How Tina Turner Built Rock ’n’ Roll (And Got Left Out of It)

We trace Tina Turner's journey from the cotton fields of Nutbush, Tennessee to global superstardom. We dig into the abuse that nearly ended her career, her extraordinary reinvention, and the overlooked influence she and other Black women had on a genre that too often erased them. This is the real story of one of music's most powerful voices, and the legacy the industry tried to forget.

Additional archive: Simply The Best, Capitol Records, 1991

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