As always, Tina is energetic, engaging, entertaining-and hot.Ĭheck out the various Tina Turner programs below on Qello, and enjoy this special excerpt from Legends in Concert as she and Ike perform the Beatles' classic Come Together live at the Playboy Mansion in 1969. And that’s another concert, from 1996 in Amsterdam, that’s worth a viewing. ![]() It was a great day in rock and roll history when Tina made her escape, and began to live out her Wildest Dreams. Actually, Ike Turner chose the backup singers and dancers, and controlled all the women with an iron hand, as I learned when I profiled them for a Rolling Stone cover story in 1971 (the year of their “Proud Mary”). ![]() Still, it’s fascinating to chart the changes in Tina’s performances-not to mention in her hair, her outfits (skimpier and skimpier tighter and tighter), and her Ikettes. The result is repeat performances of “I Want to Take You Higher” and “Proud Mary.” The rest are from the Ed Sullivan show, an Italian show, Playboy After Hours, and two other, unidentified television programs. Only four of the 18 tracks are from the TNT, a 1966 all-star revue. This is, actually, a compilation of Ike & Tina Revue performances from a variety of programs. (Fantasia, I should add, did an incredible job on the song.)īut, speaking of Ike & Tina hits, any fan of hers should also check out the oddly titled Legends in Concert: Live at the Big TNT Show. As it turns out, she left her dancers home and didn’t perform one of her biggest hits, “Private Dancer.” She’s still great, but I’d suggest the aforementioned One Last Time, in which she brings on not the usual three dancers, but five, performs all her solo hits, and digs back to 1960 for “A Fool in Love,” once again reminding that, long before Fantasia on American Idol, she had cut the definitive version of that scorching number. Originally, I thought I’d be recommending Rio ’88, when she was in her saucy prime, playing for an adoring mass of fans in Brazil. Much of Tina’s reign as the acclaimed “Queen of Rock” can be seen here on Qello. The Ronettes, Sky Saxon of the Seeds and Ike and Tina Turner. She did several farewell concert tours, including One Last Time in 1999, when she was the sexiest 61 year-old imaginable, but would continue to say goodbye on stage until 2009. Show, The 1966 Vintage Original Movie Still Black & White FFF-48360 - Gene. Tina’s career ranged some 50 years, from her start as a teenaged partner to the nasty blues guitarist and band leader, Ike Turner, to her escape from him and into a brilliant second life as a solo star. " Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)", " The Bells of Rhymney", " Mr.Beyonce may be hot – OK, she is – but Tina Turner was the firestarter, the first to represent and generate pure sensuality on stage, to combine sexy songs and a throaty delivery with a tough ‘tude and a totally liberated dance style, complemented by the Ikettes, foxy dancers who could knock you over with a thrust of their synchronized hips." Dang Me", " Engine Engine #9", " King of the Road", " England Swings".Joan Baez (reprise) with Phil Spector on piano." Do You Believe in Magic", " You Didn't Have to Be So Nice"." (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (instrumental).David McCallum, emcee, conducting the orchestra. ![]() Reception īruce Eder in Allmovie said, "The picture is a '60s pop-culture maven's dream – but nowhere near as musically revelatory as the list of talent would lead one to expect". The film's theme song, " This Could Be the Night", was written by Harry Nilsson, produced by Phil Spector, and performed by the Modern Folk Quartet. ![]() Its pre-release title was This Could Be the Night. Marilyn McCoo of the Fifth Dimension also appears as one of the backing singers during Ray Charles' performance. Frank Zappa appears very briefly in the movie (6.30) as an audience member and can also be seen in the movie's trailer. During the opening sequence of audience shots, Ron Mael and Russell Mael, who would later form the band Sparks can be seen at 4.44 and Sky Saxon, singer and frontman for The Seeds can be seen at 5.21. The concert was shot before a live audience at the Moulin Rouge club at 6230 Sunset Boulevard Los Angeles, California on November 29, 1965. Some footage from it was reused in the film That Was Rock a.k.a. Show was likewise shot on videotape and transferred to 35-millimeter film. Show, and, like it, executive produced by Henry G. Directed by Larry Peerce and distributed by American International Pictures, it includes performances by numerous popular rock and roll and R&B musicians from the United States and the United Kingdom.Ī sequel to 1964's The T.A.M.I. 1966 American TV series or program The Big T.N.T.
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