Tina Turner

Released: October 22, 1991

Songwriter: Albert Hammond Holly Knight

[Verse 1]
You got the right to tell me
It's all over
It isn't like me to be
Begging you
Don't let go don't let go
Just stay with me another day
When i'm not myself
Please understand me
I'm so confused i don't know what to do
But don't give up
Don't give up
It just may take a little time

[Chorus]
Be tender with me baby
I'm so afraid you'll go away
Be tender with me baby always

[Verse 2]
I know that you've been patient
With my weakness
And that you hate to see me cry
But i know yes i know
It doesn't have to be this way
But i'm so lonely i could die

[Chorus]
Be tender with me baby
I'm so afraid you'll go away
Be tender with me baby always

[Verse 3]
Why does my heart keep on longing
Why do i feel like i do
I hope you see this is not really me
This is just a phase that i'm going through

[Chorus]
Be tender with me baby
Be tender with me baby
I'm so afraid you'll go away
Be tender with me baby
For always always
Be tender with me baby
I'm so afraid you'll go away
Be tender with me baby
Always for always always

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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NOW That’s What I Call Music! 18 [UK] (1990)
Simply the Best (1991)
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