Anna Mae (Bullock) Turner (1939 - 2023)

Born 26 Nov 1939 in Nutbush, Haywood, Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Izear Luster Turner Jr. — married 1962 in Tijuana, Baja California North, Mexico

Died 24 May 2023 at age 83 in Küsnacht, Zürich, Switzerland

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Biography

Tina Turner was an American singer and actor, widely referred to as the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll".^[1]

Anna Mae Bullock was born in Tennessee in 1939, the daughter of Floyd Richard Bullock and Zelma (Currie) Bullock Mimms.^[2]

Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on Nov 26, 1939, in the rural Tennessee community of Nutbush, which she lyrically described in her 1973 song Nutbush City Limits as a "quiet little old community, a one-horse town."

Her father worked as an overseer on a farm and her mother left the family when the singer was 11 years old, according to the singer’s 2018 memoir, My Love Story. As a teenager, she moved to St Louis to rejoin her mom.

Ike Turner, whose 1951 song Rocket 88 has often been called the first rock and roll record, discovered Anna at age 17 when she grabbed the mic to sing at his club show in St Louis in 1957.

The band leader later recorded a hit song, A Fool In Love, with his protege and gave her the stage name Tina Turner, before the two married in Tijuana, Mexico.

Turner left her husband one night in 1976 on a tour stop in Dallas, after he pummeled her during a car ride and she struck back, according to her memoir. Their divorce was finalized in 1978.

She and Ike Turner raised four sons:^[3][4]

1. Ike Junior Turner (born 1958), who was a child from Ike's prior relationship with Lorraine Taylor (1933-2019), who was adopted by Tina Turner, as was his brother, Michael Turner
2. Craig Raymond Hill Turner (1958-2018), the son of Raymond Earl Hill (abt.1933-1996), whom Anna never married^[5]
3. Michael Turner (born 1960), brother of Ike Turner Jr, also adopted by Tina Turner
4. Ronolde Ronnie Turner (1960-2022), Tina's son with her husband Ike Turner^[6]

A Summary of Her Career

See also: Queen of rock ‘n’ roll Tina Turner dies at 83. The Straits Times. 25 May 2023. Zurich: Switzerland: SPH Media Limited, Accessed 16 Jun 2023.

• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 for her music with Ike Turner and again in 2021 for her work as a solo artist
• Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of all Time, #63
• on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Singers #17
• VH-1's list of the 100 Greatest Artists of Rock and Roll #22
• Virtually all of her achievements are cataloged on Wikipedia. She is also featured on Wikipedia's List of best-selling female music artists.

Featured Music from YouTube

• Song sample: Proud Mary: live 1971 performance with her first husband Ike Turner
• Song sample: The Acid Queen, from the 1975 film Tommy, which was also released in the soundtrack and separately as produced as the last (1976) single from the Ike & Tina Turner Revue^[7][8]
• Song sample: What's Love Got to Do With It? (circa 1997)

Life with Erwin Bach

In 1985, Turner met German music executive Erwin Bach who became her long-term partner. In 1988 she moved to London, beginning a decades-long residency in Europe, and then to Switzerland about 1993.^[9]

In 2013, she and Bach married in Kuesnacht, Zurich, Switzerland in a civil ceremony, relinquishing her American citizenship and becoming a citizen of Switzerland the same year that she married Bach.^[9]

She battled a number of health problems after retiring and in 2018 she faced a family tragedy, when her oldest son, Craig, took his life at age 59 in Los Angeles. Her younger son Ronnie died in December 2022.

She is survived by Bach and two sons of Ike’s that she adopted.

Research Notes

Her former spouse, Ike Turner, claims that Martha Nell Bullock was her original name, but no records have emerged to confirm this.

Sources

1. ↑ Davidson, Mike. "'Queen of rock 'n' roll' Tina Turner dies at 83.", Reuters.com, 24 May 2023.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HZ-BWR : 31 March 2021), Anna Bullocks in household of Richard Bullocks, Civil District 11, Haywood, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district 38-23, sheet 14A, line 8, family 237, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3903.
3. ↑ Though this is a popular media site, it validates certain information that is available to the public that is otherwise hard to replicate in primary sources. If at a later time such sources become available, this one can be removed. An additional first-person citation, Ike Turner's memoir, is below-listed. Tina Turner's Family: Meet Her 4 Children, Including Her Late Sons. 25 May 2023. Insider.com Accessed 25 May 2023.
4. ↑ See also Ike Turner's Wikipedia page. Turner, Ike with Cawthorne, Nigel. With an introduction by Little Richard. Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner. 1999, p. 10. London, England: Virgin Books.
5. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images www.findagrave.com/memorial/191095310/craig-raymond-turner accessed 16 Jun 2023, memorial page for Craig Raymond Turner (20 Aug 1958–3 Jul 2018), Find A Grave: Memorial #191095310; Cremated, Spread over Pacific Ocean by his Mother; Maintained by Sherry Templin (Hicks Giese) (contributor 47303031).
6. ↑ "California Birth Index, 1905-1995," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGS5-WBF : 27 November 2014), Bullock in entry for Ronolde R Turner, 27 Oct 1960; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento.
7. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "The Acid Queen." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. 17 Feb 2023. Web. 16 Jun 2023.
8. ↑ Billboard's Top Album Picks. Tina Turner - Acid Queen, United Artists. Billboard. 30 Aug 1975, p. 52. Broadway, New York, New York: Billboard Publications Inc. Available on microfilm: KTO Microfilm, Rte 100, Milwood, New York, and by other means publicized on p. 3.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Reuters Staff. "Tina Turner weds longtime partner in quiet Swiss suburb." Reuters. 17 Jul 2013. Archived from the original 17 Jul 2013. Retrieved 6 Jun 2024.

Wikidata: Item Q131814, en:Wikipedia See also:

• "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSS-282S : Sun Jan 29 12:12:46 UTC 2023), Anna M Bullock in entry for Floyd R Bullock, 4 April 1950, Enumeration District 49-9. Ripley, Lauderdale, Tennessee, United States.
• allmusic.com
• Tina Turner Museum (opened 2012)
• Grimes, William. "Tina Turner, Singer of Explosive Power, Is Dead at 83." NYTimes.com, 24 May 2023.
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #254250578 (accessed 24 May 2023)
  Memorial page for Tina Turner (26 Nov 1939-24 May 2023); Maintained by Find a Grave.