Australia’s affection for Tina Turner might seem perplexing to outsiders, but when a voice weaves its way through shared cultural experiences, it starts to sound a lot like a heartbeat.
Maybe your Tina is the voice of the NRL, when in the 1990s, her cover of Bonnie Tyler’s The Best became the rallying cry of the sport and played a key role in reshaping the code’s image. The Australian Roger Davies, Turner’s manager, performed a kind of magic when he struck these deals – he wove Turner’s songs, all hard-won fire, into the national consciousness. (One of his current clients, pop powerhouse Pink, is more popular in Australia than anywhere else in the world.)
