Oprah will interview Tina Turner this Sunday. She tells Oprah that Ike changed her name to Tina Turner so that he owned the name and if she ran away, she could not use the name.
Well, as we know, she did run away eventually with just 26 cents in her pocket. In the divorce settlement , she agree to pay off all of Ike & Tina Turner debts if she could retain her name.
It seems that Berry Gordy took a page out of Ike's book. He also wanted many of his groups to change their name, which he then owned.
When the Supremes were thinking of leaving Motown in the seventies, they would have left their name behind. When the Tempts went to Atlantic, I think they had to leave future royalties behind in order to keep the name.
Tina Turner had a very interesting life. This interview should be fascinating. I already set my DVR to record OWN at 9pm on Sunday.
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