Tina Turner electrified audiences with her explosive stage presence. (Photo: AFP)
WASHINGTON – Tina Turner, the growling songstress whose explosive stage presence electrified fans the world over, left an indelible mark on 20th-century rock with five decades of hits — first with husband Ike Turner, but most memorably as a wildly successful solo act.
The Black eight-time Grammy winner lit up the stage from the 1960s onwards — and won a new generation of fans in a stunning comeback after escaping her violent marriage, making her popular music’s ultimate survivor.
Abandoned by her parents, Turner emerged from Tennessee’s cotton fields to become the “Queen of Rock and Roll” who, according to music lore, taught Mick…
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