I, for one, am shocked.*Ike Turner overdosed on cocaine*US soul legend Ike Turner, who died last month at the age of 76, was killed by a cocaine overdose, Californian coroners have established."We are listing that he abused cocaine and that's what resulted in the cocaine toxicity," said an official at the San Diego County medical examiner's office.Cardiovascular disease and pulmonary emphysema ...
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For anyone born in the last 30 years, or for whom vinyl is a quaint historical artefact, the passing of Ike Turner may be little more than a footnote. Almost certainly, the mainstream press headlines will be along the lines of "Tina Husband Dies", or some such dismissive phrase. Yes, Tina Turner became a huge star, her ascent to the top of the tree coinciding with the first rush of CD ubiquity,...
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Sock it to us patients. In 1969 the Ike & Tina Turner Revue recorded two blues drenched long-players for Bob Krasnow's Blue Thumb Records–Outta Season and The Hunter. Yeah, we can confirm that they both had some odd album art... Outta Season had Tina in white face while eatin’ a water melon and The Hunter captures Ike & Tina chilin' amongst some freaky deaky mannequins-Ike in his Beatle wig ha
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I love soul music. Of course, I have heard Ike & Tina Turner. I know their classics:Proud Mary (which I thought was the original until recently), and uh... well I guess that's all I knew.Last weekend I went home to Michigan for my sister-in-law's baby shower. I got to hang out with my brother a lot. One thing we have in common is our love of music. The first music he really got into in high sch...
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[Ike & Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister / 2:35]In Funk the Fu #2, Sister Blootea warns us: "My friends, we're neglecting the true essence of music..."The earnest M. would have abided by such wise words but Bartleby is a knave...So grease with me...Enters the Dragon Thandie
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I, for one, am shocked.*Ike Turner overdosed on cocaine*US soul legend Ike Turner, who died last month at the age of 76, was killed by a cocaine overdose, Californian coroners have established."We are listing that he abused cocaine and that's what resulted in the cocaine toxicity," said an official at the San Diego County medical examiner's office.Cardiovascular disease and pulmonary emphysema ...
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Wikipedia tells us, "The Hully Gully was started by Frank Rocco at the Cadillac Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida." As far as I can determine, the dance combined some of the elements of The Stroll (a "line dance") and The Madison (a dance where an MC calls out instructions to do specific steps.The first national "Hully Gully" hit was by The Olympics, and in those post-Twistin' days, everyone was qu...
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I was looking through some of my older posts to find an Ike & Tina Turner clip from The TNT Show, and found that the video is no longer available, so I wanted to repost it, to make a point.In a memorial service for Ike, Phil Spector took the opportunity to blast not only Ike's portrayal in "What's Love Got To Do With It" (which Spector admitted he hasn't seen), but to say "Ike made Tina the jew...
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For anyone born in the last 30 years, or for whom vinyl is a quaint historical artefact, the passing of Ike Turner may be little more than a footnote. Almost certainly, the mainstream press headlines will be along the lines of "Tina Husband Dies", or some such dismissive phrase. Yes, Tina Turner became a huge star, her ascent to the top of the tree coinciding with the first rush of CD ubiquity,...
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