Turner advised Oprah Winfrey in 2013 that the change occurred with out her consent after she recorded the tune “A Idiot In Love” in 1960.
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Tina Turner, who died on Wednesday (24), was named Anna Mae Bullock when she was born. She reluctantly modified her identify early in her profession after Ike Turner, who was her husband on the time.
Turner advised Oprah Winfrey in 2013 that the change occurred with out her consent after she recorded the tune “A Idiot In Love” in 1960.
“Ike’s drawback was that he all the time needed to be a star. So he modified his identify to Ike and mine to Tina, which was a reputation he made up. It was patented in order that he may personal it”, mentioned the singer in an interview with the presenter. Ike’s thought was that if Turner left their band, he may change her and proceed utilizing the identify.
Turner and Ike’s marriage was marked by violence and management from the start. Along with hitting the singer, Ike had the behavior of dishonest on her, practising violent and non-consensual intercourse and forcing her to sing even when the artist was not feeling properly.
“First, he’s verbally abusive. Afterwards, he picked up a chunk of wooden. Ike knew what he was doing. If you happen to play guitar, you by no means use your fists in a struggle. He used the wooden to hit me on the pinnacle – all the time on the pinnacle”, narrates the singer within the ebook “Minha História de Amor”, from 2018.
