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Tina Turner
Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll is a posthumous compilation album by Tina Turner, released through Parlophone.
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Tina Turner · 1939–2023
Whatever You Need — a tribute
I was two-thirds of the way through a music degree when I got a call from my songwriter friend Harriet. She was in Trevor Horn’s studio, Sarm West, and said “listen to this,” holding the phone up to the speakers. I was speechless — it was Tina Turner singing Whatever You Need, a song we had written some years earlier.
Fast forward to the 24/7 album and world tour: we were invited to Wembley Stadium for a full-throttle performance over two hours — forget wind farms, you could have powered the National Grid with the energy coming off that stage. I’ve never seen anything like it before or since.
We had backstage passes but never got to meet Tina — in some ways fortunate, because what do you say to a legend. We were lucky enough to receive platinum discs, and to have the song appear on five albums and a live DVD.
There will never be another Tina Turner. Rest in peace.
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Tina Turner
One Last Time, Live in Concert at Wembley Stadium — on Sky Arts
Whatever You Need aired on Sky Arts on 3 December 2022 and again on 29 December 2022, and previously on 5–6 March 2022.
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Cyberjazz
‘Ouch’ (2021 remix) debuts on Jazz London Radio
The 2021 remix of ‘Ouch’ debuted on Jazz London Radio, thanks to Chris Hodgkins and his show, Jazz Then and Now.
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Cyberjazz
Reviewed on Soul and Jazz and Funk
Big thanks to Bill Buckley for the review at soulandjazzandfunk.com — read it here.
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Del Afrique
New track: Funny How
Funny How features the superb flamenco guitar playing of Howard Haigh.
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Tina Turner
The Greatest Hits
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Del Afrique
79th Street EP hits no. 1 in Montreal
The 79th Street EP reached no. 1 in the Teerex Radio chart in Montreal, Canada, having climbed from no. 12 in mid-September through no. 9, no. 6 and no. 3.
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Del Afrique
79th Street EP climbs the UK Soul Chart
The EP entered the UK Soul Chart at no. 12 — the chart’s highest new entry that week — before rising to no. 2.
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Del Afrique
Thanks to Paul Miller, BBC Radio Soul Show
Thank you to Paul Miller for playing La Lady and I’m Running Away From You on his BBC Radio Soul Show.
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Del Afrique
Featured on Soul and Jazz and Funk
Thanks to Bill Buckley for his write-up on SOULandJAZZandFUNK.
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Del Afrique
Five-track EP, 79th Street, on the way
Del Afrique’s debut EP, 79th Street, was set for release later in 2017.
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Del Afrique
Played by Craig Charles on BBC Radio 6 Music
Thanks to Craig Charles for playing Rich Man Poor Man on his BBC Radio 6 Music Funk and Soul Show — listen again here.
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Del Afrique
Record of the week on SOULBEAT Radio
Thanks to Andrew Tucker for making La Lady his record of the week on SOULBEAT Radio.
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Del Afrique
Featured artist on SoulTrain / A1 Radio
Thanks to Nigel Fox for playing Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone on his SoulTrain Radio show and making Del Afrique a featured artist.
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Cyberjazz
‘Ouch!’ picks up radio plays across Europe
Ouch! — featuring guest soloist Ben Castle on tenor sax — is now picking up radio plays in Ireland, Poland, Germany and Holland.
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Tina Turner
Special Edition DVD: One Last Time Live in Concert
Celebrate & Live in Amsterdam released as a special-edition DVD.
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Cyberjazz
New project announced
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Tina Turner
Celebrate & One Last Time released on Blu-ray
Eagle Vision released Celebrate and One Last Time together on a single Blu-ray disc in the UK in March 2014, with a US release following in April 2014.
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Tina Turner
Love Songs
Tina Turner again chose to feature Whatever You Need, co-written with Harriet Roberts, on her February 2014 release Love Songs, in time for Valentine’s Day — a worldwide release and already a top seller in Ireland. The song has now appeared on ten Tina Turner CD and DVD releases, including Twenty Four Seven, All The Best, The Platinum Collection, the live DVD Celebrate, and now Love Songs.
Radio & DJ support — 79th Street EP campaign, 2016–2017
Del Afrique’s promo singles — Papa Was A Rollin’ Stone, I’m Running Away From You and La Lady — were picked up by DJs and shows across the UK and beyond ahead of the 79th Street EP release. Particular thanks to:
- Solar Radio — David Lewis, Richard Marzetti, John Osborne, Gary Spence, Peter Smedley, Ash Sethi, Tony Monson, Colin Hughes, Dave Dundas, Ian Jons, Simon van Os, Tony Mac, Ray Bradshaw and Mick Smith
- Jazz FM — Jeff Young and John Osborne
- SOULBEAT Radio — Terry Brown, Andy T and David Collins
- Soulconnexion Radio — Lee Wells
- Teerex Radio, Montreal — Michael K Amil
- Soul Fever Radio — Steve George
- SoulTrain Radio — Nigel Fox and Mike Ashley
- BBC Radio Newcastle, Soul Club — Chris Donald
- Likwid Radio — Collins and Mason
- Delite Radio — Eon Irving
- 50 50 Radio — Terry Brown
- Sunday Soul Affair — Mike Howard
- JFSR — Dave C and Warren J