her real name is annie mae bullock. turner came _ stage name? her real name is annie mae bullock. ock. turner came from ike turner, and he named her tina. it's a mark of what that relationship was like, in those years she didn't even own the right to her own name, she said. it was difficult and very possessive, and very little freedom that she had. the wild freedom that she looked like she had, or total control on the stage, all eyes were on her — and off the stage, her life was under the control of ike turner. we have a statement here from her manager of 30 years, roger davies, i'll read a bit to our audience, he says, "tina was a unique and remarkable force of nature with her strength, incredible energy and immense talent. from the first day i met her in 1980, she believed in herself completely when few others did at the time. it was a privilege and an honourto did at the time. it was a privilege and an honour to have been a close friend, as well as her managerfor more than 30 years. i will miss her deeply." david, they had a very close bond, to have a managerfor 30 years. close

annie mae bullock grew up in not wish tennessee, a family of sharecroppers, he started singing in ikend as a teenager. # not push city limits... it was she hoped her escape, but it was an escape into a different sort of misery. there were hits, and the world saw a confident and powerful woman on stage. but the acid queen was in private fearful of her violent and controlling husband. finally in 1976, she walked out. i finally in 1976, she walked out. , ., ., ., out. i did try to leave, and the first — out. i did try to leave, and the first time, _ out. i did try to leave, and the first time, i _ out. i did try to leave, and the first time, i had - out. i did try to leave, and the first time, i had the i the first time, i had the experience of being whipped with a wire hanger, and then another time was something else, and i realised, well, you don't go back. # i'm your private dancer... what then followed was a rebirth. the team behind the band heaven 17, and the support of david bowie set her on the way to becoming one of the biggest selling acts in the world. # what's love got to do w

annie mae bullock grew up in tennessee. her family was sharecroppers. singing in ike turners when she was a teenager. and poor, largely abandoned by her parents, she hoped it was her escape. it was an escape into a different sort of misery. ♪ there were hits. and the world saw a confident, powerful woman on stage. but the acid queen was in private -- her violent controlling husband. in 1976, she walked out. >> i did try to leave. the first time was when i had the experience of being whippepd with a -- whipped with a wire hanger. and something else. and i realized you don't go back. ♪ >> her career was in the doldrums. however, there was a place that had long been more receptive to the tina turner magic, britain. ♪ >> "let's stay together" was a collaboration of the creative team behind heaven 17. a new british manager and backing artists such as david but we helped her charge her career. ♪ >> what followed was hit after hit. ♪ ♪ >> a film role in "mad max," >> how the world turns. one day cock of the walk, next a feather duster. ♪ >> and in the year 200

from annie mae bullock and the church choir of nutbush baptist church, to multi—platinum selling buddhistent correspondent colin paterson spoke about tina turner's comeback after leaving her abusive husband, ike turner. an example of how controlling ike turner was, he copyrighted the name tina turner, so that if she left him, he could replace her with another tina turner. in fact, when she eventually divorced him in 1978, in court she said he could have everything, all the royalties from the back catalogue. the one thing that she wanted was her name, and she was given it. and from that start, when she ran away from ike turner in dallas in the middle of the night in bare feet with 36 cents in her pocket and nothing but the rights to her name, she pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in music history. by the end of the �*70s, she was about to turn 40, she was working as a cleaner and singing twice a night in hotels to make money. the record industry was not interested at all, until a production team from england who were in the human league, they were going to be in heaven 17. they were

from annie mae bullock and the church choir of nutbush baptist church, to multi—platinum selling buddhistuperstar, living in switzerland... the extraordinary tina turner. and if you look at today's newspapers, the front pages in the uk have that line, simply the uk have that line, simply the best. tina turner, who has died at the age of 83. live now to los angeles, where we can speak to chris willman, who is a senior music writer and chief music critic at variety. lovely to talk to you. such sad news to hear of her passing, but what lovely tributes that have been coming in.- have been coming in. yes, i mean, have been coming in. yes, i mean. from _ have been coming in. yes, i mean, from literally - have been coming in. yes, i mean, from literally every l mean, from literally every celebrity in the world, almost. from beyonce, 0prah, ourformer president 0bama and his wife, angela basset who played her in the film version, mickjagger who borrowed a few moves from her over the years, magic johnson, the world of sports, politics, entertainment. we have just — politics, entertainment. we have

from annie mae bullock and the church choir of nutbush baptist church, to multi—platinum selling buddhistather continuing over the coming days. just day on day, there may be some variations in the amount of cloud that you might see. but regardless, they�*ll still be some warm, sunny spells. this area of high pressure is firmly anchored to the west of the uk at the moment. we�*ve got a northeasterly wind bringing something a little bit cooler around northern and eastern coast and a bit of cloud around the north sea at the moment. and you can see that stretches its way into parts of north east england, the midlands, east wales as well. but even this cloud here will thin and break up. more cloud moving its way into northern ireland. away from that, though, plenty of sunny spells into this afternoon. highest temperature likely down to the south west, cardiff there, 22 degrees celsius, a bit cooler around those north sea coasts. through this evening and tonight, again, we�*lljust see some varying cloud really. for most, there�*ll be some clear spells to take us into friday morning, perhaps thi

from annie mae bullock and the church choir of nutbush baptist church, to multi—platinum selling buddhistll superstar, living in switzerland... the extraordinary tina turner. a fall in how much we pay for our gas and electricity is expected to be announced later, as the energy regulator 0fgem sets the next price cap for households in england, wales and scotland. analysts predict a typical household's annual bill will decrease by around £450. the announcement is expected in about an hour. with more details, here's our cost of living correspondent colletta smith. for nicole, energy bills are always on her mind. just a lot of things, even boiling my kettle. doing my washing, having the tv on even for an hour to watch a film. partner gaming, just things like that. with two girls at home, she's forever topping up her prepaid gas and electricity meters. a lot more, more regular than what i used to do. so i'd be like, why do i need to top up again? it feels like i've just done it. so yeah, i do notice i've done it a lot more. and then i was like, i could have done something else with that. could

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