Tina Turner: the making of a rock'n'roll revolutionary

With new stage production Tina: The Musical now open, we look back at the boundary-breaking 60-year career of a singer who crossed racial lines and overcame violent oppression to revolutionise musicTina Turner was a giant of the decade that brought us sky-high Elnett hairdos and dazzling arena pop. Her swagger, sensuality, gravelly vocals and unstoppable energy were her trademarks and still evoke the kind of euphoria that remains synonymous with rock’n’roll. Yet in the mid-1980s â...

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