Tina turner biography images 1980

Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939, Brownsville, Tennessee, U.S.), is an American-born singer who found success in the rhythm-and-blues, soul, and rock genres in a career that spanned five decades.

Widely referred to as the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, she rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike and Tina Turner Revue before launching a successful career as a solo performer.

Turner was born into a sharecropping family in rural Tennessee.

She began singing as a teenager and, after moving to St. Louis, Missouri, immersed herself in the local rhythm-and-blues scene.

She met Ike Turner at a performance by his band, the Kings of Rhythm, in 1956, and soon became part of the act.

She began performing as Tina Turner, and her electric stage presence quickly made her the centerpiece of the show.

The ensemble, which toured as the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, was renowne