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Tina Turner: A Life in Photos – UnlistedNews

It’s hard to think of a boundary that Tina Turner didn’t break.

It destroyed the dichotomy between R&B and rock ‘n’ roll. She demonstrated that it was possible to not only tell the story of being a wife who endured spousal abuse, but also to transcend her victimization and turn it into art.

but with that hair (usually wigs, but who cares?), those legsthat snarland an endless supply of beaded gowns, Ms. Turner, who died Wednesday at 83, was also a powerful style icon and enduring sex symbol whose heyday didn’t really begin until 1984, when, at age 44, , released the album “Private Dancer”, and it sold five million copies.

Many of her stage costumes were designed by Bob Mackie, the man best known as Cher’s partner in kitsch, but with Mrs. Turner she achieved something entirely different.

Cher introduced Mr. Mackie and Mrs. Turner. In 1977, shortly before Tina and Ike Turner’s divorce was finalized, the two divas performed together, wearing identical flaming gold Mr. Mackie gowns, on “The Sonny & Cher Show.”

After that, Mr. Mackie became an essential part of Ms. Turner’s entourage, designing one outfit after another for a touring career that lasted until 2009, by which time she was about to turn 70. .

Denim jackets came and went, but the beads were ubiquitous: they were usually shiny, little hung loose, and the legs… simply the best — could not be hidden. When she sang, in “Proud Mary,” that “we’re gonna do it nice and hard,” she very well could have been describing her visual style.

Her uncanny ability to appear fierce while being a relentless transmitter of hope and empathy groomed her equally well to become the best-selling author of self-help books and the villain of two campy cult classics: “The Who’s Tommy” and ” Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome.

It’s impossible to look at electrifying deities like Mary J. Blige and Beyoncé, with their blonde hair, shimmering suits, and anthems of resistance, without acknowledging an influence that may begin with flashes, but certainly doesn’t end with them.

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