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Ike & Tina Turner was an American musical duo consisting of husband and wife Ike Turner and Tina Turner. From 1960 to 1976, they performed live as the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, supported by Ike Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm, and backing vocalists, the Ikettes.
May 24, 2023 · Ike and Tina Turner were chart-topping artists in the 1960s and '70s, but most of the public didn't realize the abuse that existed in the couple’s private life.
May 25, 2023 · The “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” began her career as a duo with ex-husband Ike Turner before she escaped the abusive marriage and became a solo performer.
May 26, 2023 · Tina Turner rose to fame in the 1960s performing with Ike Turner, then had an international solo career. Read about her songs, husbands, and death on May 24.
May 25, 2023 · In the 1960s and ’70s, Ike Turner had a string of hit songs with his former wife Tina Turner. He later had a successful solo career as a blues musician.
An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his wife Tina Turner as the leader of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. A native of Clarksdale, Mississippi, Turner began playing piano and guitar as a child and then formed the Kings of Rhythm as a teenager.
Ike Turner, who died in 2007, always denied his ex-wife's claims that he abused her, and expressed frustration that he had been demonised in the media.
