Ukuqala kwakhe ngaphambi kokuba abe yedwaUTina Turner ophumelele kakhulu wazalelwa eNutbush ngo-1939, idolobha eliseduze kakhulu Brownsville, ngaphansi kwegama u-Annie Mae Bullock.
Ngo-1957 futhi lapho eneminyaka engaba ngu-18 ubudala, wahlangana Ike turner, abajoyina ohambweni ababezolwenza ngaleso sikhathi. Ngaleso sikhathi umculi wayedlala amakhwaya ngezwi eliyisimanga, empeleni yiminyaka emibili kuphela lapho ngasusa khona uTina ngesinyathelo esisodwa ukuze abe "yisihlabani sohlelo" ngokuphelele, okungaphezu kwalokho, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi iqembu lashintsha igama nesinyathelo ukubizwa Ike Turner & Amakhosi Akhe Esigqi, kwathi ngemuva kwesikhashana washintsha igama lakhe futhi, wazibiza Ike & Tina Turner. Le duo ibiyesabeka impela futhi abakwazi ukuyeka ukuphumelela. Kakade ngo-1960 wayephula amarekhodi okuthengisa ngengoma enkulu esasiyazi sonke "Isiwula othandweni".
Kungaleso shumi leminyaka lapho eduze UPhil spector (umkhiqizi omuhle kakhulu), bathola impumelelo enkulu efana ne- "River deep mountain high".
Eminyakeni eyalandela, ngo-1971 ngokunembile, bathola enye ingoma eshisayo ethi "Proud Mary", njengoba sonke sikhumbula, uhlobo olukhulu lweqembu Ukuvuselelwa Kwamanzi Ocacile WaseCreedence.
Ngemuva kwale mpumelelo, nangenxa yokuphathwa kabi okuningi nolaka lwe- Ike turner ulibangise kuTina, umculi ovelele kunabo bonke uthatha isinqumo sokumshiya, lesi sinqumo sibe ngesokugcina futhi ngaphandle kokubuyela emuva. (Njengoba sonke sazi futhi sibonile nakwifilimu ngempilo kaTina, wayehlupheka ngempela evela ku-Ike, ngakho-ke lokhu kwehlukana kube ngesinye sezinqumo ezinhle kakhulu umculi akwazi ukukwenza empilweni yakhe) . Namuhla uTina uhlala ngenjabulo eSwitzerland, ephelezelwa kahle yisoka lakhe laseJalimane.