TINA TURNER (with Yale University's Dr. Daphne Brooks)
Pop Pantheon
DJ Louie XIV
4.7 • 630 Ratings
🗓️ 16 May 2024
⏱️ 102 minutes
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Yale University’s Dr. Daphne Brooks returns to Pop Pantheon to unpack one of the foundational blueprints for pop stardom as we know it, Tina Turner. Dr. Brooks and Louie trace Tina’s roots in Tennessee, her debut as a nightclub act in St. Louis and her early work with Ike Turner, from their hit single “A Fool in Love” to their string of R&B hits, fiery live revue and work with Phil Spector. They recount Tina’s influence on the major white rock acts of the period, Ike and Tina’s 1971 hit “Proud Mary” and her first solo album, Tina Turns the Country On. Then they recount her split from Ike and 1984’s blockbuster Private Dancer – one of the greatest comebacks in pop history. Finally, they discuss her continued global success through to her passing, her seismic influence and legacy and rank Tina Turner in the Official Pop Pantheon.
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| 1:14.0 | All right, big one today. This is an off-requested episode from our listeners and obviously one of the most |
| 1:19.6 | important and iconic music figures and pop stars of all time. Here is Pop Pantheon, Tina Turner. |
| 1:26.4 | Music time. Here is Pop Pantheon, Tina Turner. Calling Tina Turner a quote-unquote pop star honestly feels a bit |
| 1:41.9 | small. What do you call someone whose personal story, her immense |
| 1:45.2 | trials, and myriad massive accomplishments are essentially national lore. An artist with half |
| 1:50.6 | a century in the spotlight, a career integral to the foundation of rock and roll music, dance, |
| 1:55.0 | and performance, whose seismic hits indoor 30, 40, and 50 years after they debuted, who |
| 2:00.0 | mounted perhaps the most unlikely |
| 2:01.6 | and iconic comeback of all time and reached the absolute pinnacle of her fame at 44 years old, |
| 2:07.3 | whose life story has been fodder for hit books, films, and musicals, who's been cited as |
| 2:11.3 | an influence by everyone from Beyonce to Janice Joplin, the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, Lady Gaga, |
| 2:16.0 | Janet, and Michael Jackson, and countless others, |
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