Tina also fancied Blade Runner actor Rutger Hauer. “She could never do that to someone else. “She knew what it was like to be on the receiving end of another woman because of Ike’s many affairs. She fancied him like mad, but he was married. Eddy said: “She thought he was too wild for her and said, ‘He’s flirting but I am not going there’.”īut he revealed it was a different story with Dire Straits frontman Mark Knopfler, who wrote Private Dancer.Įddy said: “Tina had a major crush on him. Tina recorded the 1986 song Tearing Us Apart with Eric Clapton, who also flirted. “Mick knew Keith would take the criticism from her but she said, ‘No, I’m not getting involved’, in a jokey way. “One day Mick Jagger came to see her when they were all performing in New Jersey and said, ‘Tina, can you do us a favour? Can you ask Keith to do something with his teeth?’ He was too wild for her and she didn’t like their drugs and excess. “She told me she wasn’t attracted to him. Keith Richards would blush like a schoolboy whenever she was around. “She was great friends with the Rolling Stones though. With a combination of determination, grit, talent and sexual charisma, she became a legend.” She also became a magnet for the male rock and roll stars of the time.īut Eddy said: “She was the Queen of Rock but she never slept around. RELATED: Tina Turner opens up about the loss of her son RELATED: Elton John spills on furious row with Tina Turner He was just 14 when he set up her first official fan club and over the next two decades he became her confidant and friend. In a career spanning more than half a century, Tina has sold more than 200 million records and is worth an estimated $350 million.Īnd the man who witnessed it all was Eddy. “We would have to sneak her out of gigs and would have two cars, one at the front and back, and I would often be her decoy in a big scarf to make myself look like her.”īut at the age of 45 she made a comeback with 1984’s multi-platinum album Private Dancer and went on to have hits including We Don’t Need Another Hero, The Best and James Bond theme song GoldenEye. She struggled to get a recording contract as a solo artist. “Bailiffs would even try to serve her on stage. After she walked out on the abusive marriage in 1976 she was left penniless.Įddy said: “She was chased by bailiffs for fees for concerts that didn’t happen. The singer, known as the Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll, rose to fame as a duo with her husband Ike. He was one of only a few lucky men who won over Tina.” “She later told me he’d said, ‘My c**k is still sore’. “On stage he whispered something to her and Tina burst out laughing. RELATED: Why David Bowie “surpasses them all” David Bowie on stage in 1985, the year of his wild night with Tina Turner.
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