Tina Turner

About

Considered the Queen of Rock and Roll, she released the single "Proud Mary" in 1971 and received 12 Grammy Awards, collaborating with many other popular artists.

Before Fame

She picked cotton with her parents as sharecroppers, and moved in with her great-aunt after her parents divorced in 1978. She worked as a nurse's aide and began dreaming of becoming a nurse.

Trivia

She went on a fiftieth anniversary tour in 2008, and broke the record for solo artist concert ticket sales.

Family Life

She gave birth to her son Craig when she was eighteen, married Ike Turner in 1962, and divorced him on March 29, 1978. She then married Erwin Bach in 2013. She and Ike had a son named Ronnie Turner.

Associated With

She appeared in the 1993 film Last Action Hero, which starred F. Murray Abraham.