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Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Tina Turner

This reader's advisory includes resources that celebrate the life and legacy of rock and roll royalty, Tina Turner by highlighting her contributions, accomplishments, legacies, struggles, and victories.

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  • My Love Story is an explosive and inspiring story of a woman who dared to break any barriers put in her way. Emphatically showcasing Tina's signature blend of strength, energy, heart, and soul, this is a gorgeously wrought memoir as…
    Downloadable AudiobookNew York : Simon & Schuster Audio, 2018. — EAUDIOBOOK
  • I, Tina

    My Life Story

    Turner, Tina
    A reissue of the one of the most fascinating and dramatic true stories in show business history--the massive bestseller I, Tina, in which the legendary Tina Turner tells all about her life and career: from her humble beginnings in Nut…
    PaperbackNew York, NY : It Books, 2010. — B TURNER
  • Black Diamond Queens

    African American Women and Rock and Roll

    Mahon, Maureen,
    In Black Diamond Queens , Maureen Mahon draws on recordings, press coverage, archival materials, and interviews to document the history of African American women in rock and roll between the 1950s and the 1980s.
    BookDurham : Duke University Press, 2020. — 782.4216 MAHON
  • Happiness Becomes You

    a Guide to Changing Your Life for Good

    Turner, Tina,
    Tina Turner--living legend, icon to millions, and author of the "brave and wry" ( Vulture ) memoir My Love Story --returns with a deeply personal book of wisdom that explores her longstanding faith in Buddhism and provides a guide to these…
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2020. — 294.3442 TURNER
  • Tina Turner

    Break Every Rule

    Bego, Mark
    The author, a best-selling celebrity biographer, delves into another self-made and strong-willed female star: internationally renowned soul/pop vocalist Tina Turner.
    BookLanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., 2003. — B TURNER
  • (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). 12 of this pop diva's biggest hits, spanning four decades: The Best * Better Be Good to Me * I Can't Stand the Rain * I Don't Wanna Fight * Let's Stay Together * Nutbush City Limits * Private Dancer *…
    Printed MusicNew York, NY : Cherry Lane Music Co. ; Milwaukee, WI : Exclusively distributed by Hal Leonard, c2004. — SCORE 781.66 TURNER
  • Rip It Up

    the Black Experience in Rock'n'roll

    Collecting the stories of Jimi Hendrix, Arthur Lee and Love, Prince, the punk band Bad Brains, and more obscure black members of "white" bands, along with original interviews with Slash from Guns n' Roses, Little Richard, Lenny Kravitz,…
    BookNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. — 781.66 RIP
  • From the early days to the Grammy Awards.
    BookPhiladelphia, PA : Chelsea House Publishers, c2000. — Y B TURNER
  • Music CDHollywood, CA : Capitol Records, p2008. — CD 781.64 TINA
  • Cottonball and Janaye become Tina Turner to sing a funky version of The Wheels on the Bus nursery rhyme.
    Streaming Video[Place of publication not identified] : Canadian Broadcasting Corp., [2016] — EVIDEO
  • The story of singer Tina Turner's life, following her abusive relationship with Ike to her rise to superstardom.
    Video Cassette[United States] : Touchstone Home Video ; [Burbank, CA] : distributed by Buena Vista Home Video, [1994] c1993. — VHS 791.43 WHAT'S
  • The Chitlin' Circuit

    and the Road to Rock 'n' Roll

    Lauterbach, Preston
    ...........The Chitlin' Circuit brings us into the sweaty back rooms where such stars as James Brown, B. B. King, and Little Richard got their start. With his unforgettable portraits of unsung heroes including King Kolax, Sax Kari, and…
    BookNew York : W. W. Norton & Company, c2011. — 781.640899 LAUTERBACH
  • Grown Up All Wrong

    75 Great Rock and Pop Artists From Vaudeville to Techno

    Christgau, Robert
    From Rolling Stones to Sonic Youth to Nirvana, from Bette Midler to Michael Jackson to DJ Shadow, Robert Christgau the text seems to show how money calls the tune in careers not necessarily compromised by their intercourse with commerce
    BookCambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press, c1998. — 781.66 CHRISTGAU
  • Just Around Midnight

    Rock and Roll and the Racial Imagination

    Hamilton, Jack, 1979-
    Serious rock became white because only white musicians could be original without being accused of betraying their race. Juxtaposing Sam Cooke and Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Rolling Stones, and many…
    BookCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, c2016. — 781.6609 HAMILTON
  • Max battles the crafty ruler of Bartertown, Aunty Entity (Tina Turner) and tries to rescue the city and the innocent children he has discovered.
    DVDBurbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2009. — DVD 791.43 MAD
  • DVD[Fairfax, VA] : Time-Life, c2010. — DVD 791.45 BEST
  • Rock, Rosetta, Rock! Roll, Rosetta, Roll!

    Presenting Sister Rosetta Tharpe, the Godmother of Rock & Roll

    Bolden, Tonya,
    "Award-winning author Tonya Bolden and acclaimed illustrator R. Gregory Christie deliver an inspiring true story about the life, career, and impact of 20th-century blues and gospel singer Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who was a trailblazer for…
    BookNew York, N.Y. : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] — J 787.871 THARPE
  • Shake, Rattle & Roll

    the Golden Age of American Rock 'n Roll

    Cotten, Lee
    BookAnn Arbor, Mich., U.S.A. : Pierian Press, 1989- — R781.66
  • In 1984, a 45-year-old Tina Turner made one of the most amazing comebacks in the history of American popular music. A few years earlier, it was hard to imagine the veteran soul/rock belter reinventing herself and returning to the top of…
    Audiobook CD[Hollywood, Calif.] : Capitol, c1997. — CD 781.66 TURNER private
  • Bold Soul Sister

    : the Best of the Blue Thumb Recordings

    Turner, Ike
    Make no mistake about it, this 16-track collection culled from their two albums recorded for the Blue Thumb label in 1969 (Outta Season and The Hunter) is as much Ike's show as it is Tina's -- truly the other half of the equation, the…
    Audiobook CDUniversal City, CA : Universal Music Special Markets, p1997. — CD 781.643 TURNER bold