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Ike Turner
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his wife Tina Turner as the leader of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
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entertainment · American musician (1931–2007) · guitarist · pianist · actor · singer-songwriter · bandleader · conductor · singer · record producer · saxophonist · recording artist · also Ike Turner, Izear Luster Turner Jr., Eki Renrut, Ike Wister Turner, Icky Renrut, Turner
Born 5 November 1931 · Died 12 December 2007 · Q208871
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2026· 15 entries
“I loved Tina, but I was in love with Ann Thomas.”
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“I thought it was to make the guitar scream—people got so excited when I used that thing.”
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“d call her onstage, but he never did. One night during an intermission, she got hold of the microphone from Washington and sang”
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“we wanted to play blues, boogie-woogie and Roy Brown, Jimmy Liggins, Roy Milton”
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Published video “My Heart Belongs to You”.
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Published video “Doublemint (Instrumental)”.
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Published video “Rocket 88 (Alternative Take)”.
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Published video “Hoo-Doo Say”.
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Published video “Peg Leg Baby”.
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Published video “I'm Tired of Beggin'”.
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Published video “Sweet Black Angel”.
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Published video “She Made My Blood Run Cold”.
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Published video “Love Is Scarce”.
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Published video “Rocket 88”.
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2025· 5 entries
The Source Magazine: Ike Turner Jr., Musician And Son Of Ike And Tina Turner, Passes Away At 67
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Yahoo: Ike Turner Jr., Son Of Ike And Tina, Dies At 67
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Newsweek: Ike Turner Cause of Death: What We Know After Tina Turner’s Son Dies Age 67
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Yahoo: Ike Turner Jr., Grammy Winner and Son of Ike and Tina Turner, Dies at 67
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Deadline.com: Ike Turner, Jr. Dies: Grammy Winner & Son Of Tina Turner & Ike Turner Was 67
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2023· 1 entry
Rolling Out: Ike Turner Jr. arrested for possessing and trying to eat crack
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2022· 1 entry
Released album “The Great Escape”.
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2019· 1 entry
Told Palm Spring Life that the film What's Love Got to Do with It "assassinated Ike's career
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2018· 3 entries
"Rocket 88" was chosen for the inaugural class of influential songs inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles
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Tina told The Sunday Times that "as an old person, I have forgiven him, but I would not work with him
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Tina told Oprah Winfrey that she only recently watched the film, but she could not finish it because she "didn't realize they would change the details so much
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2017· 2 entries
The Mississippi Blues Trail honored "Rocket 88" for being an influential record with a marker in Lyon, Mississippi
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Ike III stated that Michael Turner, who struggled with addiction as an adult, was by then using a wheelchair and had a history of "strokes and seizures"
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2016· 1 entry
Released her memoir Love Had Everything to Do with It, which details her volatile relationship with Turner due to his bipolar disorder and schizophrenia
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2015· 2 entries
TV One's Unsung offered some redemption with "The Story of Ike Turner", which documented his career along with his trials and tribulations
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Rolling Stone ranked Ike & Tina Turner No
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “Studio Productions: New Orleans and Los Angeles 1963-1965”.
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Released album “Trouble Up the Road: The Recordings 1961”.
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2011· 4 entries
Audrey appeared as a contestant on The X Factor
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Released album “Jack Rabbit Blues: The Singles 1958 to 1960”.
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Released album “Real Gone Rocket: Session Man Extraordinaire: Selected Singles 1951-1959”.
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Released album “Rocket 88 - The Original 1951-1960 R&B and Rock & Roll Sides”.
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2010· 1 entry
Released album “That Kat Sure Could Play! The Singles 1951 To 1957”.
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2008· 1 entry
Released album “Classic Early Sides 1952-1957”.
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2007· 4 entries
Died 2007-12-12.
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album for Risin' with the Blues (2007).
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Turner told Jet that he had written Tina an apology letter, but had never sent it
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Turner won Best Traditional Blues Album for Risin' with the Blues
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2006· 4 entries
Released album “Risin' With the Blues”.
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Vibe magazine ranked the character of Ike Turner from What's Love Got to Do with It at No
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Turner released his last album, Risin' With the Blues, on the independent label Zoho Roots
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Released album “Blues & Rhythm Series: The Chronological Ike Turner 1951-1954”.
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2004· 3 entries
Was awarded the Heroes Award from the Memphis branch of the Recording Academy
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Released album “A Proper Introduction to Ike Turner With Jackie Brenston”.
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Fender Custom Shop manufactured a limited edition Ike Turner Tribute Stratocaster
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2003· 4 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for Proud Mary (2003).
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The album Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner was ranked No
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Released album “Ike Turner”.
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John Collis published Ike Turner: King of Rhythm about the life and musical contributions of Turner
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2002· 3 entries
Turner filmed Martin Scorsese's PBS documentary series The Blues, which aired in September 2003
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Released album “His Woman, Her Man”.
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Turner's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a live album and DVD
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2001· 2 entries
Released album “The Sun Sessions”.
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And headlined a showcase at South by Southwest, where they were hailed as one of the highlights of the conference
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1999· 2 entries
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for River Deep – Mountain High (1999).
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Turner published his autobiography Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner
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1998· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Hall of Fame for Rocket 88 (1998).
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “My Blues Country”.
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1994· 1 entry
Released album “I Like Ike! The Best of Ike Turner”.
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “Ike Turner 1958-1959”.
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By the release of the film adaptation What's Love Got to Do with It
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1992· 1 entry
Turner performed as a special guest at Oliver Sain's Soul Reunion concert at Mississippi Nights in St
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1991· 3 entries
Relapsed in 2004 and died of a drug overdose in 2007
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After Turner had completed 18 months of a prison sentence for cocaine intoxication and driving under the influence of cocaine, he was paroled into Twanna Melby's custody
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Released album “Trailblazer”.
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1988· 2 entries
Turner attempted an ill-fated return to the stage with Marcy Thomas, Bonnie Johnson, and Jeanette Bazzell as his Ikettes
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Turner discovered that he had a daughter named Twanna Melby (b
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1986· 1 entry
Tina Turner released her autobiography, I, Tina, in which she recounted Turner's volatile behavior
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1980· 1 entry
Released album “The Edge”.
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1979· 1 entry
Turner spent time in the studio with Chaka Khan following her separation from her manager-husband
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1974· 2 entries
Ike and Tina released the album The Gospel According to Ike & Tina Turner
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Turner and three others were arrested for using illegal blue boxes at Bolic Sound studio to make long-distance phone calls
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1973· 3 entries
The duo released "Nutbush City Limits" penned by Tina
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Released album “Bad Dreams”.
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Released album “Confined To Soul”.
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1972· 3 entries
Awarded Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals for Proud Mary (1972).
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Released album “Blues Roots”.
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Released album “Strange Fruit”.
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1971· 1 entry
Became Ike & Tina Turner's biggest hit, reaching No
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1965· 1 entry
Phil Spector saw them perform at a club on the Sunset Strip and invited them to film The Big T
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1963· 1 entry
Released album “Rocks The Blues”.
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1961· 1 entry
Turner played piano on Albert King's first hit record, "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong"
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1960· 2 entries
Turner and two others were charged for "interstate transportation of forged checks and conspiracy"
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Turner formed the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, which went on to achieve major success as a soul and rock crossover act during the decade
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1959· 1 entry
And took care of him until his death in 1961
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1958· 2 entries
Turner took the band to Chicago to record for Cobra/Artistic, as well as fulfilling his contract as a session musician back at Sun
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Turner presented a petition to the East St
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1956· 2 entries
Ann Bullock accompanied her sister Alline Bullock to watch Turner and the Kings of Rhythm at the Club Manhattan in East St
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Turner met Ann Bullock (whom he later renamed Tina Turner) at the Club Manhattan in East St
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1954· 1 entry
Turner visited his sister Lee Ethel Knight in St
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1953· 1 entry
And by 1954, with the assistance of Joe Bihari, he built a makeshift recording studio at a defunct Greyhound bus station in Clarksdale
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1952· 2 entries
Under the alias Mary Sue, she released the single "Everybody's Talking" / "Love Is a Gamble" on Modern Records
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Turner discovered Little Junior Parker in West Memphis, and they formed a band with Matt "Guitar" Murphy
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1951· 2 entries
Turner recorded two Howlin' Wolf tracks for Phillips, playing piano on "How Many More Years" and "Moanin' at Midnight", which Phillips sent to Chess
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Journalist Mike McGee compared him to jazz pianist Fats Waller and wrote: "Ike Turner is the hottest piano player in many a day
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1931· 2 entries
Born 1931-11-05.
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To Beatrice Cushenberry, a seamstress, and Izear Luster Turner, a Baptist minister
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