Izear Luster 'Ike' Turner, Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer.An early pioneer of fifties rock and roll, he is most popularly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then-wife Tina Turner in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Turner began playing piano and guitar when he was eight. Tina Turner still haunted by marriage to Ike HER ex-husband Ike Turner died more than five years ago but rock and roll legend Tina Turner remains haunted by their dysfunctional marriage.
Contents. Who is Tina Turner? Tina Turner is an American-born singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and author. She has enjoyed an international solo career with hits like ‘What’s Love Got to Do With It,’ ‘Better Be Good to Me,’ ‘Private Dancer’ and ‘Typical Male’.
Tina Turner’s Early Life, Childhood, and Education Turner was born in Nutbush, Tennessee on November 26, 1939, as Anna Mae Bullock to parents Zelma Priscilla (Currie) and Floyd Richard Bullock. She is of American nationality.
Furthermore, she is now also a Swiss citizen. She belongs to African-American ethnic background. Throughout her childhood years, Turner sang in the church choir at Nutbush’s Spring Hill Baptist Church. Hence, music was a big part of her early life. Talking about her education, Turner attended Flagg Grove Elementary School from first through eighth grade. Additionally, she joined both the cheerleading squad and the female basketball team at Carver High School in Brownsville. Later, she graduated from Sumner High School in 1958.
Tina Turner’s Career, Salary and Net Worth Initially, after the graduation, Turner worked as a nurse’s aide at Barnes-Jewish Hospital and dreamed of becoming a nurse. Eventually, she first saw Ike Turner and his band, the Kings of Rhythm, perform. Soon, she began performing with the group, and she quickly became the highlight of their show. In 1960, she sang the lead on a track titled ‘A Fool in Love’. Furthermore, in 1966, Tina and Ike’s success reached new heights when they recorded the album ‘River Deep, Mountain High’ with superstar record producer Phil Spector.
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In 1969, they toured as the opening act for the Rolling Stones. Additionally, they released the album ‘Workin’ Together’, which featured a renowned slow-to-fast remake of the CCR track “Proud Mary” that reached the top 5 of the U.S. Charts and won the two their first Grammy. Turner began her solo career in 1983 and she recorded a remake of Al Green’s ‘Let’s Stay Together’. She released her popular album ‘Private Dancer’ the following year. The album won four Grammy Awards and eventually sold more than 20 million copies worldwide.
In 1985, Turner appeared opposite Mel Gibson in the film ‘Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome’. Furthermore, she also published her autobiography, ‘I, Tina’, which would later be adapted as the 1993 film ‘What’s Love Got to Do with It’.
In addition, she released her second solo album ‘Break Every Rule’. In 1991, Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. All in all, she has more than 100 credits for soundtracks in various movies and television series. Furthermore, she has more than 50 credits as an actress. Turner announced in 2008 that ‘Tina! 50th Anniversary Tour’ would be her final tour.
She won a Grammy Award for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for ‘One of the Living’ and also for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance for ‘Back Where You Started’. All in all, she has won eight competitive and three honorary achievement Grammy Awards.
Turner has not revealed her current salary. However, she has an estimated net worth of around $ 250 million.
Tina Turner’s Rumors and Controversy Tina’s marriage with Ike Turner was controversial. Furthermore, she revealed that Ike was routinely physically abusive. In 2013, Tina became part of the news story after Beyonce stirred up controversy with references to Turner abuse. Currently, there are no rumors concerning Turner and her career. Tina Turner’s Body Measurements Talking about her body measurement, Turner has a height of 5 feet 4 inches or 163 cm. Additionally, she weighs 129 lbs or 58 kg. Furthermore, she has a measurement of 36-29-38 inches or 91.5-74-96.5 cm.
Her dress size is 10 (US) and shoe size is 8.5 (US). In addition, her hair color and eye color is dark brown. Social Media Profile Tina is quite active over the social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram. She has more than 18K followers on Twitter. In addition, her fan page has more than 19k followers on Instagram.
Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 3M followers. References: (ethnicelebs.com, healthyceleb.com).
Ike and Tina's son, Ronnie Turner (pictured above jammin' with Tina) said this to Ebony Magazine: “I know everything that has happened all through his life and through my parents’ divorce.” The musician and songwriter who learned to play the bass from his father added: “He Ike wasn’t happy and still working. I could just tell and feel it. He never acted like he got over the divorce.My father used to come to my house a lot. I never kept my phone book around. He used to ramble around and try to look for my mom’s phone number.” Now you know he’s talking about the days before we stored all our numbers in our mobile phones, which was not that long ago. BUT WAIT TIL YOU SEE WHAT IKE'S CARETAKER SAID SHE WITNESSED IKE DO YEARS AFTER TINA LEFT HIM.