“That's the trick, see, it's just like acting. I mean, you can't play Hamlet because how many people are playing Hamlet as father, as a king? But you take your own experience and find something similar in it and draw on that.” »read more
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“That's the trick, see, it's just like acting. I mean, you can't play Hamlet because how many people are playing Hamlet as father, as a king? But you take your own experience and find something similar in it and draw on that.” »read more
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Anna Mae Bullock was born November 26, 1939 in a hospital in Brownsville, a short drive from Nut Bush, where she grew up. She would eventually marry songwriter and musician Ike Wister Turner taking the name Tina Turner. In November 1973 the duo released "Nutbush City Limits." Far from being a city, Nut Bush (or Nutbush) is a hamlet on Highway 19, Tennessee. (thanks, Alexander Baron - London, England)
Marc Bolan of the '70s British Glam Rock band T-Rex played guitar on this. Bolan was a fan of Ike's guitar playing and in his teenage years he had had a crush on Tina Turner.
Tina Turner re-recorded the song as a house number in 1991 for her compilation album Simply The Best. A single release peaked at #23 in the UK. Two years later she re-worked it again for the What's Love Got to Do with It? soundtrack album. (thanks, Edward Pearce - Ashford, Kent, England, for above 2)
Tina Turner is not known as a songwriter. She didn't write any of her solo hits, but she did write this.
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Bob Seger also covered this song.
- beth, brooksville, KY
the original is one of her better tunes... despite of her popularity, for the most part tuner's incredible vocal abilities are under-used on formula dreck. could there be a blues album in the works?
- Edwin, Vancouver, BC
Kristi Yamaguchi and Mark Ballas used this song for their week nine jive.
- robert, san francisco, CA