Formed in 1959 in St. Louis, Missouri, the partnership of Mississippi rhythm-and-blues musician Ike Turner and a young singer from Nutbush, Tennessee, named Annie Mae Bullock would result in one of popular music's most combustible sounds. Known...

Ike Wister Turner (November 5 1931 – December 12 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, talent scout, and record producer, best known for his work with his then wife Tina Turner as one half of the Ike & Tina Turner duo. Spanning a career...

Rock'n'roll pioneer better known for his violent partnership with Tina The guitarist, singer, songwriter and bandleader Ike Turner was in at the birth of rock'n'roll with the 1951 hit "Rocket 88". In the 1960s he made the transition from the R&B charts to...

blues and rock 'n' roll legend Ike Turner was just 19 and playing West Memphis "blacks only" clubs when he penned his first hit, Rocket 88, in 1951. He even played a juke joint called the Johnnie Simpson Bar here in Sarasota for...

Ike Turner's funeral was part memorial service, part rock concert. The nearly three-hour remembrance Friday at Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena featured Turner's eight-piece band, the Kings of Rhythm, which performed rollicking renditions of some of the musician's greatest hits, including...

Ike Turner will have the stage, but not the day, when he performs in St. Louis in September.Mayor Francis Slay has turned down a request to make Sept. 2 "Ike Turner Day." The 75-year-old singer is scheduled to perform that day at the Big Muddy...