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Ike Turner

Occupation:
Musician, producer
Born:
11-05-1931
Died:
12-12-2007
Remembered Best As:
American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer. An early pioneer of fifties rock and roll, he is most popularly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then wife Tina Turner in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue
Suicide/Overdose:
Overdose

Biography

Ike Turner and his wife Tina were first known for their late-1960s and early-1970s recordings and their soul revue. Prior to that, however, Ike was well established as a seminal figure in the early years of rock & roll as both a performer and talent scout. During her tenure with Ike, Tina was one of the most flamboyant, overtly sexual performers in rock. Their recordings rarely captured the intensity of their live performances; in fact, their only gold album and one of their two highest charting is a live album (Live at Carnegie Hall, #25, 1970). Beginning in 1976, when Tina snuck out of a hotel and left Ike with just 36 cents in her pocket, she embarked on one of the longest but ultimately most successful comebacks in rock history

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