Legendary singer Tina Turner has passed at 83. Starting out in the late 1950s with Ike Turner led to hits like their 1970s smash cover Proud Mary and eventually, decades later, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. However, she escaped the abuse of her former husband in the 1970s and struggled to reinvent herself.
The result was a triumphant comeback led by MTV and the blockbuster solo album Private Dancer with hit singles like What's Love Got to Do With It? She has sold a staggering 200 million records in her career and garnered 8 Grammy Awards. Her concerts amassed as many as 180,000. She sang the title tune for the Bond film Goldeneye and even acted in the classic Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. She was one of the We Are the World singers and was a highlight of Live Aid with Mick Jagger.
I saw her perform in the 1980s at the old Capital Centre with Glenn Frey as her opener. She was dynamic and a force of nature. Like her song, she was Simply the Best.
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