Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary live on Italian TV 1971

[RandySF]

[Voltaire2]

1. Notorious abuser about to lose control.

[erronis]

2. So sad. I'm glad Tina was able to get away and grow.

[frazzled]

3. I was living in Paris that year

Every jukebox in every cafe had that song on it, and every time you walked in someone would eventually play it. That, and Percy Sledge singing “When a Man Loves a Woman.” And Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.”

The French knew American R&B better than most Americans I think. I guess the Italians too. And the same went for American avant-garde jazz and Latin and South American music.

[The Figment]

4. Oh Good Gawd!

Does this bring back memories,(I'm gonna show my age here,lol) the very first concert I ever went to was Ike and Tina Turner at the State Theater in Kalamazoo Mi. in 1971.
What a way to introduce live music to a very impressionable 13 y.o.

[Ilsa]

5. I saw them on Tom Jones' show, IIRC.

Late 1960s? They had several camera angles, but had to switch quickly if the camera was too close to, and lower than the dancers.
I remember an interview with Gina talking about auditioning dancers, and they had to have a certain "pop" in their hips for this song.

[lillypaddle]

6. What an amazing talent

Glad she escaped Ike.