His early influences included Amos Milburn and Louis Jordan, as well as country music artists such as Hank Williams Sr. and Merle Travis. [2] In the 1950s, Turner's group got regular airplay from live sessions on the radio stations WROX in Clarksdale and KFFA in Helena, Arkansas. [263] Among those who spoke at the funeral were Little Richard, Solomon Burke and Phil Spector. One faction wanted to play jazz music and the Dukes of Swing. [194], In East St. Louis, Turner lived with Lorraine Taylor. [64], Unbeknownst to Turner, during his time in West Memphis, he met Elvis Presley who was a truck driver. "I want women who find themselves in violent relationships to first, get themselves out of danger and then seek help for them," Audrey added. [258] His daughter Mia Turner said, "He was too weak from the emphysema to do anything. An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then-wife Tina Turner as the leader of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. He said, "Ike wasn't more than sixteen then. Initially, they played for segregated audiences at the black clubs in Illinois: Manhattan Club in East St. Louis, which Turner and his band built,[74] the Harlem Club in Brookline and the Kingsbury in Madison. 1949),[192] but Turner denied that assertion in his autobiography (in which Velma is mistakenly referred to as Thelma): "I met Thelma Dishman, who, at that time, I thought was a pretty girl. [173], Turner then married Rosa Lee Sane in West Memphis, Arkansas. [121] In 1988, Turner attempted an ill-fated return to the stage with Marcy Thomas, Bonnie Johnson, and Jeanette Bazzell as his Ikettes. [142] The Black Keys sent demos to Turner, but the project was temporarily shelved. Why Ike Turner's . Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 08:14, You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had, Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner, Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner, Ike & Tina Turner's Kings of Rhythm Dance, His Woman, Her Man: The Ike Turner Diaries Unreleased Funk/Rock 19701973, The Bad Man: Rare & Unreissued Ike Turner Produced Recordings 19621965, Jack Rabbit Blues: The Singles of 19581960, "Ike Turner, Musician and Songwriter in Duo With Tina Turner, Dies at 76", "Will They Still Like Ike? Their divorce was finalized in 1955. She has also faced a number of health issues, including high blood pressure, a stroke, cancer and kidney failure, with her second husband donating his own kidney for a transplant. [24] He quit school in the eighth grade and began working as an elevator operator at the Alcazar Hotel in downtown Clarksdale. He defined how to put the Fender bass into that music. [27][37], Around the time he was starting out with the Kings of Rhythm, Turner and Lane became unofficial roadies for blues musician Robert Nighthawk, who often played live on WROX. Houk's Piano Co. store in Memphis the year of its release in 1954. While at local nightclub Club Manhattan, Tina crossed paths with Ike Turner, the leader of Kings of Rhythm, who are credited as one of the first groups to introduce rock and roll the world with their song Rocket 88. Tina, who was in her teens, was not particularly drawn to Ike romantically upon first sight and in fact, found him unattractive. [43][44] The record sold approximately half a million copies. Despite routine intimidation, Tina eventually divorced her husband, taking no other assets besides her performance name and two cars. [34] Members of the band were Clarksdale musicians and included Turner's school friends Raymond Hill, Eugene Fox and Clayton Love. [88] He was inspired by Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and Nyoka the Jungle Girl to create her stage persona. [59][60] Turner and Howlin' Wolf then recorded a version of "Moanin' at Midnight" at radio station KWEM in West Memphis without Phillips' or the Chess brothers' knowledge. [16] Turner established his group as one of the most highly rated on the St. Louis club circuit, vying for popularity with their main competition, Sir John's Trio featuring Chuck Berry. Sex was power to me. [130], Although Turner considered himself a pianist rather than a guitarist,[31] Rolling Stone magazine editor David Fricke ranked him No. It was a job staying ahead of this chick, man, cos' she was always trying to outdo me. [186] It was written with Nigel Cawthorne and Little Richard wrote the introduction. [3] Turner received $45,000 for the film, but he had unknowingly signed papers waiving the right to sue Disney's Touchstone Pictures for his depiction. [95] For the next six years, they recorded on Warner Bros./Loma, Modern/Kent, Cenco, Philles, Tangerine, Pompeii, Blue Thumb, Minit, and A&M. [142][143] After Turner's death, the songs were used for their 2008 album Attack & Release. [84] One night during an intermission, Bullock got hold of the microphone from Washington and sang "You Know I Love You" by B.B. The single peaked at No. [174], In 2017, the Mississippi Blues Trail honored "Rocket 88" for being an influential record with a marker in Lyon, Mississippi. [81] Her sister was a barmaid at the club and was dating Turner's drummer Eugene Washington. [6] After his release in 1991, he remained drug-free until he relapsed in 2004, dying of a drug overdose in 2007. Look what he'd done for me. [196][246] Producer D'Angela Proctor alleged in Turner's Unsung documentary that the two famous people were Elvis Presley and Redd Foxx. I was stupid. They rekindled their friendship years after their divorce, and she found Turner unconscious at his home the day he died. Ike Turner Jr. Ike Turner had six children, but Tina only adopted two of his sons. The album received positive critical reception, and was nominated for best Blues Album at the 7th Annual Independent Music Awards. "[231], Turner had six children. Groove Band, recorded a tribute album titled Rocket 88: Tribute to Ike Turner. 1969), with Ann Thomas,[16] and he later discovered he had another daughter, Twanna Melby Turner (b. American musician Ike Turner (1931 - 2007) and his wife, singer, dancer, and actress Tina Turner at London Airport on their way to Los Angeles, London, 11th March 1969. King helped them to get a steady weekend gig and recommended them to Sam Phillips at Memphis Recording Service. [161], Turner won two competitive Grammy Awards. [134] Turner appeared on the Gorillaz's album Demon Days (2005); playing piano on "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead". By then both of his parents were deceased, so he could not verify the origin of his name. [106], In April 1969, Turner and the Kings of Rhythm released an album, A Black Man's Soul, on Pompeii Records. despite their origins, the ikettes . [195][196] Lorraine already had two children of her own before she had two sons, Ike Jr. and Michael, with Turner. He was a great innovator. Nonetheless, in 2017, Tina was able to give her blessings to a high-profile musical depicting her life story, which debuted the following year in London starring Adrienne Warren. After she recovered, she increasingly became aware of her strength, with a vision to survive and eventually escape the marriage. Though there was a certain amount of success that the act had, music observers and Tina herself lamented that the band wasnt able to reach even bigger milestones due to Ikes self-sabotaging and violent behavior, with Tina often the focal point. Speaking on his early marriages, he said: "You gave a preacher $2, the papers cost $3, that was it. Turner said, "we wanted to play blues, boogie-woogie and Roy Brown, Jimmy Liggins, Roy Milton. Rasool was also in the house and administered CPR. [8], During the 1980s, Turner was arrested multiple times for drug and firearm offenses which resulted in two convictions. How old was Ike Turner when he died? While in Chicago, Turner backed Otis Rush; playing the signature vibrato guitar parts on "Double Trouble". [85] Impressed by her voice, Turner invited her to sing with the band. He had two sons, Ike Turner Jr. (b. She came from an abusive relationship and went straight to the top. He considered himself an organizer rather than a performer. "I know I'm bipolar.And I've been bipolar, but a lot of people is bipolar," he told her. Turner went on to have a massively successful solo career after "Ike & Tina," getting her first No. Ike and Tina played to a mixed audience and he deliberately desegregated audiences in the southern states and he wouldn't play to any segregated audiences at all. I think that Rocket 88 is R&B, but I think Rocket 88 is the cause of rock and roll existing". [133] He is featured in the documentaries The Road to Memphis and Godfathers and Sons, as part of the series. [189] They were married on April 10, 1948. He visited high schools during Black History Month to speak against drug use. Proud Mary was a cornerstone of the acts live shows, with a spoken intro that Tina made up on the spot when Ike first introduced the song into the bands repertoire. [42] Turner blamed Phillips for this misrepresentation. [203] He used a detective agency to locate Bell in Chicago and they divorced in 1974. Ike wasn't someone you could forgive and allow him back in. [177] He was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, whose performance earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, the woman who would become known as .css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}Tina Turner had a rough family life. [146] Donald Fagen noted: "[T]alented as he was, there wasn't anything really supernatural about Ike's skills as a musician What Ike excelled at was leadership: conceptualization, organization, and execution. It peaked at No. [178], After the release of the film, the fictionalized version of Turner from the movie was seized on by comedians, who reused the persona in sketches. Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. The two sons she adopted were from his longterm relationship with Lorraine Taylor. [4] He formed the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1960, which over the course of the decade became a soul/rock crossover success. [230] She told The Afro: "I decided to write it because it was like a cleansing and it released all of the trauma. 1959), with Pat Richard. [210] Their divorce was finalized on March 29, 1978. However, James did eventually sign with Modern, and Turner played on his recordings that were released on Modern's subsidiary label Flair Records. Trumpet found out and Modern had to cancel the record. The studio albums Break Every Rule and Foreign Affair followed, as well as a starring role in Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome that featured the anthemic We Dont Need Another Hero. She also penned a 1986 memoir, I, Tina, with journalist Kurt Loder that was turned into the 1993 film Whats Love Got to Do With It, starring Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne. Love invited Turner and his band to play at his club. [48], The success of "Rocket 88" generated tension and ego clashes in the band which culminated with Brenston leaving to pursue a solo career, causing the band to fall apart. Less than a week after his death, his former wife Audrey Madison Turner filed a petition stating that he had penned a handwritten will naming her as a beneficiary. One of the Federal releases, "I'm Tore Up" / "If I Never Had Known You" featuring Billy Gayles became a regional hit. I went through things with Ike, too, but there's a time to forgive and to let go. "Rocket 88" is one of the two records that can claim to be the first rock 'n' roll record, the other being "The Fat Man" by Fats Domino from 1949. The pair met at a nightclub in Manhattan and sparked up a romance after singing together. [237] He won a Grammy Award for his involvement with Turner's 2006 album Risin' with the Blues. They made amazing music together, but their private life was not as collaborative as their public appearances, and it was downright terrible for Tina. But as the documentary Tina reveals, even 43 years after her divorce, the icon still has nightmares. As a teen, Tina immersed herself in St. Louis' R&B music scene. But with or without Tina, Ike Turner was mean and dangerous, the epitome of the bad bad man." How many wives did Ike Turner have? [5][262] He was found dead by his former wife Ann Thomas. He accused the man of assaulting his wife Ann Thomas and of kicking his dog. 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[228] Turner filed for divorce two months later on December 22, but after the divorce was granted they reconciled in 2007. 1 on Los 40 Principales in Spain. [71], In between live dates, Turner took the band to Cincinnati to record for Federal Records in 1956. [168], In 2003, the album Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner was ranked No. [16] However, Turner's daughter, Mia Turner, disagreed with this diagnosis and felt he was being overmedicated. [6][214] Her mother, Pat Richard, attended Sumner High School with Tina in St. She started as an Ikette before becoming his lead singer. Ike Turner performing in Juan-Les-Pins, southern France, on the last day of the Jazz a Juan music festival. Produced by Rogers, the remake received favorable reviews. Some of the artist Turner backed on piano and guitar during this period include Elmore James, Johnny Ace and the Flairs. Spector, according to our spy in the . She made her recording debut on Turner's song "Boxtop", released on Tune Town Records in 1958. [176], In 1986, Tina Turner released her autobiography, I, Tina, in which she recounted Turner's volatile behavior. [73] A teetotaler at the time, he avoided drugs and insisted all band members also adopt this policy, firing anyone he even suspected of breaking the rules. He would send dubs of things he cut to us, and if we'd like them we'd make a seal or sign the artist. [46], The song is often cited as the first rock n' roll record [47] but in a later interview, Turner offered this assessment: "I don't think that Rocket 88 is rock n roll. Fri 14 Dec 2007 18.58 EST. The song reached No. [165], Turner won Comeback Album of The Year for Here and Now at the W.C. He received negative publicity that was exacerbated in 1993 by the release of the film adaptation What's Love Got to Do with It. [104][105] This exposure introduced them to a wider audience outside of R&B. 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[259], Turner died without a valid will. Two years after their divorce was finalized, Turner released the single "Party Vibes" / "Shame, Shame, Shame" from the album The Edge (1980) which peaked at No. [101] The failure of the single in America triggered Spector's retreat from the music industry. Tina would later pen a bouncing, up-tempo ode to her roots, 1973s Nutbush City Limits, that hit both the pop and R&B charts and became a long-time favorite. "[150] Dave Rubin wrote in Premier Guitar magazine: "All those years of playing piano and arranging taught him a considerable amount about harmony, as he could certainly navigate I-IV-V chord changes. [16], On January 16, 2008, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office reported that Turner had died from a cocaine overdose. Turner played guitar and assisted in production on Walker's 1997 album Great Guitars; Walker paid him $5,000 a night for six songs. [78], Turner befriended St. Louis R&B fan Bill Stevens who set up the short-lived Stevens Records in 1959. [201] Turner stated that the reason they went to Tijuana was to see "sex shows and whores". He brought Emerson to record at Sun Records and backed him on guitar in 1954. I was inconsiderate about her feelings. Tina Turner was married to Ike Turner for 16 years and then married Erwin Bach in 2013 after a 27-year relationship but she does not often discuss her children. [87] Turner then renamed her "Tina" because it rhymed with Sheena, however, family and friends still called her Ann. [54][55] Turner estimated he wrote seventy-eight hit records for the Biharis. This man was playing the blues, rhythm and blues. [150] In The Stratocaster Chronicles, Tom Wheeler wrote that Turner's "inventive style is a classic example of an artist discovering the Stratocaster, adapting to its features and fashioning something remarkable. . He released two award-winning albums, Here and Now and Risin' with the Blues. [83][84] Turner said he'd call her onstage, but he never did. [79] Turner released two singles on the Stevens label (No. Turner and Bob Krasnow, founder of Blue Thumb, co-produced Earl Hooker's 1969 album Sweet Black Angel. Only 100 specimens were made, retailing at $3,399.99. However, they reconciled and lived together until his passing. During this period, the couple formed a band known as 'Ike & Tina Turner' and belted out hits like 'Proud Mary', 'River Deep', etc. [4][61], While in Helena, Turner tried to recruit Little Walter to record for Modern in January 1952, but Little Walter was on his way to Mississippi. Rosa had mental issues, so her family put her in an insane asylum. [12], Their mainstream success provided Turner with the finances to open his own recording studio, Bolic Sound in Inglewood, in 1972. Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. When Bullock became pregnant by Hill, they lived with Turner and his live-in girlfriend Lorraine Taylor. [160], In 2009, a Nashville-based band, Mr. [167] He was a recipient of the Legend Award at the 2007 Mojo Awards. Together they were, as Tina would later proclaim, nice and rough. [128] They performed to positive reviews as the Ike Turner Revue. Rasool said she talked to Turner about his bipolar disorder and witnessed its effects. In My Love Story, Tina has talked about her deep affection for her long-term partner, Erwin Bach, whom she wed in 2013, and the contours of their relationship, contrasting what she has experienced and learned from her second marriage in contrast to her first. He was later told it was an act of retaliation over a woman with whom his father was having an affair. Ike had a belief that he was going to die . Their cover of "I Want to Take You Higher" by Sly and the Family Stone was also successful on the charts in 1970. Ike Turner states the facts", "Ike Turner That Kat Sure Could Play! Ike Turner died in 2007 at 76. (Tina has said that shes never watched the film in its entirety.). [198] Hill injured his ankle and left Bullock before their son Craig was born in August 1958. Louis. Legendary singer Tina Turner has said she doesn't think she could ever forgive her former husband Ike, after detailing the abuse she suffered during their marriage. You can talk all night about the achievements he's had. [144], In his career, Turner originally worked in the style of 1950s R&B, or post-jump blues. [60] Turner also attempted to poach Elmore James from Trumpet Records and record him for Modern. [36] The other band led by Turner became the Kings of Rhythm. ", "Listen to the first rock and roll song ever recorded", "Joe Bihari, Who Put Early R&B on Record, Dies at 88 (Published 2013)", "Chess, Biharis Skirmish; This Time Over Wolf", "Bobbito plays the tracks. In those days blacks didn't bother with divorces. [35] The Tophatters played big band arrangements from sheet music. [34] The Tophatters had over 30 members, but they broke up into two groups after six months to a year. "Rocket 88" is notable among other things for Willie Kizart's distorted guitar sound. Turner was cremated after the funeral service. [130] Turner credited Joe Louis Walker with encouraging him to return to his roots in blues music. [2], In 2002, Turner filmed Martin Scorsese's PBS documentary series The Blues, which aired in September 2003. He earned another Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Blues Album for his 2006 set Risin With the Blues, having worked with the alternative pop act Gorillaz the previous year. It was number one in the rhythm and blues chart for five weeks, it is in the Grammy Hall of Fame and it was an indisputable claim to fame for Ike Turner.To critics he will be known as a great founder, unfortunately to the general public he will always be known as a brutal man.[9]. Vocalist on the album include Turner's last wife Audrey Madison Turner and former Ikette Bonnie Bramlett. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. An. Without Ike you wouldn't have had the Stones and Zeppelin. In 1952, under the alias Mary Sue, she released the single "Everybody's Talking" / "Love Is a Gamble" on Modern Records. "[152], "It ain't Little Richard, it ain't Chuck, it ain't Fats Domino no, we came on later. She reported a positive working relationship with Turner, and later released the memoir Freebase Ain't Free about their close friendship. [197] However, Turner and Bullock eventually began having an affair and she became pregnant in January 1960. The mother of four hid at a friend's house before she began slowly . [99][100] After Tina and Spector recorded "River Deep Mountain High", the duo signed to Spector's Philles label in 1966. 61 on his list of 100 Greatest Guitarists in 2010. B.B. They played on many recording for Bihari's Modern, RPM, and Flair labels. . [8], Before the age of thirty, Turner did not use drugs or drink alcohol. [76] He also helped Buddy Guy record his second record;[77] resulting in the single "You Sure Can't Do" / "This Is The End" which Turner played guitar and composed the latter. [71] Eventually, Turner returned with his reformed version of the Kings of Rhythm. [222] Eventually she moved into their View Park home. King was a great admirer of Turner, describing him as "The best bandleader I've ever seen. Ike Turner's cause of death was due to a reported cocaine overdose, and he passed away in his home in San Diego. The couple has settled in Switzerland, where Tina obtained citizenship. [3] Though primarily known as a guitarist, Turner began his career playing piano and personally considered it his main instrument. [199] During Bullock's pregnancy, Taylor became suspicious that Bullock was pregnant by Turner and threatened her with a gun before shooting herself; her injuries were nonfatal. [23] Reflecting on these experiences, he stated: "That's probably why every relationship I was in was surrounded by sex. [27] One day Friskillo spotted Turner watching and put him to work; teaching him the ins and outs of the control room. We plan to record together. In June 1985, Turner was arrested and charged with conspiracy to sell $16,000 worth of cocaine, possession and maintaining a residence for selling or using a controlled substance. "Tina Turner was a raw talent who's singing style fit naturally into Ike's patented rough take on rhythm and blues, a style that befit his demons. "[67] Turner discovered his identity many years later after Presley approached him when they were both playing at the International Hotel. He would come in and stand behind the piano and watch me play. It was sampled by producer Goldie for his 1994 hit "Inner City Life", in the same year by Krome & Time on "The License", and by Paradox in 2002 on track "Funky Mule". Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. [135][136] He performed the song with Gorillaz at the Manchester Opera House in November 2005. [98] Impressed by their performance, Spector negotiated a deal with their manager Bob Krasnow, head of Loma Records, offering $20,000 to produce Tina and have them released from their Loma contract. [200], Following the birth of their son Ronnie in October 1960, they were married in Tijuana in 1962. 1 single at 44 and eventually selling more than 200 million records. [45] Phillips used profits from the success of the record to launch Sun Records in February 1952. Madison-Turner marrie d Ike on October 2006, and he filed for divorce two months later. She co-wrote both tunes with Turner. 107) under the anagram "Icky Renrut" because he was still under contract with Sun for several more months, and he didn't want to cause friction with Phillips. [126] Turner later appeared on the song "Love Gravy" with Rick James for the soundtrack album Chef Aid: The South Park Album. 212 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (No. Between 1974 and 1975, the duo released the singles "Sweet Rhode Island Red", "Sexy Ida", and "Baby, Get It On". Ike Turner died on December 12, 2007, of a drug overdose. 1957: Tina sees Ike Turner play at a club in Illinois and months later sings with his band. He had struggled for many years with drug addiction. 2 on their list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. How many wives did ike turner have? He won a Grammy before he died. Having served time in prison for drug possession, Ike released his own autobiography, Takin Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner, in 1999. [207][208], Following a violent altercation in July 1976, Tina filed for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. [3] In 1954, Turner relocated to East St. Louis where his Kings of Rhythm became one of the most renowned acts in Greater St. [172] On August 6, Clarksdale officials and music fans gathered to unveil a marker on the Mississippi Blues Trail and a plaque on the Clarksdale Walk of Fame in downtown Clarksdale honoring Turner and his musical legacy. Alice was dating his vocalist Johnny O'Neal, but Turner liked her so he married her to avoid locking heads with O'Neal. [204] On multiple occasions, Turner said that he was never officially married to Tina. Izear Luster Turner Jr. was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on November 5, 1931[15][16] to Beatrice Cushenberry, a seamstress, and Izear Luster Turner, a Baptist minister. [64] Velma and Linda attended Turner's Mississippi Blues Trail marker unveiling in 2010. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. How many wives did Ike Turner have? [16] He would fire anyone in his band who used any substances. Turner later estimated that he had spent $11million on cocaine. Also, I wanted the general public to have a better outlook and perspective on where Ike was mentally and emotionally, because so often, as a nation, we turn on people who have mental health issues and define them by their behaviors rather than their condition. In 2022, her son Ronnie died aged 62. [53] Artists Turner discovered for Modern and Sun include Bobby Bland, Howlin' Wolf, Rosco Gordon, Boyd Gilmore, Houston Boines, Charley Booker, and Little Milton. In . [20] Despite their troubled relationship, Turner moved his stepfather into one of his homes in St. Louis after his mother died in 1959 and took care of him until his death in 1961. The success of the single was followed by a string of hits including "I Idolize You", "Poor Fool", and "It's Gonna Work Out Fine" which gave them their second million-seller and their first Grammy nomination. 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