Ike Turner
Ike Turner (born November 5, 1931 in Clarksdale , Mississippi , USA , † December 12, 2007 in San Marcos , California , actually Izear Luster Turner Jr. or Ike Wister Turner ) was an American musician ( piano , guitar , bass ) and producer .
Life
Turner was the son of a seamstress Beatrice Cushenberry and a Baptist pastor, Izear Luster Turner. According to Turner , when he was four or five years old, he witnessed the lynching of his own father, who years later succumbed to the wounds on his stomach. Turner owed his musical career to the blues pianist Pinetop Perkins . He taught him and his school friend Ernest Lane boogie-woogie at the age of six or seven , which Turner later developed into an early form of rock 'n' roll . It was in his hometown of Clarksdale that he gained his first experience in the music industry . Turner worked there as a lift boy in a hotel that also had a radio station. Turner later worked as a pianist for Sonny Boy Williamson II and Robert Nighthawk . As a talent scout for various record labels, he discovered a. Howlin 'Wolf and BB King . Soon he became a sought-after session musician and steered a. a. Piano roles for Howlin 'Wolf's "How Many More Years" and BB King's interpretation of the " Three O'Clock Blues ".
Turner 's single Rocket "88" , released in 1951 and produced by Sam Phillips , is now widely regarded as one of the first rock 'n' roll recordings. The recording appeared under the name of Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats , but was played by Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm , with whom Brenston played and sang the saxophone. Little Richard used Turner's piano intro almost unchanged for his song "Good Golly Miss Molly" (1958). In addition, Rocket 88 is one of the first recordings with a distorted guitar sound, caused by a possibly soaked amplifier. Turner learned to play the electric guitar from his band member Willie Kizart in the early 1950s. Characteristic of Turner's guitar style is the targeted use of the Whammy Bar. Instead of moving the tremolo arm towards the body, he pulled it away from the body out of ignorance, thus creating a characteristic sound.
Turner is regarded as a pioneer of classic soul music, which he presented to a large audience in the "Ike and Tina Turner Revue". He was married to Tina Turner for 16 years, from 1962 to 1978, but she separated from him in 1976. The marriage was divorced in 1978 due to drug addiction , multiple adultery, and severe violence against his wife. In 1989 Ike Turner was sentenced to four years in prison for drug possession , of which he served only 17 months for good conduct.
Turner's best known recordings include “A Fool In Love”, “It's Gonna Work Out Fine”, “I'm Blue”, “I Wanna Take You Higher”, “Nutbush City Limits”, “ Proud Mary ”. Ike and Tina Turner's masterpiece is “River Deep - Mountain High,” a Phil Spector- produced pop symphony that cost $ 22,000 to produce in 1966. In 1991 Ike and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . A guest appearance on the album "Great Guitars" by blues musician Joe Louis Walker encouraged Turner to dedicate himself musically to his blues roots. Ike Turner's 2001 album "Here And Now" earned him a Grammy nomination. In 2004 he received a “Memphis Heroes Award”. The city of St. Louis awarded him a star on the famous " St. Louis Walk of Fame ". A year later, Ike Turner was inducted into the " Blues Hall of Fame " and was allowed to leave his handprint on "Hollywood's Rockwalk". In the same year he was heard in the song "Every Planet We Reach Is Dead" by the comic band Gorillaz from the album "Demon Days" with a piano solo. In Germany he was seen live at the Nokia Night of the Proms in 2006 . His album "Risin 'With The Blues" received a Grammy on February 11, 2007 in the category "Best Traditional Blues Album".
Ike Turner died on December 12, 2007, at the age of 76 at his home in San Marcos, near San Diego. His widow, Jeanette Bazzell Turner, did not disclose the cause of death, but said Turner suffered from emphysema . According to research, he died of a cocaine overdose. The two musicians married in 1995. The funeral took place on December 21, 2007 in Gardena, California - in the form of a mixture of funeral service and rock concert.
Marriages and children
According to her own account, Ike Turner was married to fourteen women. The marriages to Lorraine Taylor, Ann Thomas, Anna Mae Bullock (better known as Tina Turner) and Jeanette Bazzell Turner were probably official. The marriage with Tina Turner was later denied by himself.
- Bonnie Turner (1953; pianist and lead singer)
- Annie Mae Wilson (1954; pianist and lead singer)
- Lorraine Taylor
- Anna Mae Bullock (1962–1978; Tina Turner)
- Ann Thomas (1981; formerly Ikette )
- Jeanette Bazzell Turner (1995-2001; Ikette and lead singer)
- Audrey Madison Turner (2006; Ikette and lead singer)
Children:
- Ike jr. (* October 3, 1958; mother: Lorraine Taylor)
- Michael (* 1960; mother: Lorraine Taylor)
- Ronald Renelle (born October 27, 1960; mother: Tina Turner)
- Mia (* 1969; mother: Ann Thomas)
- According to his own statements in "Ich, Tina", he had a baby in 1959/60 from a pat from East St. Louis , whose last name he could no longer remember. Ike Turner first met his daughter Twanna Turner, a singer, who had fled with Pat Richard after he was released from prison.
- It is erroneously claimed that Ike and Tina Turner have two children together. Tina Turner's first son Raymond Craig (born August 20, 1958, † July 3, 2018) comes from a previous relationship with the musician Raymond Hill . Ike and Tina raised the four sons together.
Discography
Albums
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Ikettes
After his first name Ike , the name of the Ikettes was derived, who participated as background singers and dancers in the stage show of the “Ike and Tina Revue” , but also had solo projects and accompanied other artists.
Autobiography
- Ike Turner and Nigel Cawthorne: Takin 'Back My Name. The Confessions of Ike Turner. Newstar Press, 1997, hardcover, ISBN 978-0-7871-1044-4 ; Reissued by Virgin Books, 1999, hardback, ISBN 978-1-85227-850-2
Web links
- Ike Turner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- "Rock legend Ike Turner has died" , Süddeutsche Zeitung , December 13, 2007
- “Visit to Ike Turner 1972” , one day , December 13, 2007, by Olaf Kübler , with home video and photo series
- Three-part interview with Ike Turner; Grammy Foundation
- Documentation about the last days of Ike Turner's life
Individual evidence
- ^ Biography at Allmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2009.
- ^ The Roseanne Show , Interview, 1999
- ^ Ike Turner finally gets his act together , 1997 ( Memento from August 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Wikispaces.com . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
- ↑ laut.de biography In: laut.de . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
- ^ Bob Gulla: Icons of R & B and Soul . ABC-CLIO, 2007, p. 169.
- ↑ Ike Turner Biography In: biography.com . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
- ↑ Interview of the Grammy Foundation In: openvault.wgbh.org . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
- ^ Ike Turner Then And Now , Interview, 2006 In: GuitarPlayer.com . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
- ^ Singer Ike Turner freed after 17 months in jail In: Ocala Star-Banner from September 4, 1991 . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
- ↑ Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ike and Tina Turner in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- ^ Palle Paulsson: Interview, 1998 Joe Louis is a great artist. He kind of helped me somewhat getting back to the blues. In: jeffersonbluesmag.com . Retrieved on: August 7, 2014.
- ↑ Jon Pareles: "Ike Turner, musician and songwriter in Duo With Tina Turner, this at 76" , New York Times , December 13, 2007
- ↑ Jacek Slaski: “Not only macho, Ike Turner was a musician, producer and songwriter. He became legendary as the bustling mentor and mean husband of his wife Tina - now he has died at the age of 76. ” Berliner Zeitung , December 14, 2007
- ^ "Rock musician Ike Turner: Cocaine as the cause of death" , Süddeutsche Zeitung, January 17, 2008
- ↑ “Rock pioneer Ike Turner buried” ( Memento from September 5, 2012 in the web archive archive.today ), ORF News
- ^ Ike and Tina Turner Marriage Profile at marriage.about.com, accessed September 1, 2016.
- ↑ Ike's Story Spin. 1 (4): 36-43.
- ↑ Ebony Magazine. October 2008. The Last Days of IKE TURNER. Page 98.
- ↑ Tina Turner and Kurt Loder: Ich, Tina - Mein Leben , Goldmann Verlag, 1986.
- ↑ discography. In: WangDangDula.com . Retrieved on: August 6, 2014.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Turner, Ike |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turner, Izear Luster junior (real name); Turner, Ike Wister (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American musician (piano, guitar, bass) and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 5, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Clarksdale, Mississippi , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 2007 |
| Place of death | San Marcos, California , USA |