Ike Turner Biography
Ike Turner was an 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 1960’s and 1970’s with his then-wife Tina Turner in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.
Ike Turner and Tina Turner
Things really began to change for Turner in 1956, when he met a teenager named Anna Mae Bullock. The young singer joined the band and soon developed a personal relationship with Turner. The two married in 1958, and Ike helped transform Anna Mae into Tina Turner by changing her name and creating her stage persona. They were soon performing as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and scoring a string of R&B hits, including “I Idolize You,” “It’s Going to Work Out Fine” and “Poor Fool” in the early 1960s.
Ike and Tina were invited to open for the Rolling Stones in the late 1960s, which introduced their bold style of soul-infused rock music to a new audience. They found crossover success with a cover of Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Proud Mary,” which made it on the pop and R&B charts. This song also earned them their first and only Grammy Award together (for best R&B vocal performance by a group) in 1971. Their last hit together was “Nutbush City Limits,” written by Tina and released in 1973.
Ike’s musical partnership with Tina Turner ended abruptly in 1976 when Tina fled from Ike after the last in a series of violent altercations with him. According to his book, Ike had plans to leave United Artists Records for a five-year, $150,000 deal with Cream Records. The deal was to be signed on July 6, 1976. On July 1, Ike and Tina were en route from Los Angeles to Dallas where the Revue had a gig at the Dallas Statler Hilton. They got into a fight during their ride to the hotel.
Ike Turner Music Career
Ike Turner Age
He was born on November 5, 1931, in Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA. Died December 12, 2007 when he was 76 years old.
Ike Turner Education
Sources haven’t provided any information regarding his educational background.
Ike Turner Family | Siblings | Parents
His parents were Mrs. Beatrice Cushenberry and Mr. Izear Luster Turner. Turner had an elder sister named Ethel May. Turner said that when he was very young he witnessed his father beaten and left for dead by a white mob. His father lived for three years as an invalid in a tent in the family’s yard before succumbing to his injuries.
His mother then married a man called Philip Reeves. Turner said his stepfather was a violent alcoholic and that they often argued and fought. After one fight Turner knocked out his stepfather with a piece of wood. He then ran away to Memphis, where he lived rough for a few days before returning to his mother. He reconciled with his stepfather years later, buying a house for him in the 1950’s around the time Turner’s mother died.
Ike Turner Sons | Children | Kids
Ronnie Turner, Mia Turner, Twanna Turner, Linda Trippeter, Ike Turner Jr., Michael Turner
Ike Turner Awards and Achievement
Turner won two competitive Grammy Awards and was honored with two Grammy Hall of Fame Awards. In 1972, “Proud Mary” won for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance Duo or Group (Vocal or Instrumental).
He was nominated for a Grammy in 2002 for the album Here and Now. In 2007, he won his first solo Grammy in the Best Traditional Blues Album category for Risin‘ With the Blues. He received two Grammy Hall of Fame Awards for “River Deep – Mountain High” and “Proud Mary”.
Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. Turner is inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame and the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame. He is also inducted into the Mississippi Musicians Hall of Fame. He was honored with a star on the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 2001.
Turner was awarded a Heroes Award from the Memphis charter of NARAS in 2004. In 2007, he was awarded the Legend Award at the Mojo Awards. n August 5, 2010, Turner was posthumously recognized by his hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi. Clarksdale officials and music fans gathered to unveil two markers on the Mississippi Blues Trail in downtown Clarksdale honoring Turner and his musical legacy.
Ike Turner Abuse Allegation
While they had been a successful stage act for years, Ike and Tina Turner had a very different life off stage. Ike reportedly had a drug problem and Tina finally left Ike in 1976 after years of abuse. She later revealed the details of the abuse in her 1986 autobiography. Tina. Her book was the basis for the 1993 film What’s Love Got To Do with It which starred Angela Bassett as Tina and Laurence Fishburne as Ike. The movie showed Ike as a wife-beating musical talent who was often under the influence of drugs. Both Bassett and Fishburne received Academy Award nominations for their performances. But Ike repeatedly denied the accusations made in the book and vehemently objected to the portrayal of him on screen. He did, however, admit to hitting her in his own 1999 autobiography, Takin’ Back My Name.
While Tina’s solo career flourished in the 1980s and 1990s, Ike struggled professionally and personally. It was his problem with drugs that led to an 18-month stint in prison for cocaine possession from 1990 to 1991. The Ike & Tina Turner Revue was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, but he was still in prison at the time and had to miss the ceremony.
Ike Turner & Laurence Fishburne( What’s Love Got to Do with it ) Short Film
What’s Love Got to Do with It is a 1993 American biographical film directed by Brian Gibson, based on the life of American-born singer Tina Turner. It stars Angela Bassett as Tina Turner and Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner.
The screenplay was adapted by Kate Lanier from the book I, Tina co-written by Turner with Kurt Loder. Both Ike and Tina assigned rights to Lanier for their lives to be dramatized in the film. The film’s soundtrack featured the hit song “I Don’t Wanna Fight”, which went to number one in seven countries. In the United States, the film grossed almost $40 million and around $20 million in rentals. In the United Kingdom, it grossed nearly £10 million.
Cast
- Angela Bassett as Anna Mae Bullock / Tina Turner
- Rae’Ven Larrymore Kelly as Young Anna Mae Bullock
- Cora Lee Day as Grandma Georgiana
- Khandi Alexander as Darlene
- Laurence Fishburne as Ike Turner
- Jenifer Lewis as Zelma Bullock, Tina’s mother
- Phyllis Yvonne Stickney as Alline Bullock
- Penny Johnson Jerald as Lorraine Taylor
- Vanessa Bell Calloway as Jackie
- Chi McBride as Fross
- Sherman Augustus as Reggie
- Terrence Riggins as Spider
- Bo Kane as Dance Show Host
- Terrence Evans as Bus Driver
- Rob LaBelle as Phil Spector
- James Reyne as Roger Davies
- Richard T. Jones as Ike Turner, Jr.
- Shavar Ross as Michael Turner
- Damon Hines as Ronnie Turner
- Suli McCullough as Craig Turner
- Elijah B. Saleem as teenage Ike Turner, Jr.
Ike Turner later Success
Near the end of his life, Turner had a career renaissance. In 2001, he released his first commercial record in 23 years, entitled Here and Now. It was nominated for a Grammy Award (best traditional blues album). The following year, Turner received the 2002 Comeback Album of the Year Award at the W.C. Handy Blues Awards. He went on to win a Grammy (best traditional blues album) for his next original recording, Risin’ with the Blues, released in 2006.
A year later, on December 12, 2007, Turner died of a cocaine overdose in his San Marcos, California, home. Contributing conditions to his death included high blood pressure and emphysema. A blues legend, Turner’s impact on the musical world continues to be felt even after his death.
Ike Turner Funeral | Ike Turner Dead
A three-hour funeral and memorial service for Ike Turner was held Friday at the Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena, California, south of Los Angeles. Phil Spector and Little Richard were among those who eulogized the late rock and roll pioneer, according to The Associated Press. Little Richard reportedly called Turner “one of the greatest musicians I have ever met in my life.” Turner’s eight-piece band, the Kings of Rhythm, reportedly performed “Nutbush City Limits,” “Proud Mary” and more of the rock legend’s greatest hits.
The Ikettes, a female trio who backed the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, were also in attendance, according to TMZ.com. Turner was a musician, bandleader, talent scout and record producer best known for his work with former wife Tina Turner. He died December 12 at his home in San Marcos, California, at age 76. According to TMZ.com, Turner will be cremated. The disposition of the ashes has not been announced, the site says.
Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991, and he was inducted into the St. Louis Walk of Fame in 2001. Ike released his last solo album, Risin’ With the Blues, in 2006, and it earned him a Grammy Award. While his contributions to the world of music were largely overshadowed by his personal turmoil (documented in the 1993 Tina Turner biopic, “What’s Love Got to Do With It”), Turner was a true rock legend, having released what many consider to be the first rock and roll song, “Rocket 88” (albeit under the name of his band’s singer, Jackie Brenston & His Delta Cats), in 1951.
Little Richard alluded to Turner’s personal troubles in his eulogy, as did others, although no one addressed his domestic- or drug-abuse problems. “Stop holding this mess — whatever it is — against this man. Even Jesus forgives,” Richard said.
Spector, on the other hand, made direct accusations at Tina Turner — as well as Oprah Winfrey and Whoopi Goldberg — in his eulogy. He reportedly said, “Ike made Tina the jewel she was,” and that he was “demonized and vilified” by her. Spector — was tried for murder earlier this year — also said Winfrey and Goldberg “demonized” Ike Turner on their talk shows, and that the “What’s Love Got to Do With It” biopic was a “piece of trash movie,” according to AP.
Ike Turner Net worth
During his time before his death, He had a total net worth of around $500 thousand dollars.