via BlackDoctor….Tina in 1966: That voice,..those legs….and that music…Tina Turner has been in the business for a long tome, and to think at 80 years young, She isn’t stopping. “A 50-year-old woman is equivalent to 40 when I was growing up,” she insists. “If you take care of yourself, 60 is nothing for women these […]
via BlackAmericaWeb/NY Magee, EURweb.com: Tina Turner sat down with Gayle King for an interview on CBS Sunday Morning and opened up about her “hard” life, marriages, iconic career, and the suicide death of her son Craig Raymond Turner at age 59 last July. “I think Craig was lonely, that’s what I think really got him more than anything else,” […]
via eurweb: *Tina Turner is reportedly planning her own funeral following reports that she may be having some health challenges. According to Glenn Cosby’s V-103, a social media post from Clinton Coleman claimed that the legendary singer “is fighting stomach cancer, suffered a stroke and her body is rejecting a kidney transplant she recently had!” Now, RadarOnline claims Turner wants […]
via BlackAmericaWeb: Tina Turner has revealed that she underwent a kidney transplant with an organ donated by her husband. The 78-year-old singer says in an upcoming autobiography that she has suffered from kidney disease, and by 2016 her kidneys were at “20 percent and plunging rapidly.” She says her husband, Erwin Bach, “shocked me by saying […]
via Joy105: “I convinced myself that death was my only way out,” the singer writes in new memoir. Tina Turner once attempted suicide to escape her ex-husband’s abuse. In the R&B icon’s upcoming memoir, “My Love Story,” Turner recalled that while her former husband Ike Turner almost caused her to end her own life, her current […]
via BCNN1: Paul Bergen/RedfernsMusic legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Tina Turner will be honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award this summer. A special awards ceremony and concert to celebrate Tina, along with other honorees including British rockers Queen, country icon Emmylou Harris, New Orleans funk group The Meters, and legendary studio […]
via FirstLadyB: Tina Turner is set to tell her love story in the sequel to her memoir ‘I, Tina.’ Tina’s new book is called “Tina Turner: My Love Story” and will come out next October, timed to the singer’s 60th year in music. The legendary singer said in a statement that she will write about everything […]
Her voice is famous. And so are her legs. At 77, Tina Turner seems to just get better and better with age – a phenomenon the singer believes comes down to a combination of great style, great health and a great attitude. Tina has been a legendary performer since the early 60s, but her second […]
Simply the best news for Tina Turner fans: The music legend’s life and songs are headed for the stage. Production company Stage Entertainment says it is developing a musical based on Turner’s story and written by Katori Hall, the playwright behind civil rights-era drama “The Mountaintop.” Also involved are director Phyllida Lloyd, choreographer Anthony van […]
Black Music Month originated in 1979. Jimmy Carter proclaimed the month of June as Black Music Month to celebrate the wonderful music, the achievements, births, important timelines, events and to remember those we lost.
