Tina Turner

Songwriter: Dallas Frazier

Even though the night is early there's a fire that whispers hurry
Darling please turn off the lights and lock the door
Come lay down here beside me tell me that I'm soft and pretty
And love me like you never have before
If this is our last time make it last me for a lifetime
Don't hold back the love you feel inside why should passion be ashamed
If this is our last time make it last me for a lifetime
Leave me with enough of sunshine to carry me through the rain

In the morning you'll be leaving but tonight there'll be no grieving
I'll have lots of time to cry when you're gone
Let's not waste one precious moment take all of me I'm still your woman
And love me up until the break of dawn
If this is our last time...

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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