From:   "Dik de Heer" 
Date:  Tue Nov 26, 2002  6:18 am
Subject:  Born To Be With You : Tina Turner
 
TINA TURNER (By Shaun Mather)

Born Anna Mae Bullock, 26 November 1938, Brownsville, Tennessee

Tina Turner is one of the world's best selling, most famous singers,
although to me she's nothing more than one-half of the Ike & Tina Turner
Revue. From Nutbush, Tennessee, Anna Mae Bullock met Ike in East
St. Louis, where Ike's Kings of Rhythm were the city's top R&B act.
Ike was already a seasoned performer who'd played a major role in the
birth of rock 'n' roll.
They became the hottest, most explosive band on the r&b circuit. Tina
possessed a dynamic voice and a raunchy act as she cavorted across
the stage whilst Ike howled away on guitar. Their first hit "A Fool in Love"
went to # 2 on the R&B charts in the autumn of 1960 for Sue Records,
followed by "I Idolize You," "It's Gonna Work Out Fine," "Poor Fool," and
"Tra La La La La". Over the next 15 years Ike and Tina Turner placed 25
records on the R&B charts for nine separate record companies. On the
pop charts their biggest was a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival's
"Proud Mary" in 1971 (# 4).
Following the break-up of the act and marriage in 1976, Tina went on to
mega-stardom, especially in the mid-80s.

Recommended listening:
Ike & Tina Turner - Too Hot To Handle - Charly.
Official website: http://www.tina-turner.com/