Her personal qualities included patience, discipline - “she was a meditator, a Buddhist” - and the hard-won wisdom from her earlier trauma and abuse from former husband Ike Turner that allowed her to mentor other people going through tough times.

“I remember being in a house one time and she had to take a call from one of the Jackson brothers,” Miller said. “She was a mentor to the Jacksons - and Michael Jackson - during that time. I realised that happened to everybody, including the likes of the Rolling Stones. She was adored like a queen by all of them.”

Jimmy Barnes likewise said working with Turner was a career highlight.

“It was such an honour to work with someone so talented, strong and giving,” the great Australian singer wrote. “It was certainly a highlight of my career to have sung and shared the stage with such a wonderful human being. Thank you and R.I.P.”

One of the highlights for Australian fans of Turner was when she sang The Best in a legendary marketing campaign for the NSW Rugby League in 1990 then blasting out the song at the 1993 grand final. It was a cover of 1988 song, The Best, previously recorded by Bonnie Tyler.

Barnes recorded another memorable version as a duet with Turner in 1992, calling it (Simply) The Best, with Johnny Diesel on guitar.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called Turner “a legend who overcame trauma and domestic violence to provide a soundtrack to our lives”. Expressing his condolences on Twitter, he added “Tina was Simply the Best. Vale.”

Country music star Keith Urban also took to social media to pay tribute.

In 2021, Urban and H.E.R. performed It’s Only Love - a duet that Turner originally recorded with Bryan Adams in 1994 - to celebrate her induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame.

“I just heard about Tina Turner’s passing, and it hit my heart,” Urban wrote on Twitter.

“I’m immediately hearing THAT VOICE, I’m seeing THAT ENERGY, and I’m feeling that strength, sensuality, determination, and passion. That LIFE FORCE. I’m grateful that we have the music and the performances — the source for SO much of what you hear and see in countless other artists to this day. A matchless imprint. Thank you for everything you gave Tina.”

Turner’s Nutbush City Limits became a uniquely Australian phenomenon. Nowhere else in the world do people spring to the floor to perform the repetitive moves known throughout the country, to all four compass points. Its exact origins are unknown, but it is thought to have emerged from Australian suburbia.

Deputy Victorian Liberal leader and member for Caulfield, David Southwick spent the late 80s and 90s, DJing nightclubs, 21st birthdays, and bat/bar mitzvahs in Melbourne and says as soon as the opening lines “a church house, gin house” played over the speakers, everyone was guaranteed to hit the dance floor.

“There wasn’t a party that went by where Nutbush wasn’t played,” he said.

“It was the most-played song, from what I can recall, and all the way through too. It was the most-played vinyl, so you’d wear out the vinyl. Then when CDs became fashionable, you’d have to replace the CD because it was just played all the time.”

Southwick said it had the power to unite people from all walks of life. “Whether you could dance or not, everyone got involved. It didn’t matter who you were,” he said, before reminiscing on the time he saw Kim Beazley, the federal opposition leader at the time, grooving to the Nutbush at a party.

“I think it was just such a great pumped-up song and the moves are really simple for everyone to follow along … The song was good, the moves were easy, and so you had no excuse to not get involved.”

On July 6, outback festival the Birdsville Big Red Bash will attempt to beat last year’s Nutbush record of 4,084 dancers.

More to come