Tumult! : the incredible life and music of Tina Turner / Donald Brackett.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Guilford, Connecticut : Backbeat Books, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: ix, 215 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781493055067
- 1493055062
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book
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Main Library | Biography | TURNER, T. B797 | Available | 33111010434153 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The narrative of Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner is an extended exploration of the magical transformation of shy country girl Anna Mae Bullock into the boisterous force of nature we know today as Tina Turner. This is creative alchemy in action: turning into Turner is actually also the captivating tale of someone who was already precociously there, a stellar talent just waiting to emerge and grab the global spotlight. Far from the early myths attached to her name by association with her talented but tormenting producer-husband, she was not a Svengali-like creation at all, but rather a fully formed, if vulnerable, young musical prodigy who was going to burst out of the creative shell imposed upon her one way or the other. Even though it took sixteen years to do so, her second career as a solo pop artist is the achievement for which she is rightly remembered.
In Turner, we have a case study in triumph over adversity and sheer creative will power: singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, feminist icon. Often referred to as the Queen of Rock and Roll, she has sold over two hundred million records and sold more live concert tickets than any other solo performer in history. In 2019, she celebrated her eighieth birthday and was also lionized in the live Broadway version of her incredible life story, Tina: The Musical, starring Adrienne Warren. In Tumult!, we unearth and examine what uncanny skills enabled her to connect with so many people at such a deep heart-to-heart level. She is, in fact, a beating human heart in high heels.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-211), discography (pages 203-207), and index.
Introduction. No north or south in dreams : turning into Turner -- I could have been anyone anywhere : the origin myth -- Pass me that microphone : one chance in a million -- Chitlin' royalty : touring mania -- Public romancer : deeper and higher -- Please release me, let me go : proud Tina -- Nichiren nights : the Baptist Buddhist -- Re-launch : firsthand emotion -- Better than all the rest : we need another heroine -- Heavy weather in a dress : the legacy of Tina Turner.
"The narrative of Tumult! The Incredible Life and Music of Tina Turner is an extended exploration of the magical transformation of shy country girl Anna Mae Bullock into the boisterous force of nature we know today as Tina Turner"-- Provided by publisher.