104 and No. Tina Turner is the mom of her four kids, Ike Turner Jr., Michael Turner, Ronnie Turner and Craig Turner. During the last decade of Turner's life, he revived his career as a frontman by returning to his blues roots. Alongside his former wife, he was inducted to the Rock and Roll . [223] Turner stated, "I loved Tina, but I was in love with Ann Thomas. [233] Tina's son Craig Turner (19582018) with Raymond Hill was adopted by Turner and therefore carried his surname. [11], Ike & Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. [173] The unveilings coincided with Clarksdale's 23rd Annual Sunflower River Blues & Gospel Festival, which paid tribute to Turner. [109] The release of "Proud Mary" in 1971 became Ike & Tina Turner's biggest hit, reaching No. Turner gained experience performing by supporting Nighthawk at gigs around Clarksdale. 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. [54][55] Turner estimated he wrote seventy-eight hit records for the Biharis. [89] He had the name "Tina Turner" trademarked, so that in case she left, another singer could perform under the same name. [175] In 2018, "Rocket 88" was chosen for the inaugural class of influential songs inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles. Tina and Ike Turner were married for 16 years. Amidst all the chaos in their life, Tina . 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. [16], On January 16, 2008, the San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office reported that Turner had died from a cocaine overdose. Despite routine intimidation, Tina eventually divorced her husband, taking no other assets besides her performance name and two cars. "[152], "It ain't Little Richard, it ain't Chuck, it ain't Fats Domino no, we came on later. [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. [263] Among those who spoke at the funeral were Little Richard, Solomon Burke and Phil Spector. [24] He quit school in the eighth grade and began working as an elevator operator at the Alcazar Hotel in downtown Clarksdale. We may earn commission from links on this page, but we only recommend products we back. [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. [185], In 1999, Turner published his autobiography Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner. How many children did Ike and Tina Turner have? Turner tried to get Rosa out, but he never saw her again. [17][a][18], His mother remarried an artist named Philip Reese, who Turner described as a violent alcoholic. [71], In between live dates, Turner took the band to Cincinnati to record for Federal Records in 1956. Making some key networking moves and signing with manager Roger Davies, she joined Capitol/EMI Records. "[183] Phil Spector criticized Tina's book and called the film a "piece of trash" during his eulogy at Turner's funeral. He released two award-winning albums, Here and Now and Risin' with the Blues. [111] Artists who recorded there included Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Duane Allman, Little Richard, Gayle McCormick, and Frank Zappa. the ikettes, originally the artettes, were a trio (sometimes quartet) of female backing vocalists for the ike & tina turner revue. [142] The Black Keys sent demos to Turner, but the project was temporarily shelved. King. [57] Turner used his Kings of Rhythm as session musicians. [8], Turner released two solo albums for United Artists Records, Blues Roots (1972) and Bad Dreams (1973). : 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? "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. ", Turner was praised by his contemporaries for his influence. [88] He was inspired by Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and Nyoka the Jungle Girl to create her stage persona. "I would come in the room and see him change like a lightbulb, switch on and switch off. He was a great innovator. 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 . While in Chicago, Turner backed Otis Rush; playing the signature vibrato guitar parts on "Double Trouble". Annie Mae left Turner for a policeman after they moved to East St. Louis, Illinois. Using her Buddhist practice to help center herself, Tina steadily performed in smaller venues while also finding herself in debt. She was a pianist in his band, and they married in the mid-1950s. She told Jet: "He's been real inspiration and a catalyst emotionally and in other ways as well. It was a job staying ahead of this chick, man, cos' she was always trying to outdo me. 212 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (No. [84] One night during an intermission, Bullock got hold of the microphone from Washington and sang "You Know I Love You" by B.B. [248] By the early 1970s, he was heavily addicted to the drug, buying it in large quantities and sharing it with friends. At first, I had really been in love with him. [12] Ike & Tina Turner won Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Group for "Proud Mary" in 1972. The Kings of Rhythm played "Rocket 88" and "Proud Mary". [12] In 2002, Turner's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a live album and DVD. 1949),[192] but Turner denied that assertion in his autobiography (in which Velma is mistakenly referred to as Thelma): "I met Thelma Dishman, who, at that time, I thought was a pretty girl. [90], The single "A Fool In Love" was released in July 1960, and it became a national hit, selling a million copies. Tina was 22 when she married Ike, and they went on to become a famous husband-and-wife R&B act. Their divorce was finalized in 1955. Turner was cremated after the funeral service. [79] Turner released two singles on the Stevens label (No. This sometimes created conflicts of interest. [32] At some point in the 1940s, Turner moved into Clarksdale's Riverside Hotel. Born Anna Mae Bullock in 1939, the woman who would become known as Tina Turner had a rough family life. 1958) and Michael Turner (b. [241] He married French singer Afida Turner in 2007. [164] He was honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 2001. [8], Before the age of thirty, Turner did not use drugs or drink alcohol. Fri 14 Dec 2007 18.58 EST. [144], In his career, Turner originally worked in the style of 1950s R&B, or post-jump blues. [34] The Tophatters had over 30 members, but they broke up into two groups after six months to a year. The song reached No. [21], Turner recounted how he was sexually assaulted at the age of six by a middle-aged lady called Miss Boozie. "[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. [201] Turner stated that the reason they went to Tijuana was to see "sex shows and whores". [78], Turner befriended St. Louis R&B fan Bill Stevens who set up the short-lived Stevens Records in 1959. In those days blacks didn't bother with divorces. How many wives did Ike Turner have? American musician Ike Turner (1931 - 2007) and his wife, singer, dancer, and actress Tina Turner at London Airport on their way to Los Angeles, London, 11th March 1969. (Getty Images) The couple soon started dating and got married in 1962 in Tijuana, Mexico. That's a lifetime achievement. Biography and associated logos are trademarks of A+E Networksprotected in the US and other countries around the globe. ", In 1957, Turner met Anna Bullock (Tina Turner) at the Manhattan Club in East St. [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. Turner recalled, "there wasn't no intermission. [6][214] Her mother, Pat Richard, attended Sumner High School with Tina in St. [190] The couple married on September 19, 1950. [236] He was paroled into her custody in 1991. King. [53] Artists Turner discovered for Modern and Sun include Bobby Bland, Howlin' Wolf, Rosco Gordon, Boyd Gilmore, Houston Boines, Charley Booker, and Little Milton. He would come in and stand behind the piano and watch me play. He brought Emerson to record at Sun Records and backed him on guitar in 1954. [119] In 1979, Turner spent time in the studio with Chaka Khan following her separation from her manager-husband. While their career was rising, their marriage seemed to fall apart with reports of physical abuse and infidelity. [227] In 2019, she told Palm Spring Life that the film What's Love Got to Do with It "assassinated Ike's career. 5 on the R&B chart. [123][124] After his release from prison, Turner told the press that he was nervous about returning to performing live, but had plans to return to the studio. [92], In 1961, Turner played piano on Albert King's first hit record, "Don't Throw Your Love on Me So Strong". An. 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. Alice was dating his vocalist Johnny O'Neal, but Turner liked her so he married her to avoid locking heads with O'Neal. 1969), with Ann Thomas,[16] and he later discovered he had another daughter, Twanna Melby Turner (b. Love invited Turner and his band to play at his club. After Turner gained a strong following among both whites and blacks, he demanded that the clubs should be integrated. "[214] In his autobiography, he said: "Sure, I've slapped Tina. Speaking on his early marriages, he said: "You gave a preacher $2, the papers cost $3, that was it. [38][39] He played juke joints alongside other local blues artists such as Elmore James, Muddy Waters, and Little Walter. [190], Turner married Marion Louis Lee (Bonnie Turner) in Clarksdale on September 24, 1952. However, James did eventually sign with Modern, and Turner played on his recordings that were released on Modern's subsidiary label Flair Records. It had three custom single coil 1960s Strat pickups. Having served time in prison for drug possession, Ike released his own autobiography, Takin Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner, in 1999. After dating for some time, Tina and Ike traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to get married in 1962. [12], Turner began working on a collaboration album with Gorillaz's producer Danger Mouse and the Black Keys in early 2007. He had struggled for many years with drug addiction. [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. July 3, 2018Raymond Craig Turner / Date of death. [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". 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. [250][16], By 1985, Turner's finances were in disarray and he owed the state of California $12,802 in back taxes. During his stay, he went clubbing at Ned Love's in East St. Louis, Illinois. "[51] King also maintained that Turner introduced him to the Bihari brothers. Studio-psychedelic New Orleans, echoes of the Band and Dr. John, some brilliant minor r&b mixed in with the dumb stuff. The mother of four hid at a friend's house before she began slowly . [31] Turner persuaded his mother to pay for piano lessons, but he did not take to the formal style of playing. Rosa had mental issues, so her family put her in an insane asylum. 1960: Begins dating Ike and they create the duo, Ike and Tina Turner. [203] He used a detective agency to locate Bell in Chicago and they divorced in 1974. [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. He intended to use the demo as guide track for Art Lassiter who did not attend the scheduled recording session at Technisonic Studios. [48], The success of "Rocket 88" generated tension and ego clashes in the band which culminated with Brenston leaving to pursue a solo career, causing the band to fall apart. [49], To accommodate his then-wife Bonnie, who also played piano, Turner taught himself how to play guitar by ear and Willie Kizart taught him blues guitar techniques. As he predicted, Turner died two days later, on December 12, at the age of 76, at his home in San Marcos, California. [2] While trying to help an acquaintance from crack addiction at a crack house he relapsed in 2004. 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. [245] He was cleared of the charges. [3] Turner received $45,000 for the film, but he had unknowingly signed papers waiving the right to sue Disney's Touchstone Pictures for his depiction. [174], In 2017, the Mississippi Blues Trail honored "Rocket 88" for being an influential record with a marker in Lyon, Mississippi. 2 on the Billboard R&B chart and No. 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. [210] Their divorce was finalized on March 29, 1978. As a teen, Tina immersed herself in St. Louis' R&B music scene. [82] Through her sister and Washington, Bullock asked Turner to sing with his band. [130] Turner credited Joe Louis Walker with encouraging him to return to his roots in blues music. During this period, the couple formed a band known as 'Ike & Tina Turner' and belted out hits like 'Proud Mary', 'River Deep', etc. [25] During breaks he would watch DJ John Friskillo play records at the radio station, WROX, located in the hotel. According to Turner, they did not consummate their marriage. [53] They often purchased or claimed co-writer credit of songs written by artists on their labels using pseudonyms. [16][188] He often married another woman before divorcing his existing wife. 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. [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. [29] The pair played drums and piano on radio sessions. I did ask him about it. We had fights and there have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. [207][208], Following a violent altercation in July 1976, Tina filed for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences. Instead, he spent the money in a pool hall and learned boogie-woogie from Perkins. Tina Turner was married to Ike Turner for 16 years and then married Erwin Bach in 2013 after a 27-year relationship but she does not often discuss her children. He sent the results to the Biharis at Modern and they released it on their subsidiary label RPM Records. [188][205][8] He also revealed on The Howard Stern Show in 1993 and on Fresh Air in 1996, that Tina's birth name is Martha Nell (not Anna Mae) Bullock. By then both of his parents were deceased, so he could not verify the origin of his name. . 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