#Ike Turner

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Ike & Tina Turner performing at the Golden Summernight Concert at Stadiongerlande in Ludwigsburg on August 16, 1975.

#ike and tina turner #ike & tina turner #1975 #tina turner #ike turner #1970s music #1970s fashion #1970s

[undergroundrockpress]

Tina Turner by Annie Leibovitz (1971)

#Annie Leibovitz #Tina Turner #1971 #1970s #ike turner

[affiches-concerts]

#tina turner #1965 #ike turner

[ornithorynquerouge]

Tony Frank - Ike and Tina Turner, Hôtel Georges V Paris. 1971

#tony frank #ike and tina turner #paris #tina turner #ike turner

[driveintheaterofthemind]

Vintage Magazine - Sepia (Feb1973)

#Magazines #Sepia Magazine #Sepia #Aretha Franklin #Music #Vintage #African-American #Tina Turner #Ike Turner #Joe Frazier

[weirdtvland]

Tina Turner celebrating her 34th birthday party in Denmark, 1973.

Standing: Rhonda Graam (Tour Manager/Secretary), Debbie Wilson (Ikette), Linda Sims (Ikette). Sitting: Ann Thomas, Charlotte Lewis (Ikette), Tina Turner.

#black is beautiful #black women #1970s #circa 1970s #1970s fashion #tina turner #the ikettes #ike turner

[detroitlib]

View of Ike and Tina Turner performing with the Ikettes in the 1975 French television special "Poiret est a vous." The host was the French actor, writer and director Jean Poiret; the special aired on December 24, 1975. Stamped on back: "TF1. Mention photo TF 1. La signature est obligatoire; elle n'est donc pas un service rendu. Art. 6 de la loi des droits d'auteur. Chaque photo reproduite doit etre signee: Photo TF1 et is nom du photograph. Cette photo est gratuite et libre de droits sous reservers suivantes. Mention obligatoire: photo T.F. 1. La presentation et l'usage de cette photographie doit correspondre au but d'information ou de critique pour lequel cette photo est normalement delivree et devra respecter les droits des personnes photographiees sur leur image. Est strictement interdite, la remise de cette photographie a un tiers, ainsi que son exploitation publicitaire ou commerciale, notamment sous forme de montage quel qu'il soit. Poiret est a vous. Emission de M et G Carpentier avec Ike et Tina Turner, mercredi 24 decembre 1975." Handwritten on back: "Tina Turner."

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

#ike and tina turner #tina turner #ike turner #1975 #music #music history #vintage #vintage music #tf1 #ikettes #detroit public library

[pygartheangel]

#tina turner #ike turner

[dirtyriver]

RIP Tina Turner (November 26, 1939 – May 23, 2023)

#Music #Tina Turner #Ike Turner #Movies #Mad Max

[schooloftuneage]

SCHOOL OF TUNEAGE: LESSON ONE. IN THE BEGINNING...

CLASS IS IN SESSION.

Good evening, my fellow freaks, fillies, and other assorted friends. I'm your deejay for the evening, Zee, and I'll be starting out this blog, this course, and this whole damn mission with a statement that some would consider to be moderately controversial.

Rock music is innately Black music.

Now, yes, we've had our share of crackers in the biz (myself included) but the FOUNDATIONS OF ROCK MUSIC, AND THE SONGS THAT MADE ROCK MUSIC WHAT IT IS, are primarily from Black artists.

Don't believe me? Let's delve in.

Early Rock and Roll was, at its core, a danceable, high-octane (for the time) fusion of Rhythm and Blues and Country. Now, I don't have to tell you how very Black-dominated R&B was, even at the time.

Consider this: Jimmy Preston's "Rock The Joint", from 1949.

Or, from 1946, Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right".

BUT rock `n roll got passed off to the public vis-a-vis an acceptable, lilly-white proxy… Elvis Presley. Consider this, his seminal hit, 'You Ain't Nothin' But A Hound Dog'.

Now, do you want to see something really awesome?

Elvis' version was a cover. A cover that he (and the recording industry) tried to pretend wasn't a cover.

Here's our first track of the week… the original.

That's BIG MAMA THORNTON, blues singer, the woman responsible for the trope codifier for rock `n roll… and, you will note, a woman singing quite a different song from Elvis' version. Big Mama's was a song of Black female empowerment, a song about telling a freeloading gigolo to hit the road, while Elvis' was sanitized into almost a Kidz Bop version. Hell, he sanitized it MORE than Kidz Bop sanitized "Lips of an Angel" (and more on THAT debacle another day).

And this was far from the only offense in Presley's resume.

Otis Blackwell was a prolific songwriter who originally sang many, many early rock songs. These included Jerry Lee Lewis' 'Great Balls of Fire', as well as Elvis' 'All Shook Up', 'Don't Be Cruel', and 'Return to Sender'. And these last three are probably the most damning indictment of the whitewashing of rock `n roll. Why?

That's why. Give that a close listen.

Elvis seemed to take his entire way of singing - his delivery, his inflection, everything - from Otis Blackwell. As you can see from Otis' album title there, "These are my songs!", he was at least able to attempt to claw back some recognition in later years, but - in the opinion of this berk - it was definitely a case of too little, too late.

We know now. History is damn clear on the topic. But for years, the industry hid behind the Great White Hype of Elvis, pretended he was an innovator instead of a repackager, and shut out the real innovators from their rightful recognition.

Perhaps it is ironic that in years to come - particularly in the late sixties and seventies - there would be a rising 'damn the man' rebellion baked into rock and roll. Or perhaps it would just be karma, ensuring that the sanitization of an inherently rebellious music made by an oppressed people would still carry their spirit.

For tonight, I leave you with another early rock track - what some people say is the first real rock song. Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm - Rocket 88.

Class dismissed.

And now we go to open conversation - we've got a survey out right now, check down the page. If you fill it out, I'll have a better idea of what topics everyone wants to cover. And of course, if you want to keep talking about what I covered above... please do.

#School of Tuneage #Lesson 1 #Music #Rock and Roll #Ike Turner #Big Mama Thornton #Otis Blackwell #Arthur Crudup #Jimmy Preston #Elvis Presley #Early Rock #Proto-rock #R&B #Videos #Youtube

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Ike & Tina Turner performing “Baby, Get It On” on The Mac Davis Show - Aired on April 24, 1975

#ike and tina #ike & tina turner #tina turner #ike turner #mac davis show #1975 #1970s #1970s fashion #1970s music #queen of rock n roll

[undergroundrockpress]

Ike and Tina Turner performing at Wembley Studios, 1966. 

Photo by David Redfern.

#60s photography #David Redfern #Tina Turner #ike turner #1966 #1960s

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1963

#concert poster #Tina Turner #Vancouver #British Columbia #vintage #1960s #ike turner #the Ike-etts #Exhibition Gardens #Kings of Rhythm Orchestra

[enchantinglyjade]

History of Club Handy

Hey! While writing Milk & Honey I’ve encountered more information than I know what to do with, so I thought I’d share some of my findings on one of the places the story takes place the most, just in case some of y’all were curious.

So anyways, here’s the history of Club Handy

The building was originally built in the 1890′s and turned into a Battier Drug’s store (very right side of pic), until being purchase by a man named Abe Plough (who was born in Tupelo, MS before moving to Memphis. So weird. Anyway), who turned it into Pantaze Drug Store.

In 1944, a man named Andrew ‘Sunbeam’ Mitchell (above) purchased the top two floors. The building was run by him and his wife Ernestine, and together they created the Domino Lounge which occupied the second floor of the building. Many black musicians would perform at the Domino Lounge on their way through the Chitlin Circuit (Which, named after the food, is a variety of venues throughout the U.S. that accepted colored acts to perform during the segregation era. So, basically it was a map). But many of the musicians that performed at the Domino Lounge weren’t allowed to stay in the white-only hotels surrounding the area, which led Sunbeam to turn the top floor into Hotel Mitchell. He and his wife were well known for their generosity (and chili) and housed many struggling musicians who would perform in exchange for a room and food, including Little Richard, who stayed at Hotel Mitchell for weeks while saving up money.

In 1945, Mitchell employed a house band and dancing girls (the Mitchellettes) and turned the Domino Lounge into Club Handy with Little Junior Parker, Bobby Bland, and B.B. King(I believe pic below is him with Sunbeam btw) being regular performers, and many other famous musicians that would perform there as well. Elvis would perform here early in his career and saw a performance by Lowell Fulsom there.

Sunbeam also owned other clubs like Club Ebony (’The Hippodrome’), and Club Paradise, which both became very successful, Club Paradise being the largest nightclub in Memphis during it’s time.

Today, the building of Club Handy is still alive and well, now occupied as bar and restaurant ‘Wet Willies’.

So, yeah, hope you guys find this interesting!

(I don’t own any of the photos)

#elvis presley #Elvis #Elvis Movie #Elvis biopic #austin butler #elvis 2022 #austin butler elvis #beale street #memphis #tennessee #club handy #b.b. king #ike turner #tina turner #sunbeam #wet willies

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Jackie Brenston, Ike Turner, 1951.

#Jackie Brenston #Ike Turner #1951

[weirdtvland]

The Ikettes (Pat Powdrill, Paulette Parker, Ann Thomas, & Jean Brown) in 1968. 💗

Pat Powdrill was an Ikette from 1967 to 1970, she left the group after winning lots of money in the casino while performing in Las Vegas. Paulettee Parker was an Ikette from 1967 to 1968, she later sang lead in a group with her husband. Also was a backing vocalist for many artist like Bobby “Blue” Bland, Donna Summer, and Rufus. Also was a session singer alongside Steve Marriott, The Gap Band, Rita Coolidge, & BB King.

Ann Thomas was an Ikette from 1966 to 1968, she was only an ikette because of her looks. Ike & Tina thought she was very pretty but she couldn’t sing so she often lip synced her lyrics. She lived with Ike & Tina but left the Ikettes before getting pregnant by Ike and having their daughter Mia in 1969. She returned to work for them as their wardrobe manager, she later married Ike from 1981 to 1990. Jean Brown was an Ikette from 1967 to 1968, but returned from 1970 to 1972. After her tenure as an Ikette she retired from show business to devote her time to her family.

#black is beautiful #black women #1960s #tina turner #the ikettes #ike turner