[65][66] He recalled, "[Presley] was just a white boy that would come over to black clubs. [245] He was cleared of the charges. Ike Turner's cause of death was due to a reported cocaine overdose, and he passed away in his home in San Diego. [185], In 1999, Turner published his autobiography Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner. [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. [216] In 2007, Turner told Jet that he had written Tina an apology letter, but had never sent it. Dates saxophonist Raymond Hill and has a son, Craig. But with or without Tina, Ike Turner was mean and dangerous, the epitome of the bad bad man." [6] He sold 20 unreleased Ike & Tina Turner masters to the independent label Esquire Records. [126] Turner later appeared on the song "Love Gravy" with Rick James for the soundtrack album Chef Aid: The South Park Album. Show. [157][158] Prince also said Turner as his first musical influence. [162] In 2007, Turner won Best Traditional Blues Album for Risin' with the Blues. His oldest son Ike Turner, Jr . I understand today. [2], In 2002, Turner filmed Martin Scorsese's PBS documentary series The Blues, which aired in September 2003. The single, released on King Records, peaked at No. They have a son, Ronnie, and marry in 1962 "I want women who find themselves in violent relationships to first, get themselves out of danger and then seek help for them," Audrey added. "[227], Turner met San Francisco native singer Audrey Madison through a mutual friend in 1993. He won a Grammy before he died. He found the experience terrifying and from then on preferred not to be the focus of attention, but rather to be in the background controlling the show. [6] After his release in 1991, he remained drug-free until he relapsed in 2004, dying of a drug overdose in 2007. We had fights and there have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. The texture and flavor of R&B owe a lot to him. Having served time in prison for drug possession, Ike released his own autobiography, Takin Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner, in 1999. [83][84] Turner said he'd call her onstage, but he never did. The pair met at a nightclub in Manhattan and sparked up a romance after singing together. She reported a positive working relationship with Turner, and later released the memoir Freebase Ain't Free about their close friendship. [108] In November, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue opened up for the Rolling Stones on their 1969 American Tour. [12], Turner began working on a collaboration album with Gorillaz's producer Danger Mouse and the Black Keys in early 2007. After dating for some time, Tina and Ike traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to get married in 1962. He released two award-winning albums, Here and Now and Risin' with the Blues. [71] A local DJ suggested he send the record to Sue Records in New York, where label owner Juggy Murray insisted on releasing the track with Bullock's vocal. In . ", In 1957, Turner met Anna Bullock (Tina Turner) at the Manhattan Club in East St. [13] Turner is inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. In 1973, the duo released "Nutbush City Limits" penned by Tina. Fri 14 Dec 2007 18.58 EST. She also kept her two Jaguar cars, furs and jewelry along with her stage name. Speaking on his early marriages, he said: "You gave a preacher $2, the papers cost $3, that was it. Ike Turner performing in Juan-Les-Pins, southern France, on the last day of the Jazz a Juan music festival. [129][3] In August 1997, Turner returned to his hometown Clarksdale to headline the 10th Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival. The song reached No. 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. He is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. [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. We just came and took it home. [176], In 1986, Tina Turner released her autobiography, I, Tina, in which she recounted Turner's volatile behavior. [164] He was honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 2001. 4 in the Billboard Hot 100 and Turner earned around half a million dollars in royalties. 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. 1958: Makes first recording, under the name Little Ann. [87] Turner then renamed her "Tina" because it rhymed with Sheena, however, family and friends still called her Ann. [72], Turner maintained strict discipline and the band lived at his home on Virginia Place in East St. Louis which doubled as a studio. Rock 'n' roll came from rhythm and blues: rock 'n' roll ain't nothing but rhythm and blues up-tempo. [201] Turner stated that the reason they went to Tijuana was to see "sex shows and whores". Ike Turner, original name Izear Luster Turner, Jr., (born November 5, 1931, Clarksdale, Mississippi, U.S.died December 12, 2007, San Marcos, California), American rhythm-and-blues and soul performer and producer who was best known for his work with Tina Turner. [198] Hill injured his ankle and left Bullock before their son Craig was born in August 1958. Velma claimed that Turner is the father of her daughter Linda Turner Bullock, born in 1949. [173], Turner then married Rosa Lee Sane in West Memphis, Arkansas. [227] In 2019, she told Palm Spring Life that the film What's Love Got to Do with It "assassinated Ike's career. [9], Turner's songs have been sampled by hip hop artists, most notably Salt-n-Pepa used "I'm Blue" for their 1994 hit "Shoop". Love invited Turner and his band to play at his club. [229] In 2016, she released her memoir Love Had Everything to Do with It, which details her volatile relationship with Turner due to his bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. "The cause of death for Ike Turner is cocaine toxicity with other significant conditions, such as hypertensive cardiovascular disease and pulmonary emphysema", Supervising Medical Examiner Investigator Paul Parker told CNN. [29][30] This led to Turner being offered a job by the station manager as the DJ on the late-afternoon shift. "[156] Ronnie died from complications of colon cancer in 2022. King helped them to get a steady weekend gig and recommended them to Sam Phillips at Memphis Recording Service. Despite routine intimidation, Tina eventually divorced her husband, taking no other assets besides her performance name and two cars. You can talk all night about the achievements he's had. 1 in the U.S. and is seen by many as Tinas trademark song. 2. Tina and Ike Turner were married for 16 years. They toured the US in 2001, and headlined a showcase at South by Southwest where they were hailed as one of the highlights of the conference. He revealed he hasn't spoken to Tina Turner since 'probably the year 2000'. 27 on the Hot 100. [225][226] They divorced in 2000, but later rekindled their friendship. Records show that Turner added four years to his age. King. At the first trial, the jury failed to reach a verdict, and at the retrial a year later he was found not guilty. [91], The Ike & Tina Turner Revue ended abruptly in 1976. 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. : Turner Nervous About Restarting His Pop Career", "100 Greatest Guitarists: David Fricke's Picks", "King of Rhythm: Rock and Roll Pioneer Ike Turner November 5, 1931 December 12, 2007", "Early Wright, 84, Disc Jockey Who Made the Delta Blue, Dies", "Spotlight: Ike Turner Antone's, Midnight", "All the Blues Players Shacked Up at This Hotel", "Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm I'm Tore Up", "Most Played Juke Box Rhythm & Blues Records", "Will the creator of modern music please stand up? [161], Turner won two competitive Grammy Awards. The ikettes. It had three custom single coil 1960s Strat pickups. [112] During this period, Turner produced singer Judy Cheeks' debut album Judy Cheeks (1973),[113] and the last album by the Ikettes, (G)Old & New (1974). [68] He began playing guitar in sessions in 1953, and by 1954 with the assistance of Joe Bihari he built a makeshift recording studio at a defunct Greyhound bus station in Clarksdale. [139], In 2006, Turner released his last album Risin' With the Blues on the independent label Zoho Roots. 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. [57][4], Turner was contracted to the Bihari brothers, but he continued to work for Phillips, where he was effectively the in-house producer. [70], In 1954, Turner visited his sister Lee Ethel Knight in St. Louis, Missouri. [195] Sources often incorrectly refer to Taylor as one of Turner's wives, but she was his live-in girlfriend. Turner gained experience performing by supporting Nighthawk at gigs around Clarksdale. Only 100 specimens were made, retailing at $3,399.99. He had two sons, Ike Turner Jr. (b. [75] In 1958, Turner took the band to Chicago to record for Cobra/Artistic, as well as fulfilling his contract as a session musician back at Sun. [122], While Turner was in prison following a drug conviction, Ike & Tina Turner were inducted to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. [43][44] The record sold approximately half a million copies. Turner later estimated that he had spent $11million on cocaine. Ike Turner died of an accidental cocaine overdose. [209][8] Although Turner reiterated that they were never officially married, they had a common-law marriage and still had to go through a formal divorce. "[214] In his autobiography, he said: "Sure, I've slapped Tina. He sent the results to the Biharis at Modern and they released it on their subsidiary label RPM Records. . [64] Edna did not want to stay in Clarksdale, so she left Turner and returned to Ruleville. "[67] Turner discovered his identity many years later after Presley approached him when they were both playing at the International Hotel. [2] While trying to help an acquaintance from crack addiction at a crack house he relapsed in 2004. [121] In 1988, Turner attempted an ill-fated return to the stage with Marcy Thomas, Bonnie Johnson, and Jeanette Bazzell as his Ikettes. The couple had also become intimately entangled, and with Tina having a child from a previous relationship with his bandmate Raymond Hill, the two would have a son of their own and reportedly married in 1962 in Tijuana, Mexico. [212], In her 1986 autobiography, Tina revealed that Turner had been abusive during their marriage. [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. [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. Some of the artist Turner backed on piano and guitar during this period include Elmore James, Johnny Ace and the Flairs. [21][28], Turner was inspired to learn the piano after he heard Pinetop Perkins play at his friend Ernest Lane's house. According to Turner, they did not consummate their marriage. [202] At the time, he was still legally married to Alice Bell. Hailed as a "great innovator" of rock and roll by contemporaries such as Little Richard and Johnny Otis,[7][8] Turner received critical acclaim as well. He asked for one more tour with me, and I said, 'No, absolutely not.' Still, Ike did have an estate that was worth a decent amount of money and to the surprise of many, his wives didn't receive a penny of his money for fascinating reasons. [64] Bonnie was a member of the Kings of Rhythm as a pianist and vocalist. That's a lifetime achievement. [2] He was instrumental in the early careers of various blues musicians such as B.B. [13] Tina did not attend because she took the year off from making public appearances, so Phil Spector delivered a speech at the ceremony on their behalf. [89] He had the name "Tina Turner" trademarked, so that in case she left, another singer could perform under the same name. [168], In 2003, the album Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner was ranked No. 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. [130], Although Turner considered himself a pianist rather than a guitarist,[31] Rolling Stone magazine editor David Fricke ranked him No. [211] In the final divorce decree, Tina took responsibility for missed concert dates as well as an IRS lien. "[151] Turner himself said of his tremolo technique: "I thought it was to make the guitar screampeople got so excited when I used that thing. 1 on Los 40 Principales in Spain. Turner married Lee in September 1952. (But she did admit that she was drawn to his voice.) People like that wouldn't have had the source material on which they drew."[9]. [101] The failure of the single in America triggered Spector's retreat from the music industry. 3 on the UK Singles Chart and No. He received negative publicity that was exacerbated in 1993 by the release of the film adaptation What's Love Got to Do with It. Turner, who was a friend of Sly Stone, played guitar on Sly and the Family Stone's album There's A Riot Goin' On (1971). [250][16], By 1985, Turner's finances were in disarray and he owed the state of California $12,802 in back taxes. [9] 'Rolling Stone editor David Fricke ranked Turner No. Louis. He brought Emerson to record at Sun Records and backed him on guitar in 1954. While in Chicago, Turner backed Otis Rush; playing the signature vibrato guitar parts on "Double Trouble". [109] The release of "Proud Mary" in 1971 became Ike & Tina Turner's biggest hit, reaching No. 214 on 2012 revised list). The wailing saxophone and that distorted electric guitar. [57] Turner used his Kings of Rhythm as session musicians. "[231], Turner had six children. [127], Turner reformed the Ikettes in the mid-1990s, which included his then-wife Jeanette Bazzell Turner and Michelle Love (Randi Love). [137][138] His performance is featured in the live concert DVD Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House. They had met in the mid-1960s at a concert in Bakersfield, California. [31][132] The positive response to the tour encouraged Turner to reform the Kings of Rhythm. [159], Phil Alexander, editor-in-chief of Mojo magazine, referred to Turner as the "cornerstone of modern day rock 'n' roll" and credited his arrangements of blues standards as being an influence on 1960s British Invasion groups: "He proceeded to influence British rockers from the mid-1960s onwards. [177] He was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, whose performance earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards. [36] The other band led by Turner became the Kings of Rhythm. He said, "Ike wasn't more than sixteen then. 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]. Superstar has four children; Craig, 60 . [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. However, they reconciled and lived together until his passing. As he predicted, Turner died two days later, on December 12, at the age of 76, at his home in San Marcos, California. [16], Turner was introduced to St. Louis native singer Jeanette Bazzell by his son Ike Turner Jr. in 1988. [16], In 2005, Turner revealed he had been diagnosed with emphysema which required him to use an oxygen tank. "Rocket 88" is notable among other things for Willie Kizart's distorted guitar sound. [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. [52], Unaware of songwriter's royalties, Turner also wrote new material which the Biharis copyrighted under their own names. How old was Ike Turner when he died? [133] He is featured in the documentaries The Road to Memphis and Godfathers and Sons, as part of the series. [195][196] Lorraine already had two children of her own before she had two sons, Ike Jr. and Michael, with Turner. In 2003, John Collis published Ike Turner: King of Rhythm about the life and musical contributions of Turner. 61 on his list of 100 Greatest Guitarists and noted, "Turner was one of the first guitarists to successfully transplant the intensity of the blues into more commercial music. [17] Turner was the younger of their two children, his sister, Lee Ethel Knight, was "some ten years" his senior. B.B. On his show, "Jive Till Five", he played a diverse range of music such as Roy Milton and Louis Jordan alongside early rockabilly records. [16] They married at A Special Memory Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas on October 8, 2006. During the 1950s, Turner also worked as a talent scout and producer for Sun Records and Modern Records. 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