As the show celebrates its 50th season, look back at some of its most fiery, shocking and groundbreaking performances.
Category: Turner, Tina
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An Unearthed Tina Turner Outtake, and 9 More New Songs
Hear tracks by Kane Brown and Jelly Roll, Sexyy Red and Bruno Mars, Teddy Swims and others.
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1984: The Year Pop Stardom Got Supersized
In a peak moment of pop monoculture, synthesizers pumped up songs and MTV forever changed how artists were seen. Here’s how — and why.
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Beyond Beyoncé: Black Women of Country, Past and Present
Listen to songs from Rhiannon Giddens, Rissi Palmer, Linda Martell and more.
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Black Pop Artists Have Long Gone Country. Here’s a Brief History.
When Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” arrives next week, it’ll join a lineage of albums by stars including Ray Charles, the Pointer Sisters, Tina Turner and more.
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Oscars’ In Memoriam: Academy Honors Aleksei Navalny and Andrea Bocelli Performs
Before paying tribute to the industry figures who died in the past year, a clip of the Russian opposition leader played as an introduction to the segment.
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Oscars’ In Memoriam Segment Includes Honor for Aleksei Navalny
Before paying tribute to the industry figures who died in the past year, a clip of the Russian opposition leader played as an introduction to the segment.
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A Playlist to Remember the Musicians We Lost in 2023
A playlist honoring David Crosby, Wayne Shorter, Sinead O’Connor, Jimmy Buffett and other musicians who died this year.
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My Haul From the WFMU Record Fair
Rounding out a record collection with finds from the Beach Boys, Kraftwerk and Roberta Flack.
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Stevie Nicks Unveils a Barbie Made in Her Image at Madison Square Garden
The performer worked with Mattel to create a doll in her likeness, wearing an outfit inspired by the one she wore on the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours.” She showed it off onstage at Madison Square Garden.
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Tina Turner, a Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll Covers
The musician, who died on Wednesday at 83, was a radical interpreter of other artists’ material. Listen here.