![]() ![]() Onomatology suggests that Mary means “beloved,” and also “bitterness.”Ms. Her persona burst onto the scene passionately with “Proud Mary,” which in her hands became a soul-stirring personal commentary chronicling servitude to stardom. Mary was a fitting name that captured the duality of Ms. ![]() It was a reminder of her Tennessee upbringing, the lineage of sharecropping, and her domestic servitude.“Tina Turner” was an expression of emancipation. Her suggestion in the King interview that she experienced success rivaling the Rolling Stones spoke to a country and a culture that often waited too late to appreciate Black women in pop.“Anna Mae Bullock,” as she was born, was a callback – to the harsh realities of systemic racism and spousal abuse. Turner earned her freedom, both as an entertainer and lover. ![]() King later asked about her ex-husband, musician Ike Turner, she offered a one-word response: “Who?”Ms. “Europe has been very supportive of my music.”When Mr. Turner explained her exodus from America – and alluded to another important separation.“I left America because my success was in another country and my boyfriend was in another country,” she said. She also wore her smile in a way that brought life to Maya Angelou’s words in the poem “Phenomenal Woman” – “the curl of my lips.”That sensuous smirk stood out notably in a 1997 interview with TV host Larry King, which made the rounds after Ms. Tina Turner, the “Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll,” wore many things well – flashy dresses and sensationally self-made wigs, among other fashionable items. ![]()
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