The music world took an enormous hit when the information broke that legendary singer Tina Turner died on the age of 83 on Could 24.
Hailed “The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” a bunch of artists took to social media to pay their respects to Turner, together with members of The Rolling Stones, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, Smashing Pumpkins’ Billy Corgan and extra (see the tributes right here). Thus, we wished to look again on Turner’s profession and clarify why her affect was so profound, and the way it helped pave the way in which for ladies in rock ‘n’ roll.
Turner first started singing with Ike Turner within the late ’50s, making their debut as a duo — Ike & Tina Turner — in 1960. They launched a few hits all through the primary half of the last decade that caught the eye of The Rolling Stones, they usually have been invited to open for the rockers throughout their U.Okay. tour in 1966, in addition to their U.S. tour three years later. By the tip of the ’60s, Ike & Tina Turner recorded a few covers of songs by The Beatles, the Stones and Creedence Clearwater Revival for the 1970 albums Come Collectively and Workin’ Collectively.
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Tina and Ike Turner ultimately parted methods, however Tina launched a profitable solo profession, which earned her 12 completely different Grammy Awards through the years. She had the possibility to work with The Who, David Bowie, Eric Clapton and fairly a couple of different massive rockers, so scroll via the gallery under to examine extra of her rock ‘n’ roll collaborations. Some have been reside performances and others have been studio releases — regardless, all of them have been unforgettable. A lot of the info for the gallery was pulled from the web site The World of Tina.
Rockers Who Collaborated With Tina Turner
These rock stars have labored with Tina Turner.
