Addicted to cocaine and crack for at least 15 years, Turner was convicted of drug offenses, serving seventeen months in prison between July 19. Stories by Tina Turner of domestic violence by Ike, published in her autobiography I, Tina and included in its film adaptation What's Love Got to Do with It, coupled with his cocaine addiction, impacted Ike Turner's career in the 1980s and 1990s. With his former wife, Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991 and in 2001 was inducted into the St. Throughout his career Turner won two Grammy Awards and was nominated for three others. With the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, he graduated to larger labels Blue Thumb and United Artists.

Turner recorded for many of the key R&B record labels of the 1950s and 1960s, including Chess, Modern, Trumpet, Flair and Sue. There he met singer Anna Mae Bullock, whom he renamed Tina Turner, forming the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, which over the course of the sixties became a soul/rock crossover success. Louis, Missouri, in 1954, he built the Kings into one of the most renowned acts on the local club circuit. His first recording, 'Rocket 88', credited to 'Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats', in 1951 is considered a contender for 'first rock and roll song'. He employed the group as his backing band for the rest of his life. Turner began playing piano and guitar when he was eight, forming his group, the Kings of Rhythm, as a teenager. An early pioneer of fifties rock and roll, he is most popularly known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his then-wife Tina Turner in the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. (Novem – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, arranger, talent scout, and record producer.

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