Tina Turner (American-Swiss, 1939-2023)
Born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner rose from her origins in a sharecropping family to become one of the most electric performers of twentieth-century American music. Turner first came to prominence as the star performer for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue in the 1960s, with hits like “River Deep — Mountain High” and “Proud Mary.” The band disbanded in 1976, but Turner launched a successful solo career in the 1980s headlined by the hit “What’s Love Got to Do With It” her cult performances in The Who’s Tommy and Mad Max Behind Thunderdome, and her bestselling autobiography I, Tina. Her onstage energy and distinctive vocal quality solidified Turner as an icon of rock and R&B music, earning her 12 Grammy awards over her career. Turner eventually relinquished her American citizenship in 2013 and moved to Switzerland, where she passed away earlier this year.
