The saddest news,” Elton John said on Instagram. “We have lost one of the word’s most exciting and electric performers. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her. She was inspiring, warm, funny and generous. She was truly an enormously talented performer and singer. I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner. Turner performed with Jagger during a show in 1985 and toured with the band in the 60s. She helped me so much when I was young and I will never forget her,” Jagger said on Twitter. “I’m so saddened by the passing of my wonderful friend Tina Turner. US President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, musicians Mick Jagger, Elton John and Beyonce were among those paying tribute. Physically battered, emotionally devastated and financially ruined by her 20-year relationship with guitarist Ike Turner, she became a superstar on her own in her 40s, at a time when most of her peers were on their way down, and she remained a top concert draw for years after. Her 1988 show in Rio de Janeiro drew 180,000 people, which remains one of the largest concert audiences for any single performer.įew stars travelled so far and overcame so much. Turner won six of her eight Grammy Awards in the 1980s. She was known for a core of pop, rock and rhythm and blues favourites Proud Mary, Nutbush City Limits, River Deep, Mountain High and the hits she had in the 80s – among them What’s Love Got to Do with It, We Don’t Need Another Hero and a cover of Al Green’s Let’s Stay Together. Nicknamed the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll”, Turner was one of the world’s most popular entertainers. The United States-born singer, who left an abusive relationship to become one of the top recording artists of all time, died on Wednesday at her home in Kusnacht, near Zurich in Switzerland. It was unmistakable.Musicians, actors, athletes and world leaders have taken to social media to pay tribute to the late superstar Tina Turner. There were a lot of people backstage but I could see her hair coming down the hallway above everyone. As I hadn’t heard back, I sent a copy of the song to her manager, Roger Davies, who asked if I would meet Tina after her show - which I did, and it was spectacularly Tina. He added: “Toward the end of making my album, I heard that Tina was coming to Vancouver as the support act for Lionel Richie. “Tina was making the album Private Dancer, and her producer Carter called me up and asked me to write a song for her, but I was making the Reckless album at the time and didn’t have a spare song … or did I? I asked him if she’d sing on my album and hoped to hear back,” he said.” The song eventually culminated in a number of musical projects.įor the December 2018/January 2019 issue of Zoomer, Suzanne Boyd interviewed Adams about his decades-long friendship and collaboration with Turner.
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