Tina Turner Was Humiliated in the Studio. The Song Was Ignored .Then Everything Changed.

March 7, 1966. Gold Star Studios, Hollywood. Phil Spector paid Ike Turner $20,000 to stay out of the studio. He assembled 21 musicians, 21 background vocalists, and spent $22,000 on a single recording. Mick Jagger and Brian Wilson sat in the room and watched. Then he made Tina Turner sing the same song over and over until past midnight — until she was drenched in sweat, took off her shirt, and sang in her bra. She left the studio not knowing if the take would be used. America put the record at #88 and forgot it. The Rolling Stones heard it, brought Tina to Europe, and the rest of the world never forgot. George Harrison called it perfect. Rolling Stone ranked it #33 of the greatest songs ever made. America just needed 23 years to catch up. Subscribe for more untold stories about the human beings behind music's greatest legends.