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Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås
Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås Tina Turner, Drammenshallen, 21.02.1985. Photo: Helge Øverås

Newspaper ad for Tina Turner's concert in Norway 21.02.1985Tina Turner

«The most dynamic female soul singer in the history of the music, Tina Turner oozed sexuality from every pore in a performing career that began the moment she stepped onstage as lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in the late '50s.

Born Annie Mae Bullock near Brownsville, TN, she began singing as a teen, and joined Ike Turner's touring show as an 18-year-old backup vocalist. Just two years later, Tina was the star of the show, the attention-grabbing focal point for an incredibly smooth-running soul revue headed by Ike and his Kings of Rhythm.

Her gritty and growling performances beat down doors everywhere, looking back to the double-barreled attack of gospel fervor and sexual abandon that had originally formed soul in the early '50s. Divorced from Ike in the mid-'70s, she recorded only occasionally later in the decade. Surprisingly, Tina returned in the mid-'80s with a series of hit singles and movie appearances; her high-profile status was assured well into the '90s.» All Music Guide

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