Tina turner images biography

Tina Turner, who has died at the age of 83, was widely referred to as the Queen of Rock'n'Roll.

She rose to fame as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before her career as a solo performer took off in the 1980s.

She is best known for hits including The Best, Private Dancer, What's Love Got to Do With It, Typical Male and Let's Stay Together.

Tina met Ike Turner at a performance by his band, the Kings of Rhythm, in 1956, and she soon became part of the act (pictured above in 1961).

In 1960, the pair's A Fool in Love entered the pop charts, and a string of hit singles soon followed.

Tina turner images biography

They included It's Gonna Work Out Fine, River Deep, Mountain High, and Proud Mary.

Turner was married to Ike Turner for 16 years but they divorced in 1978. In her 1986 autobiography I, Tina: My Life Story, the star told of the abuse she had su