Tina Turner grabbed the attention of a global audience at Live Aid — the most widely viewed music event to ever be staged in Philly, or for that matter, the world. Here is what we remember about it.
Tina Turner, the explosively energetic performer who rose to fame in the 1960s and overcame an abusive relationship in an inspirational second act to become one of the most popular artists in the world, died in Switzerland on Wednesday at 83.
The singer born Anna Mae Bullock in Brownsville, Tenn., had an electrifying presence on stage. And she didn’t lose that in the second phase of her career when the 1984 albumvaulted her to solo superstardom behind the hit “What’s Love Got To Do With It.
Turner’s moment came when she paired off with Mick Jagger, the Rolling Stones singer who freely admitted that early in his career he copped his dance moves from Turner and James Brown.
Jagger first stripped off his own T-shirt, then costume changed into a yellow blazer before ripping off Turner’s skirt, leaving her to finish the song in a leotard as the two vamped in front of a band led by guitarist G.E. Smith on the “It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll” coda. Along with Patti LaBelle’s grandiose, over the top “Somewhere Over The Rainbow” it was unquestionably the high-energy climax of the star-studded concert for African famine relief.Live Aid took place on July 13, 1985, at JFK Stadium. On July 29, Turner returned to the city to shoot the video for “One Of The Living” at Eastern State Penitentiary. The song was from George Romero’s, which she starred in that year. It wasn’t the big hit from the movie: That was “We Don’t Need Another Hero.
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