Private Dancer: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

2015.263.6a: An audio cassette tape. The cassette is plastic with black type on each side. Both sides have headers reading: [I Might Have Been Queen - What's Love Got To Do With It - Show/Some Respect - I Can't Stand The Rain - Better Be Good To Me] on Side 1, and [Let's Stay Together + + = 1984 - Steel Claw - Private Dancer] on Side 2. The Capitol Records logo, copyright information, and the cassette number [C143583] are featured on both sides.

2015.263.6b: An audio cassette paper jacket. The jacket is portrait orientation, and has a black background with a color image of Tina Turner posing in a black leotard. White and black type inside the image reads: [Tina TURNER / Private Dancer]. White type along the bottom lists production, manufacturing, and copyright information. The back of the jacket has a black background with white type that lists the tracks along with additional production and manufacturing information.

2015.263.6c: An audio cassette tape case made of clear plastic on the front and black plastic on the back. A white sticker with blue handwriting on it reads [Tina / Turner] on bottom edge of case. The case has interior holders to insert an audio cassette jacket.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1984
• Recorded by: Tina Turner, American, 1939 - 2023
• Published by: Capitol Records, American, founded 1942
• Type: audio cassettes
• Medium: plastic , magnetic tape , ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D (cassette): 2 1/2 × 4 × 1/2 in. (6.4 × 10.2 × 1.3 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W (jacket): 4 × 5 1/2 in. (10.2 × 14 cm)
• Dimensions: H x W x D (case): 2 3/4 × 4 5/16 × 11/16 in. (7 × 11 × 1.7 cm)
• Place printed: United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2015.263.6abc
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Timothy Anne Burnside
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Sources and reuse

Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1983/1984 Capitol Records, Inc Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.