'What's Love Got To Do With It.' (film about Ike and Tina Turner) (Cover Story)

Ebony | July 1, 1993| | Copyright

HE was an aggressive musician who, many felt, was way ahead of his time. She was a sexy country girl who possessed a unique sound, a gritty voice and incredible legs that communicated in all languages.

Ike Turner and Anna Mae Bullock (he changed her name to Tina after they married) met in St. Louis in the late 1950s and a stormy relationship was forged. He was a flashy dresser and a smooth talker with fantastic, massive dreams. She was a naive teenager from Nutbush, Tenn., who was mesmerized by Ike and his dazzling style from the first moment she saw him on stage ...

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