Bill Text: TX HR2368 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of music superstar Tina Turner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2368 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR2368-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2368 |
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WHEREAS, Fans the world over are mourning the loss of music | ||
superstar Tina Turner, who passed away on May 24, 2023, at the age | ||
of 83; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26, 1939, she grew | ||
up in rural Nutbush, Tennessee, and nearby areas and later moved to | ||
St. Louis, Missouri; there, she met R&B bandleader Ike Turner and | ||
began singing with his group, the Kings of Rhythm, as a teenager; | ||
when the group's main vocalist missed a recording session, she took | ||
the lead on "A Fool in Love," and the song reached No. 2 on the | ||
Billboard R&B chart; Mr. Turner gave her the catchier stage name of | ||
Tina, and they married in 1962; her powerful, richly textured voice | ||
fueled a number of R&B hits, while her frenetic dancing and volcanic | ||
charisma made the act a big draw at "chitlin' circuit" venues across | ||
the country; the Ike and Tina Turner Revue kept up a relentless | ||
schedule, and tours with the Rolling Stones in 1966 and 1969 | ||
introduced them to a wider audience in Britain as well as the U.S.; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1966, Ms. Turner recorded the future classic | ||
"River Deep, Mountain High" with legendary rock producer Phil | ||
Spector and began to recognize she was an artist in her own right; | ||
the Ike and Tina Turner Revue scored its biggest hit in 1971 with a | ||
cover of the Credence Clearwater Revival song "Proud Mary," but Ike | ||
Turner's abusive behavior and drug addiction exacted a toll | ||
personally and professionally; Ms. Turner fled the marriage in 1976 | ||
and, for a time, was forced to live with friends in exchange for | ||
cleaning their houses; determined to make a comeback, she toured | ||
again with the Rolling Stones in 1981 and scored her first solo hit | ||
with a cover of Al Green's "Let's Stay Together"; she was appearing | ||
at a New York City nightclub two years later when David Bowie came | ||
to see her, Capitol Records executives in tow, and they signed her | ||
to a contract; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Turner's 1984 album Private Dancer became a | ||
massive hit, yielding the No. 1 single "What's Love Got to Do With | ||
It"; finally achieving international stardom in her mid-40s, she | ||
remained one of the world's top concert draws for the next 25 years | ||
and sold over 100 million records; she took on acting roles as well | ||
and played a central part in the movie Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, | ||
for which she sang the soundtrack hit, "We Don't Need Another Hero | ||
(Thunderdome)"; her 1986 memoir inspired the Oscar-nominated movie | ||
What's Love Got to Do With It; in addition, she and her husband | ||
Erwin Bach were executive producers of a Broadway hit based on her | ||
life, Tina: The Tina Turner Musical; in 2005, she received a Kennedy | ||
Center Honor, and she was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame | ||
twice, as both a member of the revue and a solo artist; she retired | ||
from the stage in 2009; and | ||
WHEREAS, A mesmerizing performer with a peerless voice, Tina | ||
Turner inspired countless people with her indomitable spirit as | ||
well as her immense talent, and her legacy will continue to resonate | ||
in the years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Tina Turner and extend | ||
sincere condolences to all who mourn her passing; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Tina | ||
Turner. | ||
Cole | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2368 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 29, 2023. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||