Timeline Tina Turner

American-born singer, songwriter and actress widely known as the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. She rose to fame in the 1960s as part of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, then rebuilt her career as a solo artist in her forties with the landmark album Private Dancer (1984). She won twelve Grammy Awards, sold over 100 million records worldwide, and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame twice.

All

Person

Event

Conflicts

Disaster / crisis

Science

Culture

Companies

Countries

Dashed left edge = started before this timeline · Dashed right edge = still ongoing

Tina Turner 15

1939 Tina Turner born in Tennessee Born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tennessee, and raised in Nutbush. Grew up singing in the Spring Hill Baptist Church choir.
1957 – 1960 Meeting Ike Turner Met Ike Turner at the Manhattan Club in East St. Louis. Began performing with his band the Kings of Rhythm and released her first single A Fool in Love (1960) as Tina Turner.
1960 A Fool in Love Released her debut single A Fool in Love as Tina Turner, launching the Ike & Tina Turner partnership. The song reached number two on the R&B chart.
1966 River Deep – Mountain High Recorded River Deep – Mountain High with producer Phil Spector, a song later recognised as one of the greatest pop recordings ever made.
1971 Proud Mary Won a Grammy Award for the Ike & Tina Turner version of Proud Mary, which became one of their signature songs.
1975 Tommy Played the Acid Queen in Ken Russell's film adaptation of The Who's rock opera Tommy, delivering a scene-stealing performance.
1976 – 1978 Leaving Ike Turner Left Ike Turner in 1976, fleeing their Dallas hotel room with 36 cents in her pocket. Their divorce was finalised in 1978. She later revealed years of horrific physical abuse during their marriage.
1984 Private Dancer Released Private Dancer, her solo comeback album, which sold over 20 million copies worldwide and won three Grammy Awards including Record of the Year for What's Love Got to Do with It.
1985 Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Starred as Aunty Entity in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, adding a memorable film role to her music career.
1986 I, Tina and Break Every Rule Published her autobiography I, Tina, which detailed the abuse she suffered during her marriage to Ike Turner. Released the album Break Every Rule and embarked on a record-breaking world tour.
1988 Record-Breaking Concert in Rio Performed to 180,000 people in Rio de Janeiro, one of the largest concert audiences for any solo performer in history.
1993 What's Love Got to Do with It (Film) Angela Bassett portrayed Turner in the biographical film What's Love Got to Do with It, earning an Oscar nomination. The film brought Turner's story of survival to a global audience.
2013 Swiss Citizenship and Marriage to Erwin Bach Married Erwin Bach, her partner of 27 years, and became a Swiss citizen, renouncing her American citizenship.
2021 Second Rock Hall Induction and Tina Documentary Inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame for the second time as a solo artist. The HBO documentary Tina, a deeply personal portrait of her life, was also released.
2023 Tina Turner dies in Switzerland Died peacefully at her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, Switzerland, at the age of 83, after a long illness. She had suffered a stroke in 2013, intestinal cancer in 2016, and undergone a kidney transplant in 2017.