She was born November 26th, 1939. ¹⁾

Anna Mae Bullock is her real name. ²⁾

Tina Turner was born in the town of Nutbush, Tennessee. ³⁾

She is of African-American heritage, with roughly 33% European and 1% Native American background. ⁴⁾

Tina Turner's mother abandoned her when she was eleven years old in order to flee the terrible relationship she had with the singer's father. ⁵⁾

She used to be a member of Brownsville's Carver High School's female basketball team. ⁶⁾

When she was 17 years old, she snatched the microphone from Ike Turner's hands and “blew” the crowd's mind when she began singing in a club. Ike Turner was taken aback by her voice. ⁷⁾

The first song she recorded with Ike was “A Fool in Love,” which was released in July 1960. ⁸⁾

She and Ike fell in love and married in Tijuana in 1962. ⁹⁾

She used food stamps, stayed with friends, and performed tiny clubs to pay off bills for over two years following her divorce. ¹⁰⁾