Ike & Tina Turner - Help Me Make It Through the Night TopPop

Tina Turner, the iconic “Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll,“ was born Anna Mae Bullock. She had risen to prominence as the lead singer of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue before embarking on a successful solo career. “Help Me Make It Through The Night”, together with Ike, is a cover of a Kris Kristofferson song who found himself yearning for companionship when he wrote it. The weight of loneliness and desperation pressed upon him, making the nights seem endless. As he grappled with his emotions, he remembered a quote from Frank Sinatra that he had read in a 1966 Esquire interview. “I’m for anything that gets you through the night, be it prayer, tranquilizers, or a bottle of Jack Daniel’s.“ Inspired by Sinatra’s words, Kris decided to reach out to someone who could help him make it through the night. The song appeared on his first album in 1970. Tina covered it in 1974. This Ike and Tina Turner performance is recorded at the tv-program “Van Speyk Show Of Liever De Lucht In”, in 1974. Watch our great music videos ❯ More TopPop? Subscribe here ❯ More info on Wikipedia ❯ This is to let you know that the video recording of the video clip was originally recorded by AVROTROS Broadcasting. AVROTROS Broadcasting hereby warrants and represents that it is the sole and exclusive owner of the physical film and/or videotape footage in this video clip. The performance of the artist(s) in the clip was filmed and recorded with the written consent of the artist(s) and their representatives. AVROTROS is a Dutch radio and television broadcaster, founded in 2014 from a merger of AVRO and TROS. From January 1st, 2014 the name of the merged broadcaster was used in joint programmes. AVRO was founded in 1923 as the Netherlands first public broadcaster. TROS started broadcasting in 1964. Toppop was a weekly AVRO pop program that was aired between 1970 and 1988. AVROTROS Broadcasting PO Box 2 1200 JA Hilversum The Netherlands TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years. World famous music artists performed on TopPop: ABBA, 10CC, Bee Gees, The Jacksons, David Bowie, Earth & Fire, Boney M, Smokie, KC & The Sunshine Band, Chick, Donna Summer, Rod Stewart, and many many more.