The transformation of his ex-wife Tina into a superstar inevitably overshadowed the career of Ike Turner, who has died after suffering from emphysema, aged 76. 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". [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. [190] The couple married on September 19, 1950. [161], Turner won two competitive Grammy Awards. Houk's Piano Co. store in Memphis the year of its release in 1954. [69] Around this time Turner discovered Billy "The Kid" Emerson in Greenville. [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. Ike modestly terms what he does on the guitar as 'tricks', but make no mistake, he attacked his axe with the conviction of a man who knew precisely what he wanted to hear come out of it. "[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. [115] On July 1, the Turners got into a violent altercation en route to their gig at the Dallas Statler Hilton. [42] Turner blamed Phillips for this misrepresentation. [12] Ike & Tina Turner won Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group for "Proud Mary" in 1972. [99][100] After Tina and Spector recorded "River Deep Mountain High", the duo signed to Spector's Philles label in 1966. 1 on Los 40 Principales in Spain. "[8] B.B. [163] Turner also has three songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame: "Rocket 88", "River Deep Mountain High", and "Proud Mary". [115] Tina fled from the hotel shortly after they arrived, and filed for divorce on July 27, 1976. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. [156] Little Richard was inspired to play the piano after he heard Turner's piano intro on "Rocket 88", and later used it note for note on "Good Golly, Miss Molly". King helped them to get a steady weekend gig and recommended them to Sam Phillips at Memphis Recording Service. "[222] Their daughter Mia was born in January 1969. 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. "[181][182] In 2018, 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. Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. [245] He was cleared of the charges. [23] Reflecting on these experiences, he stated: "That's probably why every relationship I was in was surrounded by sex. How many children did Ike and Tina Turner have? The star was only 22 years old when she fell in love with Ike, who was five years her junior, according to the BBC. He intended to use the demo as guide track for Art Lassiter who did not attend the scheduled recording session at Technisonic Studios. Tina, the new documentary will air on HBO and HBO Max at 8 p.m. Saturday, March 27 and on demand Sunday, March 28. Credit: Getty - Contributor. While married to Ike, Tina had two step-sons Ike Jr. and Michael whom Ike had from a previous relationship. He revealed he hasn't spoken to Tina Turner since 'probably the year 2000'. Handy Blues Awards in 2002. She started as an Ikette before becoming his lead singer. 22 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. [8], As a teenager, Turner joined a local rhythm ensemble called the Tophatters who played around Clarksdale, Mississippi. After Turner gained a strong following among both whites and blacks, he demanded that the clubs should be integrated. [175] In 2018, "Rocket 88" was chosen for the inaugural class of influential songs inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles. To strip him from having the opportunity to get recognition in an area where he was entitled to deserve it, it's so wrong to me. But with or without Tina, Ike Turner was mean and dangerous, the epitome of the bad bad man." But as the documentary Tina reveals, even 43 years after her divorce, the icon still has nightmares. 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. 2. [210] Their divorce was finalized on March 29, 1978. [5] Addicted to cocaine for at least 15 years, Turner was convicted of drug offenses and served 18 months in prison. [216] In 2007, Turner told Jet that he had written Tina an apology letter, but had never sent it. He considered himself an organizer rather than a performer. [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. In 1952, under the alias Mary Sue, she released the single "Everybody's Talking" / "Love Is a Gamble" on Modern Records. 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. [264] His daughter Mia was said to be surprised at the coroner's assessment, believing his advanced stage emphysema was a larger factor. Soon they were booking bigger venues, and by 1969 they were headlining in Las Vegas. 104 and No. [221] According to Turner, Tina suggested Ann fill in as an Ikette because although she could not sing, she was attractive. "[68] While they were in Sarasota, Florida for a gig, she ran off to New York with another man in 1953. 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. A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Turner began playing piano and guitar as a child and then formed the Kings of Rhythm as a teenager. [130], Although Turner considered himself a pianist rather than a guitarist,[31] Rolling Stone magazine editor David Fricke ranked him No. [201] Turner stated that the reason they went to Tijuana was to see "sex shows and whores". [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. 4 in the Billboard Hot 100 and Turner earned around half a million dollars in royalties. [166] In 2004, he was awarded the Heroes Award from the Memphis branch of the Recording Academy. The domestic situation was relentlessly permeated with fear and pain as Ike abused drugs and openly paraded around mistresses. [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. 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. They earned a Grammy Award in 1971: Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group for "Proud Mary." But the abuse continued, and they finally split in 1976 and divorced two years later. He was successful with my mom and after my mom. Some of the artist Turner backed on piano and guitar during this period include Elmore James, Johnny Ace and the Flairs. [53] Artists Turner discovered for Modern and Sun include Bobby Bland, Howlin' Wolf, Rosco Gordon, Boyd Gilmore, Houston Boines, Charley Booker, and Little Milton. While many fans were shocked, many began speculating if his choices in life had killed him. [6] He sold 20 unreleased Ike & Tina Turner masters to the independent label Esquire Records. "[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. [21], Turner recounted how he was sexually assaulted at the age of six by a middle-aged lady called Miss Boozie. I was inconsiderate about her feelings. As a teen, Tina immersed herself in St. Louis' R&B music scene. Love invited Turner and his band to play at his club. During his stay, he went clubbing at Ned Love's in East St. Louis, Illinois. [246] Turner was first introduced to cocaine by "two very famous people" he had been working with at the International Hotel in Las Vegas. In 1973, the duo released "Nutbush City Limits" penned by Tina. If the drummer had to pee, I would play drums until he returned.There were no breaks. [177] He was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne, whose performance earned him an Oscar nomination for Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards. [230] She told The Afro: "I decided to write it because it was like a cleansing and it released all of the trauma. "[10] Turner won five Grammy Awards, including two competitive awards and three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. [16], His funeral was held on December 21, 2007, at the City of Refuge Church in Gardena, California. As he predicted, Turner died two days later, on December 12, at the age of 76, at his home in San Marcos, California. [78], Turner befriended St. Louis R&B fan Bill Stevens who set up the short-lived Stevens Records in 1959. She was a pianist in his band, and they married in the mid-1950s. He was convicted of, 2015: Inducted into St. Louis Classic Rock Hall of Fame, This page was last edited on 26 February 2023, at 08:14. [8], Before the age of thirty, Turner did not use drugs or drink alcohol. Rasool said she talked to Turner about his bipolar disorder and witnessed its effects. 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. Turner said, "we wanted to play blues, boogie-woogie and Roy Brown, Jimmy Liggins, Roy Milton. The single, released on King Records, peaked at No. [88] The duo switched to Turner's Sonja label in 1963. 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. "[155] Turner was a big influence on Little Richard, who wrote the introduction to Turner's autobiography. Instead, he spent the money in a pool hall and learned boogie-woogie from Perkins. 4. [247][185] He took the cocaine home and tried it one night while writing songs at the piano. [171], In August 2010, Turner was posthumously celebrated in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Tina later recounted in her 2018 memoir, My Love Story, that sexual encounters with her then-husband were an expression of hostility a kind of rape especially when it began or ended with a beating.. [100], In January 1970, they performed on The Ed Sullivan Show and released their rendition of "Come Together", which reached No. [121] Jurassic 5 used "Getting Nasty" from A Black Man's Soul on the track "Concrete Schoolyard" in 1997, Main Source also sampled "Getting Nasty" on the track "Snake Eyes" as well as Ike & Tina Turner's "Bold Soul Sister" on "Just Hanging Out"; both featured on their 1991 album Breaking Atoms. [8] He later settled his account. [71] He also had live music broadcast on the St. Louis radio station KATZ. [2] While trying to help an acquaintance from crack addiction at a crack house he relapsed in 2004. The song reached No. [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. We plan to record together. He'd go in the studio for a couple of minutes and play a couple of bars and say he had to go lay down. [91] It sold more than a million copies, and won the duo a Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group at the 14th Annual Grammy Awards. [64] Bonnie was a member of the Kings of Rhythm as a pianist and vocalist. Tragically, Craig Turner was found dead in June 2018 when he was 59-years-old. [224] She became his lead vocalist and they married in a private ceremony at Circus Circus Hotel & Resort in Las Vegas on July 4, 1995. When Bullock became pregnant by Hill, they lived with Turner and his live-in girlfriend Lorraine Taylor. [52], Unaware of songwriter's royalties, Turner also wrote new material which the Biharis copyrighted under their own names. [236] He was paroled into her custody in 1991. Between 1974 and 1975, the duo released the singles "Sweet Rhode Island Red", "Sexy Ida", and "Baby, Get It On". The two sons she adopted were from his longterm relationship with Lorraine Taylor. 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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. I understand today. [127], Turner reformed the Ikettes in the mid-1990s, which included his then-wife Jeanette Bazzell Turner and Michelle Love (Randi Love). Tina was 22 when she married Ike, and they went on to become a famous husband-and-wife R&B act. We just switched around. [250][16], By 1985, Turner's finances were in disarray and he owed the state of California $12,802 in back taxes. Ike Turner states the facts", "Ike Turner That Kat Sure Could Play! "[40], In March 1951, Turner and his band recorded the song "Rocket 88" at Memphis Recording Service. I went through things with Ike, too, but there's a time to forgive and to let go. 27 on the Billboard Disco Top 100 chart. . But he was totally unpredictable," she said. "It was my relationship with Ike that made me most unhappy. [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. According to Jeanette, Turner called her his "backbone". Rock 'n' roll came from rhythm and blues: rock 'n' roll ain't nothing but rhythm and blues up-tempo. "[218][219], Turner married Margaret Ann Thomas in Las Vegas on April 11, 1981;[220] they divorced in 1990. [260][261], In the weeks leading up to his death, Turner became reclusive. [197] However, Turner and Bullock eventually began having an affair and she became pregnant in January 1960. 214 on 2012 revised list). [134] Turner appeared on the Gorillaz's album Demon Days (2005); playing piano on "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead". [12], Their mainstream success provided Turner with the finances to open his own recording studio, Bolic Sound in Inglewood, in 1972. Sadly, in summer 2018, her eldest biological son Craig committed suicide. . [227] In 2019, she told Palm Spring Life that the film What's Love Got to Do with It "assassinated Ike's career. He is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. Their early stage performances consisted largely of covers of popular jukebox hits. "[183] Phil Spector criticized Tina's book and called the film a "piece of trash" during his eulogy at Turner's funeral. Ike Turner Jnr claims his star mother has all but abandoned her family in the US. [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. Together they were, as Tina would later proclaim, nice and rough. She got up to sing his version of B.B. How many wives did ike turner have? Tina Turner is the mom of her four kids, Ike Turner Jr., Michael Turner, Ronnie Turner and Craig Turner. "[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. Tina met Ike when she was 18 and started visiting bars in the St. Louis area. They made amazing music together, but their private life was not as collaborative as their public appearances, and it was downright terrible for Tina. Ike Turner's cause of death was due to a reported cocaine overdose, and he passed away in his home in San Diego. [31] Turner persuaded his mother to pay for piano lessons, but he did not take to the formal style of playing. [16] In 2011, Audrey appeared as a contestant on The X Factor. 1960), with Lorraine Taylor. "[154] King also said, "When they talk about rock 'n roll, I see Ike as one of the founding fathers. 4 in their list of the 20 best movie "bad guys". [144], In his career, Turner originally worked in the style of 1950s R&B, or post-jump blues. However, James did eventually sign with Modern, and Turner played on his recordings that were released on Modern's subsidiary label Flair Records. Turner was cremated after the funeral service. "[227], Turner met San Francisco native singer Audrey Madison through a mutual friend in 1993. In St. Louis, Turner was exposed to a white audience who were excited by R&B. Ike Turner performing in Juan-Les-Pins, southern France, on the last day of the Jazz a Juan music festival. [17] Turner was the younger of their two children, his sister, Lee Ethel Knight, was "some ten years" his senior. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. Annie Mae left Turner for a policeman after they moved to East St. Louis, Illinois. [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. 1 in the U.S. and is seen by many as Tinas trademark song. Turner went on to have a massively successful solo career after "Ike & Tina," getting her first No. Turner married Lee in September 1952. 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. On his show, "Jive Till Five", he played a diverse range of music such as Roy Milton and Louis Jordan alongside early rockabilly records. [108] In November, the Ike & Tina Turner Revue opened up for the Rolling Stones on their 1969 American Tour. Her parents were poor sharecroppers, who split up and left Turner and her sister to be. [173], Turner then married Rosa Lee Sane in West Memphis, Arkansas. [130] Turner credited Joe Louis Walker with encouraging him to return to his roots in blues music. Speaking on his early marriages, he said: "You gave a preacher $2, the papers cost $3, that was it. 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. I think that Rocket 88 is R&B, but I think Rocket 88 is the cause of rock and roll existing". [21][28], Turner was inspired to learn the piano after he heard Pinetop Perkins play at his friend Ernest Lane's house. [27] One day Friskillo spotted Turner watching and put him to work; teaching him the ins and outs of the control room. [16][188] He often married another woman before divorcing his existing wife. [29] The pair played drums and piano on radio sessions. 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. 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. [71], In between live dates, Turner took the band to Cincinnati to record for Federal Records in 1956. Ike and Tina Turner's Tumultuous Relationship, Photo: Daniel SIMON/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images, Rihanna and 10 Other Great Pregnant Performances, Your Privacy Choices: Opt Out of Sale/Targeted Ads. [43][44] The record sold approximately half a million copies. [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. 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). [87] That year, they headlined at the Waldorf Astoria New York and signed a television deal with CBS-TV. Rasool was also in the house and administered CPR. "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. [190], Turner married Marion Louis Lee (Bonnie Turner) in Clarksdale on September 24, 1952. [32] At some point in the 1940s, Turner moved into Clarksdale's Riverside Hotel. A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Turner began playing piano and guitar as a child and then formed the Kings of Rhythm as a teenager. We just came and took it home. 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. He accused the man of assaulting his wife Ann Thomas and of kicking his dog. [88] He was inspired by Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and Nyoka the Jungle Girl to create her stage persona. Tina retained songwriter royalties from songs she had written, but Turner got the publishing royalties for his compositions and hers. 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. In May 1989, Turner was arrested on drug charges in West Hollywood. Look what he'd done for me. Their cover of "I Want to Take You Higher" by Sly and the Family Stone was also successful on the charts in 1970. Speaking on "Rocket 88" being a contender for the first rock 'n' roll record, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini said: In musical terms [he was] very important. "[259] Despite his ill health, he collaborated with Gorillaz on their album Demon Days and performed the track with them at the Manchester Opera House in November 2005. (But she did admit that she was drawn to his voice.) [16], Turner was raised a Baptist and reportedly converted to Judaism in 1994, but never spoke about it. [162] In 2007, Turner won Best Traditional Blues Album for Risin' with the Blues. "[34] Turner kept the name throughout his career, although it went through lineup changes over time. [211] In the final divorce decree, Tina took responsibility for missed concert dates as well as an IRS lien. This man was playing the blues, rhythm and blues. Ike Turner began playing piano as a child and by the late 1940s had played with a number of the leading blues musicians in the . . 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