Topic: Ike Turner

![CDATA[ If you only have time to stay in one Delta town, it's probably going to be Clarksdale - there's more to see and do there than the other...
A few days ago, it was reported that Talib Kweli and his wife Ike Turner DJ Eque got into a verbal and physical altercation at his listening party...
Tina Turner, a Rock and Roll queen and eight time Grammy winner and one of the greatest voices in the history of R&B and rock - that from Rolling Stone magazine - turns 71 today, November 26th, 2010. Her childhood was full of ...

Poetry: A passing stranger

above, I was a minute from drowning. My grandfather picked me up, My grandfather took me to Sutherland Don't move, god damn! slapping my wrist. It scared me to see six feet taller North Carolinian as large as my thighs put ...

Ike Turner Funeral

Ike Turner was an American musician , bandleader , and producer . Best noted for his work with his ex- wife, Tina Turner , Ike Turner?s music career spanned over 50 years. Ike Turner was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi on November 8 , 1931 . Turner continued ...

Tina Turner

Singer-songwriter Tina Turner has performed soul, rock, dance, R&B and pop music during the course of her 50+ years in the music industry. The winner of eight Grammy Awards , Turner is one of the best-selling musical artists of all time, selling ...

Ike Turner Dies

Ike Turner died at his home on December 12 , 2007 . ""The cause of death for Ike Turner is cocaine toxicity with other significant conditions. Controversial Rock Pioneer Ike Turner Dies at 76 (December 12, 2007) Ike Turner, whose role as one of ...
" He then starred in "Purple Rain," a film that was said to depict the relationship he had with his father. The movie proved Prince to be a triple threat with his acting and dancing and of course singing. "Purple Rain" became one ...
Ike Turner's Mississippi hometown to pay homage to his musical legacy 3 years after his deathRock icon Ike Turner is about to get recognition in his Mississippi hometown nearly three years after his death.This weekend in Clarksdale, officials and music ...

Rhythm and blues

rhythm and blues, also called rhythm & blues or R&B, term used for several types of postwar African-American popular music, as well as for some white rock music derived from it. The term was coined by Jerry Wexler in 1947, when he ...