[16][188] He often married another woman before divorcing his existing wife. Turner, without a band and disappointed his hit record had not created more opportunities for him, disbanded the Kings of Rhythm for a few years. [16], His funeral was held on December 21, 2007, at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California. Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. [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. [238] He toured with former Ikette Randi Love as Sweet Randi Love and The Love Thang Band. [64] Edna did not want to stay in Clarksdale, so she left Turner and returned to Ruleville. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. His first recording, "Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats), is considered a contender for the distinction of first rock and roll song. [233], In 1959, Turner was charged with what he described as "interstate transportation of forged checks and conspiracy" and was forced to stand trial in St. Louis. [54][55] Turner estimated he wrote seventy-eight hit records for the Biharis. [142] Although Turner does not appear on the album, Pitchfork noted his influence in the production. [213] Turner admitted he took Tina for granted and called her "the best woman I ever knew. 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. 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. [79] Turner released two singles on the Stevens label (No. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. [16], In 2005, Turner revealed he had been diagnosed with emphysema which required him to use an oxygen tank. [106], In April 1969, Turner and the Kings of Rhythm released an album, A Black Man's Soul, on Pompeii Records. [57][4], Turner was contracted to the Bihari brothers, but he continued to work for Phillips, where he was effectively the in-house producer. "I know I'm bipolar.And I've been bipolar, but a lot of people is bipolar," he told her. [259], Turner died without a valid will. Between 1974 and 1975, the duo released the singles "Sweet Rhode Island Red", "Sexy Ida", and "Baby, Get It On". [72] In addition, Turner recorded numerous sessions for Stevens with various vocalists and musician lineups of the Kings of Rhythm. [232] He had a son Ronald "Ronnie" Turner (19602022) with Tina Turner. 4. The track "Funky Mule", also from A Black Man's Soul, has been sampled extensively by jungle DJs, with the drum introduction being a very popular break. The texture and flavor of R&B owe a lot to him. [16], Turner was raised a Baptist and reportedly converted to Judaism in 1994, but never spoke about it. (But she did admit that she was drawn to his voice.) [108] In November, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue opened up for the Rolling Stones on their 1969 American Tour. [72], Turner maintained strict discipline and the band lived at his home on Virginia Place in East St. Louis which doubled as a studio. [12] Later that year, the duo released the blues oriented albums Outta Season and The Hunter on Blue Thumb Records. Love invited Turner and his band to play at his club. [196][246] Producer D'Angela Proctor alleged in Turner's Unsung documentary that the two famous people were Elvis Presley and Redd Foxx. "[94] To assure he always had a record out while on tour, Turner formed multiple labels such as Sputnik, Teena, Prann, Innis, Sony and Sonja. [6] After his release in 1991, he remained drug-free until he relapsed in 2004, dying of a drug overdose in 2007. Turner played guitar and assisted in production on Walker's 1997 album Great Guitars; Walker paid him $5,000 a night for six songs. "[51] King also maintained that Turner introduced him to the Bihari brothers. The Kings of Rhythm played "Rocket 88" and "Proud Mary". [173], Turner then married Rosa Lee Sane in West Memphis, Arkansas. [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. You can talk all night about the achievements he's had. [206] Tina signed her legal name as Martha Nell Turner on multiple contracts. [101] The failure of the single in America triggered Spector's retreat from the music industry. If the drummer had to pee, I would play drums until he returned.There were no breaks. Look what he'd done for me. [175] In 2018, "Rocket 88" was chosen for the inaugural class of influential songs inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles. [102][103] Following the song's success in the UK, Mick Jagger invited them to open for the Rolling Stones on their 1966 British Tour. [53] Artists Turner discovered for Modern and Sun include Bobby Bland, Howlin' Wolf, Rosco Gordon, Boyd Gilmore, Houston Boines, Charley Booker, and Little Milton. He released two award-winning albums, Here and Now and Risin' with the Blues. Backed by a band and the singers/dancers dubbed the Ikettes, the couple had more top 10 R&B hits with I Idolize You, Its Gonna Work Out Fine, Poor Fool and Tra La La La La. In the mid-1960s, Tina worked with Phil Spector to create the track River Deep, Mountain High, which didnt do well in the United States but flew to the top five in the U.K. Ike and Tina didnt break into the upper echelons of the domestic pop charts until 1971 with their cover of Creedence Clearwater Revivals Proud Mary, which also earned the act a Grammy for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group. Because he had such a big band and entourage he desegregated a lot of the hotels because the hotel chains wouldn't want to miss out on the money they would make from him touring the southern states. [72] The bands would play all-nighters in St. Louis, then cross the river to the clubs of East St. Louis, and continue playing until dawn. [71] Eventually, Turner returned with his reformed version of the Kings of Rhythm. Records show that Turner added four years to his age. His father lived for two or three years as an invalid in a tent in the family's yard before succumbing to his injuries when Turner was about five years old. How many wives did Ike Turner have? He intended to use the demo as guide track for Art Lassiter who did not attend the scheduled recording session at Technisonic Studios. [99][100] After Tina and Spector recorded "River Deep Mountain High", the duo signed to Spector's Philles label in 1966. We just came and took it home. 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. [260][261], In the weeks leading up to his death, Turner became reclusive. Turner was pronounced dead at 11:38am. [36] The other band led by Turner became the Kings of Rhythm. Houk's Piano Co. store in Memphis the year of its release in 1954. After initially rising to fame for his role in recording the song "Rocket 88", Ike Turner truly became a superstar after he began performing with his wife at the time, Tina Turner. Tina was 22 when she married Ike, and they went on to become a famous husband-and-wife R&B act. Louis. [181][217] In 2018, Tina told The Sunday Times that "as an old person, I have forgiven him, but I would not work with him. [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. 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Her parents were poor sharecroppers, who split up and left Turner and her sister to be raised by their grandmother. [16], Ike Turner Jr. released an album, Hard Labor, in 1987. He said he made a song about it and we started laughing," said Rasool, referring to "Bi Polar" from the Grammy-winning album Risin' With The Blues. [144], In his career, Turner originally worked in the style of 1950s R&B, or post-jump blues. [250][16], By 1985, Turner's finances were in disarray and he owed the state of California $12,802 in back taxes. [127], Turner reformed the Ikettes in the mid-1990s, which included his then-wife Jeanette Bazzell Turner and Michelle Love (Randi Love). He turned up at reviled R&B legend Ike Turner 's Los Angeles funeral on Friday and gave an impromptu speech that laid into both Tina Turner and Oprah Winfrey. [8], Turner released two solo albums for United Artists Records, Blues Roots (1972) and Bad Dreams (1973). [189] They were married on April 10, 1948. [211] In the final divorce decree, Tina took responsibility for missed concert dates as well as an IRS lien. [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. [227] In 2019, she told Palm Spring Life that the film What's Love Got to Do with It "assassinated Ike's career. The couple had two biological sons Ronald Renelle Turner and Craig Raymond Turner and Tina adopted two of Ike's other children Ike Turner Jr. and Michael Turner and raised them as her own. [118], After his breakup with Tina, singer Holly Maxwell sang with Turner on occasion from 1977 to 1985 and again for eight months in 1992. He won a Grammy before he died. [137][138] His performance is featured in the live concert DVD Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House. [60] Turner also attempted to poach Elmore James from Trumpet Records and record him for Modern. [43][44] The record sold approximately half a million copies. 1969), with Ann Thomas,[16] and he later discovered he had another daughter, Twanna Melby Turner (b. [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. 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. Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. Ike Turner died in 2007 at 76. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. [111] Artists who recorded there included Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Duane Allman, Little Richard, Gayle McCormick, and Frank Zappa. [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. [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. [12], Turner began working on a collaboration album with Gorillaz's producer Danger Mouse and the Black Keys in early 2007. [22] Turner was also raped by another middle-aged woman, Miss Reeny, before he was twelve. [97][91], In 1965, Phil Spector saw them perform at a club on the Sunset Strip and invited them to film The Big T.N.T. [78], Turner befriended St. Louis R&B fan Bill Stevens who set up the short-lived Stevens Records in 1959. Johnny Otis said, "Ike Turner is a very important man in American music. He died from a cocaine overdose in December 2007. [121] He re-recorded "I'm Blue" as a duet with singer Billy Rogers in 1995. [91] Turner added a backing girl group he renamed the Ikettes, and along with the Kings of Rhythm they began performing as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. [64] Turner recalled, "Bonnie played piano. [13] He is also inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame, the Clarksdale Walk of Fame, the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame, the Blues Hall of Fame, and the Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame. [180], Commenting on the historical accuracy of the film, Tina told Larry King in 1997: "I would have liked them to have more truth, but according to Disney [owner of the film's production company], they said it's impossible, the people would not have believed the truth. [26] WROX is noted for being the first radio station in Mississippi to employ a black DJ, Early Wright. [140][141] Turner won his first solo Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in 2007. (Tina has said that shes never watched the film in its entirety.). [236] He was paroled into her custody in 1991. Turner has received various awards in recognition for his significant role as a pioneer of rock and roll. [162] In 2007, Turner won Best Traditional Blues Album for Risin' with the Blues. The couple also recorded for RPM Records and Sun Records. [58] In 1951, 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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