Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock on November 26 in 1939 in Brownsville, Tennessee, the youngest daughter to mother Zelma and father Floyd.
When Turner was 11, her mother left the family fleeing domestic abuse, and Turner was sent to live with her grandmother, only reuniting with her mother later in life.
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As a teenager, she immersed herself in the rhythm and blues scene in St Louis, Missouri, where she met Ike Turner and began performing with his band.
