Tina & Mike Wallace in 1996
60 Minutes is an American television news program on CBS, created by Don Hewitt in 1968. Tina Turner was profiled by Mike Wallace twice. First in November 1996 at her home in France, where she gave a private concert with James Ralston on guitar, performing wonderful unplugged versions of Let’s Stay Together and Missing You. But the biggest surprise was the self-written song „I’m A Motherless Child“ from the album Outta Season. Tina recorded this track years later again for the third Beyond album Love Within. This episode was filmed at the same time as Tina did a photo shooting for the Harper’s Bazaar magazine
Because Mike Wallace was so taken by Tina, he couldn’t resist joining her again in September 2000 backstage at her 24-7 Millennium Tour. In 2005, a special brought the best moments of the previous two shows, but nothing new.
Tina was also guest at the Australian version of 60 Minutes in 1993 during her What’s Love? Tour, with backstage footage and an interview with Charles Wooley.