him and we were close friends. their first hit came in 1960 with a fool in love, a song they performed on shin dig. they married in 1962 and in 1966, recorded river deep mountain high. river deep mountain high it was a hit overseas but flopped in the u.s. off stage, ike s drug abuse fueled violent outbursts. i had had a lot of violence. houses burned. cars shot into. after years of physical and emotional abuse, tina left ike in the mid 70s with nothing but her name. at one point, relying on food stamps to survive. in the early 80s, her cover of let s stay together reignited her career. i m your private dancer
icon, survivor, a queen of rock and roll. she began life as anna may bullock in rural tennessee. as a teenager, she moved to st. louis, where she met rocker, ike turner. ike was very good to me when i started my career. started to sing weekends with him. it came in 1960 with a fool in love, a song they performed on shin dig. they married in 1962 and in 1966, recorded river deep mountain high. it was a hit overseas but flopped in the u.s. off stage, ike s drug abuse fueled violent outbursts. i had had a lot of violence. houses burned. cars shot into. the lowest that you can think of. after years of physical and emotional abuse, tina left ike
1966 recorded river deep mountain high river deep mountain high it was a hit overseas but fl flopped in the u.s. off stage, ike s drug abuse fueled violent outbursts. i had had a lot of violence, houses burned, cars shot into, the lowest that you can think of in terms of violence. after years of physical and emotional abuse, tina left ike in the mid- 70s with nothing but her name, at one point relying on food stamps to survive. let s stay together in the early 80s, turner s cover of let s stay together reignited her career. private dancer followed in 1984, a run away critical and commercial success, the album featured her only number one
i always loved tina turner. right now, i want to bring in the act reress and singer, cher lee ralph. what did tina mean to you? oh, my god, this woman, first of all, wolf, thank you for doing this. because this woman was truly an icon, a queen, a dynamic, electrifying performer. the likes of which you know, it doesn t happen like this often and for her to have been so loved. every time now when i hear what s love got to do with it, i keep thinking in terms of her passing, it s got everything to do with it because this was an artist who was truly deeply loved and loved what she did. getting up on that stage and turning it on for her audience. i mean, tina turner. that s a one in a million type artist. totally. one in a million type woman.