Essay Archive - Tina Turner
Tina Turner
Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock In 1939 on a small farm in Nutbush, Tennessee. At the age of 13, she was left with out a mother and a father. Anna went to live with her cousin in St. Louis. When she was 16 she would go to clubs with her sister in St. Louis. While in these clubs she saw a band called “The Kings of Rhythm”. In this band was the first time she saw her soon to be husband Ike Turner.
The band had gotten to know Anna and her sister very well. One night at a club “The Kings of Rhythm” asked Anna’s sister to sing, and she refused. So Anna....
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