![]() ![]() 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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