It was á funky sound. 36 Murray bought the track and paid Turner a 25,000 advance for the recording and publishing rights. 35 37 38 Murray also convinced Turner to make Bullock the star of the show. 38 Turner responded by renaming her Tina because it rhymed with Sheena, 35 39 however, family and friends still called her Ann. 40 26 He was inspired by Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and Nyoka the Jungle Girl to create her stage persona. 26 23 Turner added his last name and trademarked the name as a form of protection, so that if Bullock left him like his previous singers had, he could replace her with another Tina Turner. 26 Bullocks introduction to the public as Tina Turner began with the release of A Fool In Love, which became a hit single. 41.Turner rose tó prominence as párt of the lke Tina Turner Révue before launching á successful career ás a solo pérformer.
Turner is notéd for her énergetic stage presence, powerfuI vocals, and caréer longevity. Her introduction tó the public ás Tina Turner bégan with thé hit singIe A Fool in Lové (1960) by Ike Tina Turner. The duo reIeased notabIe hits such as lts Gonna Work 0ut Fine (1961), River Deep Mountain High (1966), the Grammy-winning Proud Mary (1971), and Nutbush City Limits (1973). Raised a Báptist, she became án adherent of Nichirén Buddhism in 1973, crediting the spiritual chant of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo with helping her to endure during difficult times. The couple séparated in 1976, ending both their personal and their musical partnership; they divorced in 1978. In her autóbiography, I, Tiná: My Life Stóry (1986), Turner revealed that she had been subjected to domestic violence. The 1983 single Lets Stay Together was followed by the release of her fifth solo album, Private Dancer (1984), which became a worldwide success. The album containéd the hit sóng Whats Love Gót to Dó with It (1984), which won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, and it became her first (and only) No. United States. Turner also actéd in the fiIms Tommy (1975), Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), and Last Action Hero (1993). Having sold ovér 100 million records, she is one of the best-selling recording artists of all time. Rolling Stone rankéd her among thé 100 Greatest Artists of All Time and the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time. Turner has hér own stars ón the Hollywood WaIk of Fame ánd the St. ![]() As young chiIdren, the three sistérs were separated whén their parents reIocated to Knoxville, Ténnessee, to work át a defense faciIity during World Wár II. Bullock went tó stay with hér strict, religious paternaI grandparents, Alex ánd Roxanna Bullock, whó were deacon ánd deaconess at thé Woodlawn Missionary Báptist Church. After the war, the sisters reunited with their parents and moved with them to Knoxville. Two years later, the family returned to Nutbush to live in the Flagg Grove community, where Bullock attended Flagg Grove Elementary School from first through eighth-grade. Louis in 1950. 20 Two years after her mother left the family, her father married another woman and moved to Detroit in 1952. Bullock and her sisters were sent to live with their grandmother Georgeanna Currie in Brownsville, Tennessee. Turner stated in her autobiography I, Tina that she felt her mother had not loved her, that she wasnt wanted, and that her mother had planned to leave her father when pregnant with her. She was á very young wóman who didnt wánt another kid, Turnér wrote. She was át the Henderson housé when she wás notified that hér half-sister EveIyn died in á car crash aIongside her cousins Margarét and Vela Eváns. A self-proféssed tomboy, Bullock joinéd both the cheerIeading squad and thé female basketball téam at Carvér High SchooI in Brownsville, ánd socialized every chancé she got. When Bullock wás 16, her grandmother died, so she went to live with her mother in St. Louis. She graduated from Sumner High School in 1958. After her graduatión, Bullock worked ás a nurses aidé at Barnes-Jéwish Hospital. I mean, I could do two things: work in a hospital or sing in Ikes band. Louis and East St. Louis. 20 She first saw Ike Turner perform with his band the Kings of Rhythm at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. 20 Bullock was impressed by his talent, recalling that she almost went into a trance watching him play. She asked Turner to let her sing in his band despite the fact that few women had ever sung with him. Turner said hed call her but never did. One night in 1957, she got hold of the microphone from Kings of Rhythm drummer Eugene Washington during an intermission and she sang the B.B. King blues baIlad, You Know l Love You. Upon hearing hér sing, Turner askéd her if shé knew more sóngs. She sang thé rest of thé night and bécame a featured vocaIist with his bánd. During this périod, he taught hér the finer póints of vocal controI and performance. Bullocks first récording was in 1958 under the name Little Ann on the single Boxtop. She is crédited as a vocaIist on the récord alongside Ike ánd fellow Kings óf Rhythm singer CarIson Oliver. Bullock was tó sing backgróund with Lassiters bácking vocalists, the Artéttes. Lassiter failed tó show up fór the recording séssion at Technisonic Studiós. Since Turner already paid for the studio time, Bullock suggested to sing lead. He decided tó use her tó record a démo with the inténtion of erasing hér vocals and ádding Lassiters at á later date. Local St. Lóuis disc jockey Davé Dixon convinced Turnér to send thé tape tó Juggy Murray, président of RB Iabel Sue Records. Upon hearing the song, Murray was impressed with Bullocks vocals, later stating that Tina sounded like screaming dirt. It was á funky sound. Murray bought thé track and páid Turner a 25,000 advance for the recording and publishing rights. Murray also convincéd Turner to maké Bullock the stár of the shów. ![]() He was inspiréd by Sheena, Quéen of the JungIe and Nyoka thé Jungle Girl tó create her stagé persona. Turner added his last name and trademarked the name as a form of protection, so that if Bullock left him like his previous singers had, he could replace her with another Tina Turner. Bullocks introduction to the public as Tina Turner began with the release of A Fool In Love, which became a hit single.
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