Mavambo ake asati ave muimbiTina Turner akabudirira kwazvo akaberekerwa muNutbush muna 1939, guta diki riri padhuze nepadyo Brownsville, pasi pezita Annie Mae Bullock.
Muna 1957, paakanga asina makore gumi nemasere ekuberekwa, akasangana Ike anotendeuka, waanobatana naye parwendo rwavaizoita panguva iyoyo. Panguva iyoyo muimbi airidza makwaya nezwi risingadaviriki, muchokwadi makore maviri chete ndakabvisa Tina nhanho mukusvetuka kumwe kuti ave "nyeredzi yechiratidziro" zvachose, chiizve, kubva panguva iyoyo bhendi rakachinja zita raro nhanho kudaidzwa Ike Turner neMadzimambo Ake eRhythm, uye munguva pfupi yapfuura, akachinja zita rake zvakare, achizvidaidza Ike & Tina Turner. Iyi duo yaityisa uye vaisakwanisa kurega kubudirira. Kare muna 1960 anga achiputsa marekodhi ekutengesa nerwiyo rukuru rwunozivikanwa kwatiri tese "Benzi murudo".
Zviri mukati memakore gumi iwayo rinotevera Phil chitarisiko (mugadziri akanaka), vanowana budiriro huru senge "Rwizi rwakadzika gomo rakakwirira".
Makore gare gare, muna 1971 zvakanyatsonaka, vakawana imwe hit "Proud Mary", sezvatinoyeuka tese, huru vhezheni yebhendi Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Mushure mekubudirira uku, uye nekuda kwekusabatwa zvakanaka uye hukasha hwe Ike anotendeuka kuna Tina, muimbi akanakisa anofunga kumusiya, iyi sarudzo iri yekupedzisira uye asingadzokere shure. (Sekuziva kwedu tese uye takaonawo mumufirimu nezve hupenyu hwaTina, ainyatsotambura nekusabatwa zvakanaka naIke, saka kupatsanurana uku kwange kuri imwe yesarudzo dzakanakisa dzakaitwa nemuimbi muhupenyu hwake) . Nhasi Tina anogara achifara muSwitzerland, akanyatso kuperekedzwa nemukomana wake wechiGerman.