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Terrific Tina: Singing, dancing and sweating, Tina Turner gives the kind of high-energy performance one would expect from the queen of mainstream rock at CNE Grandstand last night
Terrific Tina: Singing, dancing and sweating, Tina Turner gives the kind of high-energy performance one would expect from the queen of mainstream rock at CNE Grandstand last night

Terrific Tina: Singing, dancing and sweating, Tina Turner gives the kind of high-energy performance one would expect from the queen of mainstream rock at CNE Grandstand last night

Date8/29/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Terrific Tina: Singing, dancing and sweating, Tina Turner gives the kind of high-energy performance one would expect from the queen of mainstream rock at CNE Grandstand last night.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0086885F
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