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Tina Turner: Private Dancer

John Pidgeon, Classic Albums (BBC Books), 1991

IN 1983, AT THE age of 45, Tina Turner could lay claim to a handful of hit singles, the first of which had come in 1960 and the most recent in 1973, and an undisputed reputation as an outstanding live performer. A year later Private Dancer had made her a superstar.

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