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As a teenager, Tina Turner immersed herself in the local rhythm-and-blues scene in St. Louis, Missouri. She met Ike Turner at a performance by his band, the Kings of Rhythm, in 1956, and soon became part of the act. The ensemble toured as the Ike and Tina Turner Revue until the mid-1970s.

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