1- Tina Turner Ranked #2 on VH1’s Greatest Women of Rock N Roll.
2- Tina Turner was raised in the small town of Nutbush, Tennessee.
3- In 2001 the Tennessee State Route 19 was renamed Tina Turner Highway
4- She was a cheerleader and played on the girl’s basketball team while in high school
5- She was voted the 61st Greatest Rock ‘n’ Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.
6- In 1991 Tina Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
7- Tina Wrote autobiography I, Tina in 1986. Her story spawned the 1993 hit movie What’s Love Got to Do With It.
8- Turner has been a practicing Buddhist since 1975.
9- She was ranked #6 on VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists
10- Turner performed on stage with David Bowie in 1985. They sang “Tonight” together, and when Bowie whispers in her ear, it is rumored that he is proposing to her.
11- She used to be onthe female basketball team at Carver High School in Brownsville.
12- She has been referred to as The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
13- Tina Turner Turned down a role in the comedy-drama film Thelma ve Louise (1991).
14- When she was 14 years old, her oldest sister and cousin were both killed in an automobile accident in Ripley, Tennessee.
15- In 1988 Tina Turner broke a world record. She has the largest audience ever at a live paid solo concert. There were 184,000 in the audience for her Break Every Rule tour in Rio de Janeiro at the Maracana.
16- Tina Turner’s legs were described by George W. Bush as “the most famous in show business.”
17- Her real name is Anna Mae Bullock
18- She has won has won 12 Grammy Awards
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