Tina Turner

Released: November 19, 1993

Songwriter: John Fogerty

Producer: Chris Lord-Alge Tina Turner Roger Davies

You know, every now and then
I think you might like to hear something from us
Nice and easy
But there's just one thing, you see
We never ever do nothing
Nice and easy
We always do it nice and rough
But we're gonna take the beginning of this song
And do it easy
But then we're gonna do the finish rough
The way we do Proud Mary
(Rollin', rollin', rollin' on the river)
Listen to the story

Left a good job in the city
Working for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleeping
I weren't worryin' 'bout the way that things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin'
Ooh, the Proud Mary keep on burnin'
And we're rollin' (rolling), rollin', yeah (rolling)
Rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
(And I) Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Until I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen

(You know that) Big wheel keep on turnin'
Ooh, the Proud Mary keep on burnin'
And we're rollin' (rolling), rollin', yeah (rolling)
Rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)
I said we're rollin' (rolling), rollin' (rolling)
Rollin' on the river (rolling on the river)

Oh I left a good job in the city
Workin' for the man every night and day
And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been

Big wheel keep on turnin' (turnin')
Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin')
Rollin' (yeah), rollin' (alright)
Rollin' on the river (go ahead now)
Rollin' (alright), rollin' (yeah)
Rollin' on the river

Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis, y'all
Pumped a lot of 'tane down in New Orleans
But I never saw the good side of the city
Till I hitched a ride on the riverboat queen

Big wheel keep on turnin' (turnin')
Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin')
Rollin' (alright), rollin' (yeah)
Rollin' on the river (go ahead now)
Rollin', rollin'
Rollin' on the river

If you come down to the river
I bet you gonna find some people who live
You don't have to worry if you got no money
The people on the river are happy to give

Big wheel keep on turnin' (turnin')
Proud Mary keep on burnin' (burnin')
Rollin' (rollin'), rollin' (yeah)
Rollin' on the river (alright now)
Rollin', rollin'
Rollin' on the river

(Rollin') Yeah (rollin') alright, alright now
(Rollin') Yeah (rollin') uhn-huhn
(Rollin' on the river) Gimme one more time
(Rollin') Yeah (rollin') whoo-wee
(Rollin' on the river)
(Rollin') Oh (rollin') yeah
(Rollin' on the river)

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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What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993)
Flushed Away (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2006)

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