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Ike Turner: Summary

Recent Role:: Himself [Archive footage] on Anderson Cooper 360�

Birthday:: 11-5-1931

Birthplace:: Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA

Birth Name:: Ike Wister Turner

Love him or hate him, Ike Turner's life-story is too wild to be belived had it not been played in the public eye. At the age of six, Ike was molested by an older woman for years. At the age of twenty, Ike created the Rock 'n' Roll genre with the making of the song "Rocket 88" in 1951, recorded with his Kings of Rhythm, years before Elvis Presely and Chuck Barry recorded their first tune. Ike...

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Ike was arrested 11 times in the �70s and �80s for various offenses, mostly drug-related.(edit)
Ike had the role of Papi's Dad in the 2001 film Boys Klub.(edit)
Ike was portrayed by Laurence Fishburne in the 1993 film What's Love Got to Do with It.(edit)
Ike published his memiors Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner on September 15, 1999, under Virgin Books in hardback.(edit)
Ike was once a vocal teacher to Janis Joplin.(edit)

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