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Ike Turner: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Izear Luster Turner Jr.
  • Birth Place: Clarksdale, MS
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/05/1931, Scorpio
  • Date of Death: 12/12/2007
  • Profession: Musician; record producer; songwriter
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Ike Turner Fast Facts:
  • Began playing music at the age of 7 when his mother, a seamstress, bought him a piano.
  • First commercial success came with the band Kings of Rhythm; their "Rocket 88," released under the name Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, is considered one of the first rock songs.
  • As the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, scored a series of hits with R&B songs and rock covers – including their signature "Proud Mary" – throughout the '60s and '70s.
  • Career suffered after he was portrayed as a drug addict and wife beater in ex-wife Tina Turner's 1986 biography, I, Tina, and the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do With It?
  • Was serving a four-year sentence for cocaine possession when he and Tina Turner were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991.
  • Released an autobiography, Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner, in 1999.
  • Received a Grammy nomination for his comeback album, 2001's Here and Now.
  • Ike Turner Relationships:
  • Ann Thomas - Ex-wife
  • Beatrice Turner - Mother
  • Ike Turner Jr. - Son
  • Izear Luster Turner Sr. - Father
  • Jeanette Bazzell Turner - Wife
  • Lorraine Taylor - Ex-wife
  • Michael Turner - Son
  • Ronald Turner - Son
  • Tina Turner - Ex-wife
  • Ike Turner Awards:
  • 2006 Grammy: Best Traditional Blues Album - Winner
  • 1971 Grammy: Best R&B Vocal Performance By A Group - Winner

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Phill Spector, Tina Turner, Ike Turner courtesy Ray Avery/Getty Images
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