Tina Turner, after leaving her abusive husband, could not find herself in the music market for a long time. Only her 1984 album “Private Dancer” allowed her to return to the top, and the album itself sold nearly 20 million copies. People were enchanted by her strong voice and stage energy, and many artists looked at her with admiration. One of such people was David Bowie, with whom she recorded the joint song “Tonight”, which was included on the artist’s album in the same year. In an interview in 2004, the artist confessed that Bowie contributed to the re-blooming of her career. “In 1983, David Bowie did something very special and meaningful for me,” the singer recalled to the British service in 2004.
Tina Turner is back in the game thanks to Bowie
David Bowie had long admired Tina Turner and was eager to meet her in person. Their first meeting took place in 1983. It was a party in New York where they spent the evening drinking with Keith Richards and other celebrities. Before he asked her to cooperate, the artist decided to do something good for her. After her divorce from Ik Turner, her record company, Capital Records, cut off contact with her. Coincidentally, Bowie had renewed his contract with the same label at the time. After the formalities were completed, the label wanted to invite him to dinner to celebrate the success together. He decided to blow his nose and replied, “I’m sorry, but I’m going to the Ritz to see my favorite singer perform.” He meant Tina Turner, of course.
This made all the most important people from Capital Records go to this concert with him and could experience live what emotions the artist can arouse among the audience. They did not pass by indifferently and again decided to cooperate with the artist. “It was thanks to David that I got another contract, and then everything turned out. I will be eternally grateful to him,” the artist recalled years later. However, it turns out that this was not the only situation when Bowie decided to fight for the good of Tina Turner. There have been rumors about their alleged romance for years, but only years later, the artist’s assistant Eddy Hampton Armani confirmed in an interview with “” that the avant-garde star fell in love with her and tried for her favor for four years.
David Bowie took the words of “Private Dancer” to heart
The artist was to confide in her friend that Bowie kept saying that he wanted her. He mentioned that in 1985 Tina invited David to participate in her “Private Dancer” tour and performed with her in Birmingham. After the concert, they returned to the hotel, and the artist’s assistant bought them sushi at one of David’s favorite places. The next day, he looked into Turner’s room, who was acting strangely. She was supposed to tell him, “My God, David is so rude.” Disturbed by this statement, he began to ask what he meant. The artist confessed the whole truth: “He went to the shower and came out of the bathroom completely naked, wearing only one of my wigs! He started singing ‘Rolling On The River’ and dancing just like me.”
However, the artist did not reciprocate the artist’s advances, and they remained only friends for the rest of their lives. Tina Turner found true love years later. She became involved with music producer Erwin Bach, who was 17 years younger than her. Although they met in 1986 and immediately caught a common language, they decided to get married only in 2013. For the last years of the artist’s life, they lived a quiet life in Switzerland. However, despite the fact that the situation with Bowie took place a long time ago, fans of the artist still remember their cooperation. Now that Tina Turner has passed away, many of David Bowie’s fan pages as well as his official fan page have decided to pay tribute to the late artist by referring to the musician duo.
Source: Gazeta
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