From 'Proud Mary' to 'What's Love Got to Do With It': A look at best songs from Tina Turner's six-decade-long music career
ZURICH, SWITZERLAND: Tina Turner died at the age of 83 on Wednesday, May 24. The singer delivered numerous hits during her career spanning six decades. The singer’s representative confirmed that she died at her Küsnacht home near Zurich Switzerland following a prolonged illness. "With her music and her boundless passion for life, she enchanted millions of fans around the world and inspired the stars of tomorrow. Today we say goodbye to a dear friend who leaves us all her greatest work: her music," read her Instagram post.
She gave numerous hits during her career which also included some of the prominent flicks. Here is a list of top songs from the legendary ‘queen of pop’ singer. The first one is 'Proud Mary' (1971) as the success of Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969. Ike and Tina launched explosive form with this song. It starts with her sultry intro and turns into a blast with strong vocals. It even hit the top four of the Billboard chart and got her a Grammy Award.
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Tina Turner: Queen of Rock 'n' Roll who had a famed career spanning six decades dies at 83
Let's Stay Together (1983)
Tina Turner earned her prestige back with ‘Let's Stay Together.' Martyn Ware and Glenn Gregory needed a singer for an album of cover versions for their British Electric Foundation project and Tina was without any record deal at that time. When she entered the Abbey Road Studios, there were no other musicians there. "Where's the band?" she asked genuinely expecting a Phil Spector-esque orchestra. Instead, the music was made by synthesizers.
'What's Love Got to Do With It'
Turner established herself with this particular song written by Terry Britten and Graham Lylre. The song was initially offered to Sir Cliff Richard Donna Summer and Bucks Fizz. The singer wanted to do her own version ‘forcefully, with gravity and raw emotion,’ and it was a success, as per BBC News.
'We Don’t Need Another Hero'
Written by Britten and Lyle, this song was made into Mel Gibson's film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome in which Turner appeared as well. Portraying character Aunty Entity, she believed was "strong and resilient. She lost so much, and then she went through so much to get the men in her world to respect her. I related to her struggles because I lived them," she said.
Golden Eye
Turner had it all in her career, including the honor to be part of the James Bond franchise! Turner was approached for Pierce Brosnan’s debut as 007 and she delivered this song written by U2’s Bono and The Edge. "He didn't make a proper demo, someone had just thrown the music together. I thought, how do I put this together? It wasn't showing me what the melody was. So I created as close to what I thought the melody was of that, Turner said in an interview, adding "I had to work really hard. I knew then that I could sing anything put before me."