Biography ike turner

Who Was Ike Turner?

R&B legend Ike Turner grew up playing the blues. In , he met a teenager and singer named Anna Mae Bullock. He married her and helped create her stage persona, Tina Turner.

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The two became the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and created several hits, including “A Fool In Love,” “Baby Get It On,” and “Nutbush City Limits.” The duo’s cover of “Proud Mary” earned them their only Grammy Award together in , and 20 years later, they were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Their marriage was much less successful, ending in divorce in after Ike physically abused Tina for years.

As a solo artist, Ike found success in the blues genre once more, earning a second Grammy in Turner died of a cocaine overdose in at age

Quick Facts

FULL NAME: Ike Wister Turner
BORN: November 5,
DIED: December 12,
BIRTHPLACE: Clarksdale, Mississippi
SPOUSES: Tina Turner (), Margaret Ann Thomas (), Jeanette Bazzell Turner (), and Audrey Madison Turner ()
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