Tina Turner

First Name: Tina
Last Name: Turner
Body Build: Average
Occupation: Singer
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown
Skin Color: Light Intermediate
Religion: Buddhist
Nationality: American
Height: 163 cm

Tina Turner's real name was Anna Mae Bullock. She was born on November 26, 1939 in Nutbush, Tenessee. She is known as the most dynamic solo singer in music history. At the same time she is a grand mother, actress and a very known adept of the buddhist religion. Her concerts always managed to explode every concerts she's performed in with her amazing sexiness. Tina is a full artist with a career that spans over several decades. Her father, Floyd Richard Bullock was a Baptist deacon, farm overseer and factory worker but he is widely remembered as a farm worker. Her mother, Zelma Bullock was also a factory worker. Her father believed that Zelma had Native American ancestry, coming specifically from Cherokee and Navajo.

Tina was greatly inspired by the magazines, music and films. They made young Anna to dream at a life outside her city Netbush. When she was 17, her sister, Aline, made her a big surprise by taking her to one of the most known places in Saint Louis, Club Manhattan. Kings of Rhythm were singing there at the time and the lead singer was Ike Turner. A new chapter in her life that is now known as Tina Turner was about to begin. At the age of 18, Anna gives birth to her first child, a beautiful baby boy, of which the father was one of the members of the Kings of Rhythm band. Anna and the baby were shortly abandoned by the father. Two years later, young Anna was the lead vocalist of the band Kings of Rhythm and was recording the song "A Fool In Love" alongside Ike. The song shortly becomes a huge hit in the United States being something that Ike was waiting for more than 10 years. Ike and Anna move to California, and so Anna changes her name to Tina Turner.

In 1962, Ike asked Tina to marry him, in order to have better control over her. They got married two days later in Mexico, in Tijuana. Tinna was very unhappy, their wedding being just signing a few papers and not a real wedding with a bridal dress and a cake like a bride should have. Phil Spector enteres her life, one of the best producers of the moment, a producer that had more than 20 hits recorded in the last few years with bands like: The Crystals, The Ronettes and The Righteous Brothers (these were the kings of music at the time). Phil wished to work with Tina to record the song "River Deep, Mountain High" but Ike didn't want that because he was left out and not involved. He changed his position when Phil assured that on the cover of the disc, the title would say: Ike and Tina Turner. In the United States of America, "River Deep, Mountain High" was a big dissapointment for Tina and for Phil, touching only 88th place in 1966's Bilboard 100. Tina thought that the song was too r'n'b for the pop radios and too pop for the r'n'b radios. But in July of the same year, they had a big surprize. In Great Britan, the song reached 3rd place in the pop charts. Their success brought them allot of new fans in Europe, but also new friends including the members of the famous Rolling Stones band. The Rolling Stones invited them to sing at the opening of their new tour in the fall of the same year. Although at a professional level, Tina was doing very good, at a personal level Tina was very unhappy. Fights with Ike increased and became very common and violent. She oftenly ended up in hospital after being beat up by Ike. Although she was a battered woman, that stimulated her on a musical plan, and gave her big reasons to live.

At the age of 34, Tina receives a role in the musical "Tommy", the scenario being writen by the band "The Who". Although the role isn't an important one, the character "Acid Queen" brings hera new friend, the actress Ann Margaret. July 2 1976 represented the begining of the end. On the way to the first concert of her new tourney, that was supposed to take place in Dallas, Ike and Tina fight for the last time, this time Tina fought back surprising Ike. Once they arrived in Dallas, Tina leaves Ike forever, having only 36 cents in her pocket. Tina takes a one year break to put her life in order and at the age of 37 decides that she wants to continue singing.

In the summer of 81, everything was ready. Three shows at the Ritz Hotel were enough to make Rod Stewart notice her and he invites her to sing the song "Hot Legs" with him. Tina Turner was relaunched. She stopped being just a star of the 60's and also a star of the 89's. Then she sung at the opening of Rolling Stones and alongside Mick Jagger they interpret the song "Honky Tonk Woman". In December 1983, the melody "Let's stay together" was set in 5th place on the british top. The disc "Private Dancer" was brought to Capital Records in April 1984.

The next single, "What's Love Got To Do With It?" Followed in June by "Private Dancer." Tina wanted now to do more than music, so when the Australian director George Miller has called her to propose a role in the third set of the movie Mad Max - Beyond the Thunderdome, I accept. The same day, during an autograph session, which gets a call announcing that her new single "What's Love Got To Do With It?" Is number one. It was the first time in 25 years when Tina arrives in top rankings. And to end the day completely, Tina received a third phone that day, from Rolling Stone magazine to appear on the cover of next issue. The album "Private Dancer" has sold over 10 million copies worldwide and contains four super hits: "Let's Stay Together" "What's Love Got To Do With It?" "Better Be Good To Me" and "Private Dancer" . Eight years after the breakup of Ike, Tina was the age of 44 years top.La starring Mel Gibson in the blockbuster "Mad Max: Beyond the Thunderdome". In 1985, won two trophies at the American Music Awards Gala and After the show, along with many other performers of the time recorded the song "We Are the World" to help the Ethiopian people. A month later had to follow three awards far more important: the Grammy Award for best singer pop ("What's Love Got To Do With It?"), Grammy Award for best play rock ("Better Be Good To Me" ) prize for the best record ("What's Love Got To Do With It?"). In less than a year Tina has come to be known not as "Ike Turner's wife, but" one of the most beloved artists of the '80s. After success with "Private Dancer", work is just beginning to Tina for the next album appeared in 1986, "Break Every Rule", and he also brought two hits, "Two People" and "What You Get Is What You See", followed by a year of promotion with TV appearances, shooting videos and a new tour. And year of 1986 is simple intinulata autobiographical book "I Tina" which would make the subject of a successful film released in 1989 tarziu.În few years a new album, the third, as a success shortly after its release which included the hits "The Best" "I Do not Want to Lose You" and "Steamy Windows." Album sales exceeding those of LP's debut and the support tour concerts are held in a closed house is one of the biggest European tour ever. In September 1991 is the first compilation of his biggest hits, "Simply The Best", which comes first in sales in 1993 is 12 tari.În new single "I Do not Want to Fight" that brings two Grammy nominations and rankings forefront position in the world. In the same year appears successful biopic "What's Love Got To Do With It?" In which they own starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. Award-nominated film is Oscar.În 1994 Tina moved to Switzerland and decided he needed a year to rest after so much munca.

She comes back in the music scene with a new success in 1995. Hit "Goldeneye" is written by Bono and The Edge, U2 group members, and is extracted by the first single from the soundtrack of the new James Bond movie, as it is starring Pierce Brosnan. Following the success of recording a new album to preparing for working with famous producer Trevor Horn. Pet Shop Boys and Sheryl Crow are among the composers who wrote songs for the album. "Wildest Dreams" appeared in April 1996, preceded by the single "Whatever You Want". In the summer of next year a new tour european.În 1996, Tina Turner featured in the American charts with two singles: "Missing You" and "In Your Wildest Dreams." In the late '90s, Tina Turner released several duets successful. One of them, Eros Ramazotti, "Cosa Della Vita / Can not stop thinking of you" appeared on the album "Best of" the Italian in 1997.A performed in duet with Sting and Antonio Banderas, and songs are included the same highly successful album, "Wildest Dreams". In 1999, at the age of 60 years, Tina is declared the star with the sexiest legs on top devasand a model Cindy Crawford.În Despite the success, Tina is a Shock announcement: it will not hold concerts on major stages of the world. So last tour undertaken have sold tickets worth 80 million dollars, which is undoubtedly a performance for the 118 shows, Tina Turner kept tinuteUltimul show held in Anaheim, 30 miles south of Los Angeles on December 6, 2000, with an audience of over 18,000. The concert represents a major portion of one end of the most interesting stories in the history of rock'n'roll, the 44 years since the first show of divei.Albumul "Twenty Four Seven was released after the appearance of you on the show" VH -1 's Divas "in 1999. The recordings lasted only a few months, that album could be released before the end of the year to mark 25 years of career solo.Una of his latest achievements is contribution with a song from the soundtrack to the animated " Brother Bear appeared on the market in late octmbrie 2003.

Discography:

All The Best (2005)
Open Arms (2005)
Complicated Disaster (2005)
Open Arms (Urban Remix) (2005)
Open Arms (2004)
Wildest Dreams (Expanded) (2003)
Twenty Four Seven (2000)
Whatever You Need (2000)
Goes Country (1999)
Twenty Four Seven (1999)
When The Heartache Is Over (1999)
Soul Kiss (1998)
The Great Tina Turner (1998)
Wildest Dreams (1998)
Wildest Dreams (1996)
Break Every Rule (1991)
Simply The Best (1991)
Foreign Affair (1989)
Foreign Affair (1989)
Tina Live In Europe (1988)
Break Every Rule (1986)
Private Dancer (1984)
Love Explosion (1979)
Rough (1978)
Acid Queen (1975)