in 1969 for the first time by the band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The recording was a success and sold 1 million copies. The duo won the Grammy for Best Record of the Year.

Converted to Buddhism, and with the power of her very own bass-heavy voice, Tina launched a solo career when she released the 1974 album Tina lights up the country!with covers of country and folk classics, genres he listened to as a teenager and which were part of his musical training.

However, Tina, who since the duo with Ike had flirted with rock, has increasingly accentuated the mingling of the genre with R&B, soul and disco music, in albums such as Sour Queen (1975, still influenced by Ike), coarse (1978) and Love explosion (1979).

Tina Turner, pop icon and movie star

In the 1980s, Tina, already a star, further expanded her audience. Combining music, costumes (her dresses with fringes), aesthetics (she never performed without wearing a wig) and dance, Tina, already 40 years old, has become a pop icon with the album private dancersince 1984.

The consecration of this pop image comes in 1985 when Tina, who had already participated in films, is invited to star in the feature film Mad Max 3 – Beyond the Dome of Thundernext to the star of the moment, Mel Gibson.

The two songs performed by her in the film, We don’t need another hero AND One of the living it stormed the charts and prompted her to release her fourth solo album, Break every rulewhich brought success Typical male.

women in music

Years later, in her biography, Tina spoke about how important she was in opening the music market to women – and also to the following generations who established themselves in pop music.

“At the time there were no women who sang and danced like me, women who managed to be sensual without sexualizing the situation. I entered the scene in high heels, a miniskirt, danced and laughed,” she writes in her book. My love story (2019),

Tina also mentioned singer Beyoncé, a black artist like her who hit the music market decades later. “Beyoncé has the same kind of energy today, but I was the only one like that.”

Tina and Turner met on stage at the 2008 Grammy Awards. They sang the song together Mary Fair, one of Tina’s first hits. Beyoncé was visibly moved by the encounter.

An exhibition honoring the singer, Tina Turner: Uma Viagem para o Futuro, is on display at MIS-SP.

Remember the amazing songs of Tina Turner

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