She earned the title of Queen of Rock & Roll with her pioneering work in the Sixties — and her comeback in the 1980s made her a superstar whose work will live forever Private Dancer tour, Whitney Houston and Janet Jackson would deliver blockbuster live excursions of their own. For Tina, the success she was seeing was a testament to her commitment to her own vision.
“Why I didn’t stop? Because I hadn’t gotten what I wanted,” she
Swedish TV host Jacob Dahlin in 1987. “I didn’t allow my spirit to be broken because I hadn’t done what I wanted to do.” Tina was 47 and had just released Break Every Rule when she gave that interview, discussing her then-new autobiography, her three-year run of success, and what she’d gone through to get there. For a new group of fans, Tina Turner was the leggy sex symbol with the big hair, a fixture on music video television who’d strutted in the “What’s Love Got To Do With It” video, lent her star power to
and gone beyond Thunderdome. Her image and music were pivotal for Black Gen X kids growing up with MTV. The network had infamously rebuffed Black artists in its initial years, before Michael Jackson and headtopics.com
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Tina Turner, resilient singer hailed as the ‘Queen of Rock and Roll,’ dies at 83 | CNNTina Turner, the dynamic rock and soul singer who rose from humble beginnings and overcame a notoriously abusive marriage to become one of the most popular female artists of all time, has died, according to a post on her verified Facebook page. She was 83.
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Entertainment world mourns loss of Rock & Roll Queen Tina Turner -LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The worlds of music and entertainment Wednesday mourned the loss of dynamic singer/dancer/actress Tina Turner, the undisputed Queen of Rock ‘n Roll who died in Switzerland at age 83 following a long illness. “I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner,” Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger wrote on his Twitter page. “She…
