Grandmother rock and roll celebrates anniversary
I can not believe that Tina Turner is already seventy years old! I think this is always eternally young dark-skinned beauty will show on the stage of a magnificent voice, the cat's plastic, perfectly shapely legs and gorgeous sexy dress, emphasizing the benefits all the benefits of its perfect shape.
About Tina Turner says a lot, but the day of its anniversary, I'll remind you of the ten most interesting and controversial facts of her biography.
1. Real name Tina Turner - Annie Mae Buloc. Nickname she invented a famous singer Ike Turner, who became her husband and producer. Ike long jealous wife to her solo career, and Tina, it seemed, had time to get used to his constant beatings. However, in the July night in 1976, Tina Turner came out of the Hilton Hotel with 36 cents in his pocket and finally broke up with domestic tyrant. It was after this that she became Tina Turner, to which we are accustomed to.
2. After the break with her husband Turner had for 9 years after the divorce to speak at the provincial scene, then to become independent and self-sufficient singer.
3. The fate of the same Ike Turner after the divorce from his wife has developed an ambitious and far unenviable. Both albums released by his team after a divorce with Tina, had no previous success. From the producer of failure to recover could not and ran to the winds. In the late 80's he was arrested for possession of banned substances. Almost until the end of his life he remained in prison. But coming on freedom, old Ike is not free from harmful addiction. 76-year-old musician died in December 2007 from a drug overdose ...
4. After the break with Ike Tina finally adopted Buddhism, which was interested more in 1974. After escaping from her husband in the middle of the tour, Tina realized that it is responsible by law for the failure of the organizers of the tour. We had to somehow repay the debts, so she became a solo performer, supplementing their incomes appearances on television shows like "Hollywood Squares", "Donny and Marie", "Sonny and Cher Show" and "An Hour with the Brady Bunch."
5. The most successful album of Tina Turner «Private Dancer» was released in June 1984 and has since been sold over 11 million copies worldwide. However, some sources say that the album sold over 20 million. In any case, it is the most commercially successful album, the singer today.
6. After the success of the album «Private Dancer» Turner got a role in the movie "Mad Max - 3". For her singer later received an award NAACP Image Award «Outstanding Actress. In August they released their first single, «We Don't Need Another Hero» from the soundtrack to the film. The single became an international hit for the next Turner, reaching the second place in America and the third in England. The song earned a nomination for a Grammy "Best Female Pop Vocal" nomination and "Best Original Song" Golden Globe ". Shortly thereafter he was released on the soundtrack, reached the charts in 40 th place in the United States and 47 th in Canada.
7. In 1986 published his autobiography, «I, Tina», in which she spoke candidly about her hard life with Ike Turner. The efforts of the singer did not go unnoticed: the same summer she received a star on the Hollywood "Walk of Fame". After seven years of memories of Tina formed the basis for the movie «What's Love Got to Do With It?». The film painted a bleak picture of marriage with Ike Turner and the challenges of life through Buddhism. The picture received mixed reviews. Nevertheless, Angela Bassett, who played Tina, and Laurence Fishburne, who played Ike, received a nomination for Best Actress and Best Actor respectively at a premium. Soundtrack to the movies Tina wrote herself. Later, Turner went to the American tour - the first in seven years, to support the soundtrack.
8. In 1988 and 2000. Singer got into Guinness Book of Records for appearing before the largest paid audience (about 200 thousand people) and for the most lucrative tour (they brought Tine more than a hundred million dollars).
9. In February 2008, Turner performed with Beyoncé at the 50 th awards ceremony Grammy, which became her first major public appearance in seven years after the tour «Twenty Four Seven Tour». In addition, Turner won a Grammy Award for participation in recording the album «River: The Joni Letters».
10. Tina Turner held on the stage more than 50 years. So far, she gives concerts - in May 2009 the first completed its anniversary tour, which lasted seven months and brought $ 130 million profit.