Thursday, May 25, 2023

Set List Special - Remembering Tina Turner

Tina Turner

November 26, 1939 - May 24, 2023
"Queen of Rock 'n Roll"

Private Dancer (1984)
- Multi Platinum 
"What's Love Got to Do with It"
- Grammy Award 
- No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
- Oldest female solo artist to hit No. 1 on Hot 100 (44 years old)

Guinness World Record for largest paying audience (180,000) for a solo performer (1988)

Over 100 million records sold worldwide
One of the best-selling recording artists of all time

12 Grammy Awards
3 Grammy Hall of Fame Awards
Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award

First black artist and woman to be on the cover of Rolling Stone
Listed on Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time & 100 Greatest Singers of All Time

Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Ike Turner (1991)
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame solo (2021)

Kennedy Center Honors (2005)

9 studio albums
12 tours (First in 1977/Last in 2008 - 2009)

Point of interest - Tina relinquished her U.S. citizenship to become a Swiss citizen (as of April 22, 2013).

Read more about Tina Turner's background on Wikipedia.

I did not recognize iconic music artists from well before my time until I happened to hear songs that defined the 1980s.  I am most familiar with "What's Love Got to Do with It."

To be continued

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