The American, now Swiss, singer Tina Turner was born on this day 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee. Turner is known as the ‘Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and found fame with Ike & Tina Turner, before having a successful solo career with popular albums such as Private Dancer and Foreign Affair.
Previous Albums Of The Day
![]() The 1993 album The Yellow Shark is an orchestral live album by Frank Zappa and the Ensemble Modern. Released a month before Zappa lost his life to cancer, he described the project one of the most fulfilling projects of his career. |
![]() The 1983 studio album by Def Leppard Pyromania gave the Sheffield rock band huge commercial success. The LP was kept off the Billboard top spot by Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Includes Photograph, Too Late For Love and Rock of Ages. |
![]() The 1958 eponymous Bo Diddley album, released on Chess Records, is a collection of singles between 1955-1958. Includes some of his best known hits, such as Pretty Thing, Diddley Daddy and Bo Diddley. Great rock ‘n’ roll and of course the Bo Diddley beat! |
![]() Talking Heads Stop Making Sense, released 1984, is a soundtrack to the concert movie of the same name. Opens with Psycho Killer… |