Teena Marie: The Tragic Passing of the Ivory Queen Of Soul

[@bamboojenkins8]

Anybody who can sit still or not sing to a Teena Marie song has no soul. She was definitely a talented artist.

[@jeraldford3494]

The ivory queen of soul did you know she had a small part in the Beverly hill billies in 1964

[@kennethhall9202]

Amen love her

[@cruz-mh5vm]

Ya she was awesome and her music will always be heard

[@melanatedwarrior3530]

Lawd🤦🏽‍♂️

[@kevinwalsh4652]

I have a story to cheer you up: New Years Eve 1985-6, I was a bouncer at the Hollywood Palace on Vine. All the other bouncers lived out in the valley, I lived a few blocks away on Highland. My boss, Julio called me up to open up around 10am for Teena to do her sound check. I told her I sang in metal bands growing up. She rehearsed 3 songs, square biz, out on a limb, and lovergirl. She invited me up on stage to sing lovergirl again, I knew all the words. Working at the Palace I met so many famous musical acts, but Teena was THE coolest, funny, polite, humble, with an incredible voice. A super great memory for me because we sold out her concert and reached the fire codes maximum capacity. I was letting people in the side door for $100 per head, I went home with about $2000.

[@soniatorres5227]

Teena Marie was absolutely fabulous. Sad when she died

[@williamwoodruff367]

R.I.P. Teena Marie, when I first heard you sing you blew me away with with beautiful voice,Loved You so much, I was devastated when you passed, hurt so bad, miss you so much.

[@tammysingleton4225]

Yessss! I agree..

[@davidsimms4508]

Tina Marie was a natural she was sincere and beautiful

[@charlesweathers9301]

RIP TEENA GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN 🧡🧡

[@HelenPrado-o8s]

She was the BEST EVER !!!!! I'm 56 and been listening to my girl since I was a kid.

[@motherofdragons33]

Most definitely 👑🌹🕊️✨

[@Olubumni]

I 've loved her since I was a little girl. My first 45 record purchased with my allowance was Square Biz in 1980. I was 7yo. She is an icon in R&B music. RIP Lady T.

[@lizhill3460]

I still have that 45 too, Sis!

[@shannoncox5071]

Same here loved her since I was a little girl ❤ I grew up listening to her music.

[@jenniferfoote5442]

Me too! I was 11 when i first saw her on SoulTrain performing You Make Love Like Springtime and i fell head over heels and obsessed ever since Heart broke when she died 💔

[@Jaymes3000]

Tina rapped on square biz.

[@Cherryladyx59]

Her name is spelled exactly as it sounds...... Teena. Not the traditional way..Tina.

[@randysurratt9919]

There will NEVER be another like her ❤Yeah I said it . And I stand by these words . ❤

[@brownbagz]

Amen!

[@draperlamarcakes]

RIGHT?! Never ever!!

[@tikewhite1044]

RIGHT YOU ARE Mr. RANDY. I LOVE TEENA MARIE!!!. ♠️THE VANITY ADDICT♠️

[@natatiawright4489]

And I’m standing next to you!

[@applejack2911]

That duet with Rick James, Fire and desire, that was the best duet I've ever seen. They killed it.

[@charleyrobinson6144]

I guess you never heard happy

[@nancyheier7920]

Snoops favorite he said in an interview.

[@CADETracey-vc3nn]

ONE OF THE BEST FEMALE SINGERS THATS EVER LIVED UNDERRATED SHE DOSENT GET THE CREDIT NOR RESPECT SHE DESERVES RIP TINA MARIE💯💯

[@scorpioqueen6878]

She was an absolute Vocal Powerhouse. So talented, humble,beautiful 😊❤. She's so messed in my home. Rip Lady Tee.💔🕊🥰💯

[@glennclarke9442]

AGREED

[@jonahlogan7234]

Sorry your ears are bad. 😂😂

[@staceymichaels9530]

@@jonahlogan7234so iz 8:17 de woosie: tiny

[@rynjor]

I loved that Tina stayed true to her roots when it came to her music. She didn’t water down her music to cross over to the pop music scene.

[@swtpea16able]

A truly beautiful voice who didn't get all the accolades that she deserved!!!..a timeless liquid gold sound ...REST WELL MY BLUE EYED SOUL SISTER 💙!!!

[@truthtellerbelievethat1813]

Stop giving white people passes

[@dasheffield5596]

She was one of few that sounded the same live just as you heard on the radio.

[@YourLoveIsKing...]

So right! Thats because she had real talent..not like these auto tune queens of today...

[@JungleYT]

*One of the few celebrities I shed a tear for when she died... The Black community loved her and embraced her as one of our own...*

[@rosiefelder6542]

I saw her in San Diego 6 months before she died it was awesome I love all of. Her music

[@byronpaisleysr4151]

This lady was one of a kind period there will never be another ❤

[@sharoncook5883]

Teena Marie was a super star, A very powerful voice, So much talent, Soulful sound, The greatest, The best, The Legend Teena Marie 💐💐💐💐🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️

[@Msleelee9487]

A true trailblazer we will enjoy her music for years to come rest mama

[@emmetttill148]

trailblazer in what sense?

[@royaldiadem762]

She was truly a lover of soul music. She was so wrapped in it and it was in her, we couldn’t deny her. It wasn’t just the music, it was our cause that she was very much aware of and an advocate for. The only one I would trust.

[@cameron6249]

she may've been a lover of soul music but she didn't sing soul, she sung r&b... learn the difference!

[@Ray-03645]

A legendary soul songstress. What an amazing voice. RIP your music will last forever and you will never be forgotten.

[@emmetttill148]

only she never sung a soul song 🤣,... where do you ppl get that non sense from?

[@blackbellanow]

RIP to the talented ivory queen of soul. ❤❤❤

[@applejack2911]

I named my daughter after her, Tina Marie. I'll Never forget Teena Marie

[@purplegurl79]

That is so beautiful!!!🌹🌹🌹💕💕💕

[@Bob-jl2oe]

Bless your heart

[@taylynn4728]

I loved her music. We really lost a lot when she passed away

[@coachlady6837]

She should’ve gotten way more recognition😢 if you heard her on the radio and not knew who she was you would’ve thought she was automatically a black woman ! she had soul raging in and out of her ! And it shouldn’t matter about race it’s all about the music and what you like and how it makes you feel 🤔Her music still is amazing to this day 2023 🎉

[@cameron6249]

she got as much recognition as any black female singer did, not sure where you got that from. maybe you feel she should've gotten more recognition than black women, that's always been the standard right? btw, she didn't sound black to my ears!

[@lancinebentley8040]

​@@cameron6249She never said or even implied that she should have gotten more recognition than other black female artists. That all came from you.

[@cameron6249]

@@lancinebentley8040 she did imply it when she said "she should've gotten way more recognition". anybody who was back there knew she got as much recognition as any black female artist, so why is it she should've gotten even more? 🙄

[@Lamarization]

Do yall know what soul is?

[@charleyrobinson6144]

You must be white, we loved Tina marie

[@bertharomandia7397]

I'm in my 62 and I still listen to her and so does my daughter and my grandkids. She truly was a great artist and humanitarian.

[@gillianw9]

This woman enhanced my childhood. Love her. R.I.P. Ms TM 💐

[@royal_rootz]

I was born in ‘89 and my mother was/is a die hard Teena Marie fan. She played throughout our home on a regular basis. Emerald City is my favorite album and Shangri-La is my all time favorite song. Teena you will always be good in my book. 👌🏽🫶🏽

[@dollfaceddiaries]

Teena was such a dope soul . Square biz will always be the anthem for me . Dont care where im at when I here that "everbody get up " better believe imma start dancing ! I always loved her music and still listen to this day . I cried the day I heard of her passing

[@sarahthomas2506]

I'm a huge fan! I started hearing her songs in 1980! Square Biz! I was 9! In the mid 80s she exploded! Out on a Limb had me in tears! She would bring you in when you hear her sing! She was definitely our strong Ivory Queen!! RIP Teena!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊

[@GrowingGoodHair]

I know...out on a limb 😮has me😭😭😭😭

[@times321]

A phenomenal talent and greatly missed. May God bless her soul.

[@ruthmartinez4812]

I LOVE TEENA MARIE! To me she isn’t dead and shall never die.,I play her music every weekend on blast and dance to her songs! Her songs never get old And Her energy was contagious! I love how she expressed herself With all her heart and soul as she sings each song!

[@teamexpress851]

👉 She isn't dead to the almighty God of Abraham, Issac, Jacob, Moses and Jesus Christ either. She's merely *asleep* in death (there's a huge difference).🙏 Teena exists in almighty *YHWH/JEHOVAH* God’s perfect memory and He will awaken her and MANY others from sleep within His foretold global paradisaic new world of righteousness during the resurrection (2 Peter 3 : 13). "But that the dead are raised up, even Moses made known in the account about the thornbush,+ when he calls Jehovah ‘the God of Abraham and God of Isaac and God of Jacob.’+ 38 He is a God, not of the dead, but of the living, *for they are all living to him."* *~ LUKE 20 : 37, 38*

[@nicolethomas6341]

Definitely was one of my favs growing up❤❤

[@anndavis2920]

So glad she did not fall for pretender RJ. Some women fall for the male bs. I love Teena for being a strong, intelligent & talented woman. May she rest in peace. Loved forever but never forgotten. Tysm for all the good songs & lyrics, lady Tee. Ty for sharing this.

[@emmetttill148]

she did fall for him, they were an item at one point

[@paulkillick527]

I last saw teena Marie at the indigo at the O2 London 2009 and due to popular demand she was meant to reappear jan or feb the following year then came the shock of this tragic passing 😢😢she was one of the artist/artist’s that influenced my clubbing days and the disco 🪩 soul/funk era all part of my growing up!! How can you not forget Portuguese love,it must be magic and square biz !!! Brilliant music 🎶 and we have lost a legend in her,im 58 now and still love my soul/funk music from both sides of the pond ms teena Marie may you rest in peace 🙏🙏much love from London uk 🇬🇧 ❤xxxx

[@deirdrehudson1196]

Ms. Teena certainly was the Ivory Queen. Ms.vLady T earned that name 💗 💗

[@angelagazzo9976]

Loved her and know every word .

[@abchappell01]

Tell Marie with one of the most phenomenal performers of the late 70s and early 80s. Her music with fuel rating, powerful, and very very soulful. I will always love and respect her talent and her achievements throughout her career.

[@frankrocha7090]

A Voice that can not be Described or Duplicated Simply Beautiful She was and always will be The Queen Lady T

[@michelleleake7688]

My all time favorite artist. I’ve loved her since I was 10 years old. I still listen to all of her music to this day and I’m 54.

[@aarondigby5054]

When she did the hit song in 2004 "Loving Cup" it was iconic, my lover at the time Shavon that was our song.

[@morenamontalvo8199]

I was listening to her last night I love her music always listen to her music never gets old .R.I .P vanilla child ❤

[@TheLovely990]

Loved Teena Marie. She was so talented, and I still listened to her music today.❤

[@besharponeful]

She was special. Also, I refuse to allow society and/or peer pressure to define for me what type of music I am supposed to like and not like.

[@Decgyrrl]

I truly liked her. My favorite songs by her, are ooh lalala, and square biz! Everybody get up! When I heard of her passing, that blew me away. Rest in Peace, Miss Teena.🕊🪽

[@Fallgrrrl]

I was fortunate and blessed to see my idol perform live in NYC in the mid 90s. She was promoting her "Passion Play" album. One truly underrated song...a duet she did with Lenny Kravitz..."Main Squeeze". I remember when she passed, friends called me to see if I was okay...like a family member had died. I loved her music since I was about 10 years old. I believe she was the first to incorporate rap in a R & B song. My nickname back in the 80's...Lady T! I'm rambling...LOL. Rest in power Teena.

[@ladyelizabeth9057]

Rip will miss your soulful voice, the gift you had was beautiful❤

[@elderhardaway5674]

The **Ivory Queen Of Soul** **Teena Marie** Was **Special** Marvelous Individual And Human Being!!!!! **Fantastic** **Soul Sister**

[@jazzsoul1695]

Very good video about her. She was very talented and motivated!

[@reneemartin943]

If I ever got married she would have been the only person to sing at my wedding the only ivory queen I know 🙏🏽❤️

[@VanessaGolden61]

I LOVED Lady T from day one but nobody can't tell me they weren't in love. RIP to you both, they're singin in Heaven now❤

[@lindapb6529]

Incomparable voice. I would have loved a collaboration with Prince. She’d out sing him, but what a combination of talent!

[@richmck007]

Thanks for putting this video up on here. I am from London. We in London followed here from the late 1970s thanks to the Rick James connection. Anyone reading this from the UK will remember her I’,m Just a Sucker your Love, Portuguese Love, Square Biz, I need you loving amongst other hits. I saw her play the Hammersmith Odeon concert in the 1980s and sadly, she was not on key when singing but to be there after years of buying her records was enough for us. Rick’s contribution was obvious over the years and I like many have never stopped playing her records. Her daughter should be as popular as Teena, for some reason it has not happed…Yet. I am waiting for that!

[@jrnyjrnl]

Thanks for watching and taking the time to write such a nice comment.

[@richmck007]

@@jrnyjrnl Lady T deserved more than that💃🏼

[@frederickgolden6694]

Still hard to accept she's gone, one of the best R&B/funk musicians and singers ever, she really knew how to talk to men in particular with her music. A substantial loss indeed!😒

[@camiosis]

Still love my Teena ...... ❤️ May she continue to R.I.P 🥀🥀🥀

[@terrencejackson9290]

Her voice was rare and unique. She is definitely one of the queens of soul music. She is greatly missed, but her music lives on and on to this day we were so blessed to have her.

[@pinkforeverlove1]

She is UNMATCHED

[@periodpoohollar5405]

I ❤ Teena Marie. May she rest in peace 💔

[@miltoncordonero1029]

My condolences to the family and I love Tina Marie

[@randygreenfield4312]

I ❤️‍🔥 some Teena Marie !!!

[@therealandrecorbin4050]

She was great, what a voice, and so much more talent, studio, writing, performing, etc...

[@draperlamarcakes]

Good God, what a force of nature our Lady T proved to be!! The unstoppable tenacity and vibrancy she exuded was captivating. Gutsy and gifted. Truly uplifting. Sadly, another one of the greats, who was taken from us way too soon. Her catalog is hefty and vast, packed with hits. So much talent was inside of such a petite physique.

[@jamesrussell7669]

Well said

[@petermorton301]

Some people can hold there own and Teena was one of them people rest in peace and may peace and blessings be upon her family

[@JohnCiccimarra-ji1fy]

I wish people realized how great she was when she was alive but now they do rip beautiful lady

[@ritamajor6802]

I've always loved her music still play it today forever grateful she's my biggest inspiration and I am and will always be her biggest fan I love you Teena Marie.

[@connectivewhispersbymonica2808]

A tragic passing indeed. She was extremely talented and voice was melodiously unique

[@chesterjade7630]

Lady T. Love her singing. Saw her twice in concerts. Enjoyed every minute of it. 💕

[@valerie4501]

Teena Marie was fantastic 🥰🥰 beautiful voice, so much talent beyond words, oh God the songs were beyond Soulful, her powerful voice sung so many unforgettable CLASSICS🌟 Behind The Groove, Lover Girl, I Need Your Loving, OOh LaLa, Out On A Limb, Portuguese Love, Young Love, Square Biz, and so many more Teena Marie is so loved❤️❤️ wish you were still here LADY T, RIP.

[@patriciaburgess4257]

Oh, I just loved her!

[@tinyeisbrener1624]

I’m 65 years old and I remember Tina Marie, especially the best her and Rick James

[@reginabrunt5087]

We will never get another like her.. not even come close❤️

[@Mimi-zg2bh]

I loved Teena from the first spark of her voice on the radio! She was theme music for me in my 20s and on. She can NEVER be forgotten for true music lovers. She showed her soul to the world 🎉🎉🎉🎉❤🎉🎉

[@pumpkingirl4229]

Thank You for your Beautiful Music.✨ May you Rest in Peace my Beautiful Vanilla Child .🙏✝️✨💖✨🎙️🎶💐🌻

[@samfrito]

"If I was a bell" is such a beautiful song. Glad her music still puts me in the mood. May she rest in peace and always influence positive careers in music.

[@willliammacinnis6598]

she was a super STAR 💖💖💖💖🙏😚

[@MrCandela55]

Great great singer with a very sad life . RIP Lady T 🙏

[@lchapo5469]

I wailed like a banshee when she died 😭💔😭💔 I LOVE THIS WOMAN 💞🖤💚

[@brownbagz]

I thought my daughter was lying to me when I found out!

[@debrabilodeau2038]

Loved her she was an amazing voice!!!!

[@kevinjackson6568]

This Girl Could blow!! Gone too soon❤

[@Jerseylance1]

Rip beautiful one of my favorite R&B artists 🙏

[@Renee370]

I loved her as she was my favorite artist, her soulful sounds and talented showed when you heard or saw her on stage! RIP Queen, Lady T❤❤

[@MsRouge2000]

I love her so much to this day and I miss her every day!!😔💫😩😩

[@katjay3125]

No you don't lol

[@kalicat9492]

​@@katjay3125🤐

[@barbaralynch3015]

Two of my favorite singers ever are gone - Teena Marie and Karen Carpenter!

[@boonee8279]

I love Teena Marie she one of my favorite artists of all time

[@LATOHOUSTON]

One of my favorite singers!!

[@mikepenna3340]

Lady Fkn Tee. My favorite female artist of ALL time. Girl had all the goods. Whole package.

[@CC-nl1bo]

Great songs, still listen to her music.💜

[@angiebee2993]

I was definitely a fan of Teena Marie she was a class act and legendary singer

[@homehere9817]

Fire and Desire is one of my all time fave ❤duets! She did that one take!! I get goose bumps still when I hear that song!RIP beauty!

[@lovedog401]

Teena Marie was an iconic legend her duo with Rick James are some of the most memorable songs in my collection. She deserves all her flowers.

[@valeriepotts4587]

One of my favorite artists 😊❤🎉

[@cookedbooks]

I still listen like she just dropped her album yesterday. 😊

[@charlesrossi7138]

My favorite song by m.s. Teena is out on a limb ( indeed girl ).

[@erniewilliams1502]

Truly a beautiful soul gone but never forgotten and forever loved, and rest her soul 😢😞, thank you God for blessing this beautiful angel 😇 to share her gift of music 🎶 that you gave her too share with us thank you God 🙏😇👍✌️

[@AndreaRice-y3o]

Forever Queen 👑 & Legend Resting in heaven 🌹🌹🌹 Such a beautiful voice We will never hear a voice like her's no where 🕊️🕊️🕊️✝️✝️ Much love to her daughter ❤❤

[@mzsensimilla]

My FAVORITE SINGER ❤❤❤❤

[@sharrielee911]

Really enjoyed the video😊thx for sharing 😊 rest in paradise Teena Marie gone but never forgotten 🙏🏼😇🙏🏼🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@edunn73]

I lived near a projects where I heard her music blasting during the 80’s- you were one of a kind -ivory queen

[@jeanniemarie2058]

There will never be another Teena Marie ! The one and only Ivory Queen of Soul 💯

[@sheilakayhill2483]

Soul Sista Teena Marie❤

[@patriciamay2690]

Tina Marie was amazing ❤

[@lue4724]

Such a presence - & had Soul added to it! I don' t know why she didn't get all the props she deserved! .... R.I.P.- "Vanilla Chile".......