Tina Turner and Ike Turner while they were still married.
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Since the death of the queen n roll, Tina Turnerin Zurich, Swiss, after years of battling illness, many interesting issues about his life have resurfaced. One of them is her first wedding in Tijuana, Mexico with Ike Turner.
Ike Turner it took one night to Tina Turnerto whom he changed the name, because it was called Anna Mae Bullockthey headed towards Tijuana. There they got married and the music producer and manager ensured financial stability at that time. This without mentioning that the rights to her music belonged to him. It was not a love wedding.
She recounted in one of her books “My Love Story” who didn’t ask anything. She just did it. He was already afraid of who was also his abuser. Ike Turner and Tina Turner did not spend their wedding night togethernot alone like all newlyweds. He took her to a brothel. In her memories, the Jazz and Blues singer also said that it was one of the worst nights of his life: “He was having a great time”.
“Maybe you discovered that Tijuana was the best place for a quick ceremonywho found someone who would do it without asking for blood tests or a marriage license… In a small, dirty office, a man threw some papers on a desk for me to sign, and that was it. She may not have had much wedding experience, but she knew the occasion was supposed to be emotional and happy. There was none of that. No toast. no congratulations“, revealed in the book published in 2018, assured the interpreter of “I Don’t Wanna Lose You” and “Private Dancer”.
Tina Turner lived through years of abuse and mistreatment
What came after that night was just an appetizer of the true hell that the artist lived through. Ike’s addictions to her made him literally beat the shit out of her: “He used my nose like a punching bag so many times that I could taste the blood running down my throat when he sang.. She broke my jaw… Cracked lips, black eyes, dislocated joints, broken bones…”
After 16 years, Tina Turner he obtained a divorce in exchange for leaving him part of his music and all his money and property. Still, he paid that price for his freedom. He started again from scratch and succeeded even more at the professional level, leaving a legacy forever.
Tina Turner loved Mexico
traveled at least 6 times to Mexico. For promotion and presentations. The bad memories of her did not make her give up on her Mexican public. She sang in the Aztec stadium 4 times and appeared in Always on Sunday.
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