GOLDEN EYE

With the Queen of Rock and Roll's passing, that of Tina Turner, I of course like a good gayling, was listening to her tunes yesterday. I had not seen one mention in any new recap that she did a James Bond theme song, Golden Eye. It was indeed on of my all-time favorites of hers and seemed to get very little airtime. For me, it was right up there with Dame Shirley Bassey's three covers she did for Bond films. The song and listening to her still give me chills. I would almost like to see Dame Shirley perform Golden Eye just once, as she is the only other who could do it justice.

Then it occurred to me, that when I first started doing drag, Turner's own Private Dancer was one of the first songs I choose to do a routine too. Seemed to be the perfect choice for me. Then 24 years later I choose it again when I got into Boylesque. Seems to have come full circle.

And my #3 favorite? Hands down henny......

VARIETY HOUR

What an odd trio to have paired together...and not the first time Cher had Kate Smith on her variety hour show. Kate Smith made numerous appearances.

SIMPLY THE BEST

While we're still away, we would be remiss if we didn't have a pre-post ready for a well deserved, and warm birthday wish for one of the hardest working and most talented women in music...the fiery and lively Tina Turner.....who made quite the life, through her private hell, but chose to rise out of it and still become a music legend, with many memorable moments. Our favorite performance is, but of course...

 

And then there's this gem.

And she still looks great for 78.

Happy Birthday Tina!