TURNER, IKE AND TINA

TURNER, IKE AND TINA (née ANNIE MAE BULLOCK). Rhythm n blues act (organized 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri; fl. 1970s). Ike Turner (5 November 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi) taught himself to play piano when he was a child. After graduating from high school in Clarksdale, he organized a group, called Kings of Rhythm, which toured in the area and recorded. During the late 1940s-early 1950s he was active as a blues pianist in West Memphis, Arkansas, where he recorded with . After graduating from high school in Clarksdale, he organized a group, called Kings of Rhythm, which toured in the area and recorded. During the late 1940s-early 1950s he was active as a blues pianist in West Memphis, Arkansas, where he recorded with ...