The massive 1975 "hooker" role Tina Turner initially refused to take

The massive 1975 "hooker" role Tina Turner initially refused to take

At her very core, Tina Turner was a woman of principle and would not be turned by anyone or anything. If anything, that tenacity could only have been learned through a lifetime of fighting to make it to the top. Let’s not forget, by the time that Turner had her biggest breakthrough hit with ‘Let’s Stay Together’ in 1983, followed by Private Dancer the next year, she was already in her mid-40s. By that point, her fame was well-earned, and she wan…