Ike Turner's cause of death was due to a reported cocaine overdose, and he passed away in his home in San Diego. Tina retained songwriter royalties from songs she had written, but Turner got the publishing royalties for his compositions and hers. He was successful with my mom and after my mom. He was a great innovator. "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. In St. Louis, Turner was exposed to a white audience who were excited by R&B. [128] They performed to positive reviews as the Ike Turner Revue. [38] Turner arranged for B.B. [242][243] After his father's death, he told Jet magazine: "I loved my father very much You can talk 5 or 10 minutes about the bad he's done. [4][61], While in Helena, Turner tried to recruit Little Walter to record for Modern in January 1952, but Little Walter was on his way to Mississippi. A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Turner began playing piano and guitar as a child and then formed the Kings of Rhythm as a teenager. Louis. [2] He was instrumental in the early careers of various blues musicians such as B.B. 14 on the Billboard R&B chart. They had met in the mid-1960s at a concert in Bakersfield, California. 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. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, the woman who would become known as Tina Turner had a rough family life. King helped them to get a steady weekend gig and recommended them to Sam Phillips at Memphis Recording Service. He intended to use the demo as guide track for Art Lassiter who did not attend the scheduled recording session at Technisonic Studios. [43][44] The record sold approximately half a million copies. 5 on the R&B chart. He was portrayed on Saturday Night Live's Weekend Update by Tim Meadows in a pageboy wig. At first, I had really been in love with him. [238] He toured with former Ikette Randi Love as Sweet Randi Love and The Love Thang Band. 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. [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. Rasool said she talked to Turner about his bipolar disorder and witnessed its effects. As a teen, Tina immersed herself in St. Louis' R&B music scene. [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. [17], According to Turner, he witnessed his father beaten and left for dead by a white mob. 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. His ex-wife Audrey Madison claimed Turner was bipolar and that she was helping him with his illness, a claim supported by Turner's personal assistant and caretaker, Falina Rasool. I never knew he was no musician. "[34] Turner kept the name throughout his career, although it went through lineup changes over time. [225][226] They divorced in 2000, but later rekindled their friendship. Louis. [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. After dating for some time, Tina and Ike traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to get married in 1962. The domestic situation was relentlessly permeated with fear and pain as Ike abused drugs and openly paraded around mistresses. Love invited Turner and his band to play at his club. 2. He would come in and stand behind the piano and watch me play. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. [8], During the 1980s, Turner was arrested multiple times for drug and firearm offenses which resulted in two convictions. 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. Making some key networking moves and signing with manager Roger Davies, she joined Capitol/EMI Records. People like that wouldn't have had the source material on which they drew."[9]. Turner said, "we wanted to play blues, boogie-woogie and Roy Brown, Jimmy Liggins, Roy Milton. 104 and No. [250], Turner managed to break his dependency on cocaine while in prison and remained clean for more than ten years. [171], In August 2010, Turner was posthumously celebrated in his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. [137][138] His performance is featured in the live concert DVD Demon Days: Live at the Manchester Opera House. [42] Turner blamed Phillips for this misrepresentation. 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. [264] His daughter Mia was said to be surprised at the coroner's assessment, believing his advanced stage emphysema was a larger factor. Turner recalled, "there wasn't no intermission. He earned another Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Blues Album for his 2006 set Risin With the Blues, having worked with the alternative pop act Gorillaz the previous year. [125], Hip-hop group Salt-N-Pepa sampled Turner's composition "I'm Blue (The Gong Gong Song)", released by the Ikettes in 1961, for their 1993 single "Shoop". [207][208], Following a violent altercation in July 1976, Tina filed for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. [161], Turner won two competitive Grammy Awards. [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. Her parents were poor sharecroppers, who split up and left Turner and her sister to be raised by their grandmother. 1958: Makes first recording, under the name Little Ann. [21][28], Turner was inspired to learn the piano after he heard Pinetop Perkins play at his friend Ernest Lane's house. [29][30] This led to Turner being offered a job by the station manager as the DJ on the late-afternoon shift. [121] In 1988, Turner attempted an ill-fated return to the stage with Marcy Thomas, Bonnie Johnson, and Jeanette Bazzell as his Ikettes. 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. [173], Turner then married Rosa Lee Sane in West Memphis, Arkansas. He asked for one more tour with me, and I said, 'No, absolutely not.' As he predicted, Turner died two days later, on December 12, at the age of 76, at his home in San Marcos, California. IKE'S WIFE, AUDREY, GIVES DETAILS ABOUT HIS ABUSE & WHY HE DID IT Audrey Turner did an interview with Afro and stated that her husband, Ike, used to beat her because he had bipolar disorder, which caused severe mood swings and his cocaine use only exaggerated the problem. "[8] B.B. [12] In 2002, Turner's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a live album and DVD. Tragically, Craig Turner was found dead in June 2018 when he was 59-years-old. How many wives did Ike Turner have? [90], The single "A Fool In Love" was released in July 1960, and it became a national hit, selling a million copies. (Getty Images) The couple soon started dating and got married in 1962 in Tijuana, Mexico. [25] During breaks he would watch DJ John Friskillo play records at the radio station, WROX, located in the hotel. [248] By the early 1970s, he was heavily addicted to the drug, buying it in large quantities and sharing it with friends. It had three custom single coil 1960s Strat pickups. 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. [6] After his release in 1991, he remained drug-free until he relapsed in 2004, dying of a drug overdose in 2007. 1957: Tina sees Ike Turner play at a club in Illinois and months later sings with his band. [16], In 2005, Turner revealed he had been diagnosed with emphysema which required him to use an oxygen tank. [130] Turner credited Joe Louis Walker with encouraging him to return to his roots in blues music. Vocalist on the album include Turner's last wife Audrey Madison Turner and former Ikette Bonnie Bramlett. [107] The album earned Turner his first solo Grammy nomination for Best R&B Instrumental Performance at the 12th Annual Grammy Awards. "[10] Turner won five Grammy Awards, including two competitive awards and three Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. [115] Tina fled from the hotel shortly after they arrived, and filed for divorce on July 27, 1976. Last edited on 26 February 2023, at 08:14, You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had, Grammy Award for Best Traditional Blues Album, Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner, Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner, Ike & Tina Turner's Kings of Rhythm Dance, His Woman, Her Man: The Ike Turner Diaries Unreleased Funk/Rock 19701973, The Bad Man: Rare & Unreissued Ike Turner Produced Recordings 19621965, Jack Rabbit Blues: The Singles of 19581960, "Ike Turner, Musician and Songwriter in Duo With Tina Turner, Dies at 76", "Will They Still Like Ike? [196][246] Producer D'Angela Proctor alleged in Turner's Unsung documentary that the two famous people were Elvis Presley and Redd Foxx. Tina and Ike Turner were married for 16 years. (But she did admit that she was drawn to his voice.) [96] Between 1964 and 1965, they scored fourteen top 40 R&B hits with "You Can't Miss Nothing That You Never Had", "Tell Her I'm Not Home", "Good Bye, So Long", and "Two Is a Couple". [57][4], Turner was contracted to the Bihari brothers, but he continued to work for Phillips, where he was effectively the in-house producer. During the last decade of Turner's life, he revived his career as a frontman by returning to his blues roots. [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. 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. Louis. [64], Unbeknownst to Turner, during his time in West Memphis, he met Elvis Presley who was a truck driver. "[120] Turner struggled to find success due to his cocaine addiction and run-ins with the law. 2 on their list of the 20 Greatest Duos of All Time. Johnny Otis said, "Ike Turner is a very important man in American music. [233] Tina's son Craig Turner (19582018) with Raymond Hill was adopted by Turner and therefore carried his surname. The ikettes. [87] Turner then renamed her "Tina" because it rhymed with Sheena, however, family and friends still called her Ann. He had struggled for many years with drug addiction. In 1973, the duo released "Nutbush City Limits" penned by Tina. She made her recording debut on Turner's song "Boxtop", released on Tune Town Records in 1958. [195][196] Lorraine already had two children of her own before she had two sons, Ike Jr. and Michael, with Turner. Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. (November 5, 1931 December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. [142][143] After Turner's death, the songs were used for their 2008 album Attack & Release. 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". Their early stage performances consisted largely of covers of popular jukebox hits. [70], In 1954, Turner visited his sister Lee Ethel Knight in St. Louis, Missouri. B.B. 61 on his list of 100 Greatest Guitarists in 2010. [101] The failure of the single in America triggered Spector's retreat from the music industry. He eventually began freebasing crack cocaine. Only 100 specimens were made, retailing at $3,399.99. It peaked at No. Ike Turner married four times and had four children: Ike Jr., Michael, Ronald and Mia. Blues historian Ted Drozdowski claimed that Turner's father died in an industrial accident. [165], Turner won Comeback Album of The Year for Here and Now at the W.C. [203] He used a detective agency to locate Bell in Chicago and they divorced in 1974. When Ike and Tina Turner got together, it was volatile. [79] Turner released two singles on the Stevens label (No. I was inconsiderate about her feelings. [239][240], Ronnie Turner was in a band called Manufactured Funk with songwriter and musician Patrick Moten. Turner gained experience performing by supporting Nighthawk at gigs around Clarksdale. [174], In 2017, the Mississippi Blues Trail honored "Rocket 88" for being an influential record with a marker in Lyon, Mississippi. "[51] King also maintained that Turner introduced him to the Bihari brothers. He had tried to sell his studio Bolic Sound in 1980 to raise funds to avoid foreclosure, but the studio burned down on the day a potential buyer was scheduled to view it in January 1981. [121] He re-recorded "I'm Blue" as a duet with singer Billy Rogers in 1995. The Kings of Rhythm played "Rocket 88" and "Proud Mary". According to Jeanette, Turner called her his "backbone". [258] His daughter Mia Turner said, "He was too weak from the emphysema to do anything. [202] At the time, he was still legally married to Alice Bell. "[183] Phil Spector criticized Tina's book and called the film a "piece of trash" during his eulogy at Turner's funeral. [236] He was paroled into her custody in 1991. [186] It was written with Nigel Cawthorne and Little Richard wrote the introduction. 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. On his show, "Jive Till Five", he played a diverse range of music such as Roy Milton and Louis Jordan alongside early rockabilly records. [12] Later that year, the duo released the blues oriented albums Outta Season and The Hunter on Blue Thumb Records. "Rocket 88" is notable among other things for Willie Kizart's distorted guitar sound. He had two sons, Ike Turner Jr. (b. 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. Spector, according to our spy in the . Ike Turner was the innovator, for rhythm and blues and for rock 'n' roll. The pair met at a nightclub in Manhattan and sparked up a romance after singing together. While in Chicago, Turner backed Otis Rush; playing the signature vibrato guitar parts on "Double Trouble". [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. In 1986, Turner was arrested for cocaine possession. [164] He was honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 2001. [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. The model has an alder body in Sonic Blue with an Ike Turner signature in gold ink on the body under the clear-coat, with a maple neck in a 1960s "C" shape with a rosewood fingerboard, with 21 vintage frets. How many wives did Ike Turner have? [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. 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. Turner said he only fired a shot to scare him off and that the man had injured himself when he climbed over the fence to get away. Turner, who was trained by ear and could not sight read, would learn the pieces by listening to a version on record at home, pretending to be reading the music during rehearsals. [195] Sources often incorrectly refer to Taylor as one of Turner's wives, but she was his live-in girlfriend. Ike Turner Jr. Ike Turner had six children, but Tina only adopted two of his sons. Turner's vocalist Johnny O'Neal had left to sign a solo contract with King Records, so Jackie Brenston, a saxophonist in the Kings of Rhythm, sang lead vocals while Turner was on piano. [28][29] Soon, he was left to play records while Friskillo took coffee breaks. Superstar has four children; Craig, 60 . [232] He had a son Ronald "Ronnie" Turner (19602022) with Tina Turner. We plan to record together. [169][170], In 2004, Fender Custom Shop manufactured a limited edition Ike Turner Tribute Stratocaster. Tina was 22 when she married Ike, and they went on to become a famous husband-and-wife R&B act. [168], In 2003, the album Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner was ranked No. Turner was pronounced dead at 11:38am. His early influences included Amos Milburn and Louis Jordan, as well as country music artists such as Hank Williams Sr. and Merle Travis. 27 on the Hot 100. The wailing saxophone and that distorted electric guitar. [78], Turner befriended St. Louis R&B fan Bill Stevens who set up the short-lived Stevens Records in 1959. [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. [106], In April 1969, Turner and the Kings of Rhythm released an album, A Black Man's Soul, on Pompeii Records. [193], After Alice, Turner became involved with Annie Mae Wilson from Greenville, Mississippi. [210] Their divorce was finalized on March 29, 1978. [80], In 1957, Ann Bullock accompanied her sister Alline Bullock to watch Turner and the Kings of Rhythm at the Manhattan Club in East St. On the John Boy and Billy radio show, cast member Jeff Pillars regularly performed an impersonation of Turner in a segment called "Ax/Ask Ike". [260][261], In the weeks leading up to his death, Turner became reclusive. [8], Before the age of thirty, Turner did not use drugs or drink alcohol. [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. [16] He would fire anyone in his band who used any substances. Turner played guitar and assisted in production on Walker's 1997 album Great Guitars; Walker paid him $5,000 a night for six songs. [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". "[190], In 1988, Turner discovered he had a daughter named Twanna Melby. She started as an Ikette before becoming his lead singer. [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). [163] Turner also has three songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame: "Rocket 88", "River Deep Mountain High", and "Proud Mary". She also kept her two Jaguar cars, furs and jewelry along with her stage name. He released two award-winning albums, Here and Now and Risin' with the Blues. [31] Turner persuaded his mother to pay for piano lessons, but he did not take to the formal style of playing. 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. Turner went on to have a massively successful solo career after "Ike & Tina," getting her first No. 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. And the high energy, intricate dance moves high kicks, twirls and spins, deep diving, and swimming motions displayed by the wigged out Tina and the Ikettes further cemented the revues reputation for serving up legendary, must-see performances. Tina would later pen a bouncing, up-tempo ode to her roots, 1973s Nutbush City Limits, that hit both the pop and R&B charts and became a long-time favorite. I was stupid. [241] He married French singer Afida Turner in 2007. He accused the man of assaulting his wife Ann Thomas and of kicking his dog. The singer was married to Ike Turner from 1962 until 1978. I understand today. 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