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Thereâs a scene in the excellent new Tina Turner documentary currently screening on Foxtel where we witness what could have been one of modern popâs greatest abominations: the saccharine British bubblegum group Bucks Fizz murdering one of Turnerâs greatest hits:
Whatâs Love Got To Do With It.
Tina Turner in concert at Melbourne Park on her Wildest Dreams tour in 1997.
Credit:Jason South
And if it wasnât for the foresight and irresistible persuasion of a little known Australian music executive called Roger Davies, Turner and the world would not have the anthem we know and love, an infinitely superior track compared to the awful Bucks Fizz version.
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