Tina Turner

Songwriter: Allen Toussaint

Nothing make 'em holla
Like the Almighty Dolla
Jungle hogs are ready, again
If you rich and treat her nice
They get a good price
Over charge the poor
Some more

I'm talking 'bout
Viva la money...

Now you buy a cheap thrill
And you can pay a few bills
Even get yourself killed, fact
Now it can fool ya heart
And make 'em think your smart
Tear a friend apart
Too bad, too bad

Viva la money...

It can make you feel good
But it you feel bad
It can make you happy
But it can make you sad
It can you do right
But it can make you do wrong
And it'll still be around
When you dead and gone

Viva la money...

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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