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May 24, 2023 | 7:08 p.m
On Wednesday, the world lost legendary singer Tina Turner at the age of 83.
The “What’s Love Got to Do With It” hitmaker died in Switzerland, where she had been living for the past few years.
Over the course of her career, the legendary Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll has received 12 Grammy Awards and has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.
But while her career has brought her tremendous success, she has struggled with a turbulent personal life, which was detailed in a two-part HBO documentary released in March 2021.
The documentary, simply titled “Tina,” premiered two years before her death and was nominated for three prime-time Emmy Awards.
Tina Turner died at the age of 83. Michael Ochs Archives Turner died in Switzerland, where she had lived for the last few years. AFP via Getty Images
“Each time she is asked to retell her story, it can be extremely painful and traumatizing again, as useful as it may be for other people to hear and gain strength from it,” said the 41 -year-old director TJ Martin told The Post last year.
Here are some of “Tina’s” most shocking revelations.
In 2021, HBO released a documentary about her life titled “Tina.” Getty Images
1. Her documentary was considered a farewell to her fans
The honest and heartfelt documentary was a farewell to her fans and those who have remained loyal to her over the years.
“The spotlight isn’t interesting to her anymore,” Martin told The Post last year. “She worked for 60 years – and now she’s tired of being reminded of her past trauma.”
It covered the depths of her life, including the good, the bad, and the ugly — specifically her relationship with Ike Turner, who died of a drug overdose in 2007.
Later in her life, she suffered a series of illnesses, including a stroke and cancer, as well as kidney failure that required a transplant in 2017.
“The [film] is her way of telling the world once and for all, “These are the pieces.” [of my story] that I’m going Now let me go,'” Dan Lindsay, another director on the film, told The Post last year.
Over the course of her career, she has sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Getty Images
2. Turner claimed that her mother, Zelma PriscillaHe didn’t “like” her
In the documentary, Turner claimed her mother, Zelma Priscilla, was “not kind” and “didn’t like her.”
Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939 in the small town of Nutbush, Tennessee.
She said in the documentary that her mother was abused by her father, Floyd Bullock.
Turner was later abandoned by both of her parents. Her mother left Turner when Turner was just 11, and two years later her father remarried and sent her and her sister to live with her grandmother in Brownsville, Tennessee, according to the BBC.
She later reunited with her mother when she found fame — but that still didn’t seem like enough for Priscilla.
“Even after I became Tina, Mom was still kind of like, ‘Who did that?’ and “Who did that?” And I said, “I did that, Mom!”,” she said in the film. “I was happy to show my mother what I did. I had a house, I had a car, and she said, ‘No, I don’t think so. No, you’re my daughter, no you didn’t!’
“She didn’t want me, she didn’t want to be around me, even though she wanted my success. But I acted for her like she loved me.”
She had a tumultuous relationship with Ike Turner. Michael Ochs Archive
3. Turner detailed the beginnings of her abusive relationship with Ike Turner
In 1957, Turner met Ike Turner at a St. Louis nightclub, marking the beginning of their tumultuous relationship.
He led the popular music group The Kings of Rhythm and liked Turner’s voice, who was then a teenager. Ike was credited with writing the first “rock ‘n’ roll” song entitled “Rocket 88”.
They formed a duo and formed a group together called “Ike & Tina Turner Revue”. He later renamed her Tina Turner, according to NPR.
But the relationship quickly faltered.
They met at a nightclub in St.Louis.Redferns
The documentary revealed the beginnings of the abuse she endured towards Ike.
“He hit me with a shoe tree,” Turner said in the document.
At the time, she was pregnant with her son, Ronnie. (He passed away in December 2022 at the age of 62.)
“After that he forced me to go to bed and had sex with me,” she recalled. “That was the beginning of the torture. I had to lie down and he stood over me and [slap] That hanger on my hip. I swear to god. My fanny has swollen 5 centimeters higher.”
She was able to escape his abuse. Redferns
The two married in 1962, and she said that Ike’s violence only increased from there. During the marriage, Turner attempted suicide to escape her ex-husband, according to People.
In 1976, the two split for good — Turner had “snuck out” and hid at a Ramada Inn after allegedly hitting her.
However, later in the documentary, she stated that she could be at peace with Ike.
“I’ve hated Ike for a long time, I have to say,” she said. “But after his death I really realized that he was a sick person. He made it easier for me to get started and was good to me at the beginning. So I have some good thoughts. Maybe it was good that I met him, I don’t know.”
Turner had a long and successful music career. Sygma via Getty Images
4. She hated her hit song “What’s Love Got to Do With It” when she first heard it
Turner revealed in the documentary that she actually hated one of her most famous songs, “What’s Love Got to Do With It,” the first time she heard it.
According to Harper’s Bazaar, it was originally made for an English band called Bucks Fizz.
Her manager at the time, Roger Davies, pushed her to record it and felt it had great potential.
“I was rock ‘n’ roll. … That was a pop song,” Turner said of “What’s Love Got to Do With It.” Getty Images
“It was awful. It was awful,” Turner said in the film as she recalled her first impression of the song, according to the outlet.
“I was rock ‘n’ roll. … That was a pop song.”
She then met up with songwriter Terry Britten and sang it, making the tune her own.
It peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart – their first and only.
She later married Erwin Bach in 2013. Getty Images
5. Turner found love again with Erwin Bach – the doctor gave an insight into her life
The documentary also provided a glimpse into her life with her husband and music producer Erwin Bach in Switzerland.
She met him at the age of 46 during a trip to Europe and the two married in 2013.
“He had the prettiest face,” Turner explained in the film. “It was like, ‘Where is he from?’ He looked so good. My heart was spinning wildly. It means that a soul has met.
“He was just so different, so relaxed, so comfortable, so unpretentious, and that was the beginning of our relationship.”
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