Tina Turner

(a. Cymone, G. Cole)
Producer: andre cymone
Albums: days of thunder soundtrack

Look for empty roads to travel
And grab some peace of mind
When my life seems to unravel
Strength from you I'll find
Like the ocean and the sunshine
I'll keep trying till you're all mine

Till the moment is right
I won't give up the fight
I'll keep pushing till I break through the barrier
Like a phoenix arises
Ain't no mountain too high
I'll keep pushing till I break through the barrier

Like the eyes of total strangers
Our future is unknown
In a world of hidden danger
Don't want to be all alone
Like a rainbow and the starlight
I'll keep holding on till you're mine

Till the moment is right
I won't give up the fight
I'll keep pushing till I break through the barrier
Like a phoenix arises
Ain't no mountain too high
I'll keep pushing till I break through the barrier

When it seems that odds are all against you
Gotta reach inside and find the strength to pull you through

It's not enough to love each other, baby
To make it right is gonna take some time
If I could only break through your barrier

Often dubbed the Queen of Rock & Roll, Tina Turner is arguably among the most iconic of female divas in history, with her prolific career and memorable personality as a performer and a public figure. Hailing from a small town in Tennessee, and born Anna Mae Bullock, Turner has cemented herself as one of music’s greatest entertainers.

Turner’s career in music arose from her frequenting of nightclubs near St. Louis, where she would meet her soon-to-be husband Ike Turner, who would also give her the alias “Tina”. With Ike, she would form the famous Ike And Tina Turner Revue. A dynamic, explosive R&B ensemble, the two became the definition of the genre in the late 60s and early 70s, where R&B/Soul had only tiptoed into the realms of the mainstream. A particularly influential act in popularizing the genre, the Revue went on to release some of music’s most memorable and iconic tracks – a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary”, the Phil Spector-penned “River Deep – Mountain High”, and the electric “Nutbush City Limits”. After a host of drug and abuse problems on Ike’s part, with the male Turner eventually engaging in a violent altercation with his wife, Tina decided to leave her husband for the solo life – and it worked.

As a solo artist, with the help of fellow artists like glam rocker David Bowie, Turner tumbled into mainstream success in the 80s with the only number-one hit of her career – the unconquerable love ballad “What’s Love Got To Do With It” as part of her debut solo album, Private Dancer.

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