No money, no house. So I said: I'll just take my name," she said in an interview featured in the HBO documentary "Tina." Turner put on cabaret shows and cleaned houses to make ends meet.

Once I graduated, I moved to LA for songwriting, which led to me auditioning for American Idol and then I got this role as Tina Turner. HANNIBAL: Tell me about your experience on Idol. ELISE ...

Her abusive relationship with Ike Turner Related stories "That is when he took over the money, the name, the whole control," Tina told Gayle King in a 2018 CBS interview. Known as the Ike and Tina ...