It was there he met singer Anna Mae Bullock, whom he married and renamed Tina Turner, forming the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, which over the course of the sixties became a soul / rock crossover success.

He renamed the entire outfit as " The Ike and Tina Turner Revue ".

For a few years in the early 1970s they were renamed The Family Vibes, and released 2 albums under this name, both produced by, but not featuring Ike Turner.

In 2007, Steve Tahou and his sister Joanne Tahou-Demkou, the children of Ike Tahou ( Nick's brother ), assumed full ownership of the Lyell Ave. location and renamed it " Steve T. Hots and Potatoes ".

Motown artists such as Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, and The Jackson 5 recorded covers of " Sing a Simple Song ", and the song's guitar riff can be heard on the recordings of Ike & Tina Turner (" Bold Soul Sister " from The Hunter, 1969 ), Jimi Hendrix ( Band of Gypsys, 1970 ), and Miles Davis ( A Tribute to Jack Johnson, 1971 ).

It is credited to " Ike & Tina Turner ", but it is now well known that Ike Turner was paid $ 20, 000 to stay away from the sessions ; the backing track was in fact performed by the Wrecking Crew, and the backing vocals were provided by a chorus of 21 singers — Ikettes Janice Singleton and Diane Rutherford and most of the female singers on Spector's roster, including Ronnie Spector, Darlene Love and Cher.

* Ike Willis – vocals, backing vocals, choir, chorus, harmony vocals, harmony

At this time, Sharpville was putting together European backing bands for visiting American blues artists ( such as Hubert Sumlin, Ike Turner, Chuck Berry and Byther Smith ).

Dressed like a little girl, Ike / Jackson impresses two of the male judges by singing a tune sounding similar to Jackson's " You Are Not Alone ," but they are promptly arrested for masturbating while watching the children, leaving a single, unimpressed female judge ( much to the shock of the boys, who were unaware of the men's lewd acts and considered them the best judges ).

Maxine and her friend Gloria Scott had managed to arrange an audition for three girls to replace the original Ikettes, the dancer / singer troupe that provided vocal and dance accompaniment for the Ike and Tina Turner Revue.

In 1954, Ike articulated the domino theory in his outlook towards communism in Southeast Asia and also in Central America ; he believed that if the communists were allowed to prevail in Vietnam, this would cause a succession of countries to fall to communism, from Laos through Malaysia and Indonesia ultimately to India.

" He also cites Otis Rush, Ike Turner and Ray Charles, as R & B artists who employed this feel.

Spector's Wall of Sound production technique also persisted after that time with his select recordings of the Beatles, the Ramones, Leonard Cohen, George Harrison, Dion and Ike and Tina Turner.

Ike also denied ever threatening the Earps.

Ike backed up Behan's testimony that Holliday and Morgan Earp had fired the first two shots and that the next several shots also came from the Earp party.

Ike also claimed that Doc Holliday and Morgan, Wyatt, and Virgil Earp had separately confessed to him their role in the Benson stage holdup, or else the cover-up of the robbery by allowing the robbers ' escape.

He also wrote in his decision that Ike Clanton had claimed the Earps were out to murder him, yet even though unarmed the Earps had allowed him to escape unharmed during the fight.

The small community named after their property is also home to folk of various income levels, ranging from the well-to-do Baldwin sisters, two elderly spinsters who distill moonshine that they call " Papa's recipe "; Ike Godsey, postmaster and owner of the general store with his somewhat snobbish wife Corabeth ( a Walton cousin ); a black couple, Verdie and Harley Foster ; Maude, a sassy octogenarian artist who paints on wood ; Flossie Brimmer, a friendly though somewhat gossipy widow who runs a nearby boarding house ; and Yancy Tucker, a good-hearted handyman with big plans but little motivation.

Phillips recorded what some — notably music historian Peter Guralnick — consider the first rock and roll record: " Rocket 88 " by Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats, a band led by 19-year-old Ike Turner, who also wrote the song.

**, the second Nimitz-class supercarrier, also known as the Ike

Patterson is also the home of LSU and New Orleans Saints running back Dalton Hilliard ( in Saints Hall of Fame ), and Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Ike Hilliard.

Hannibal was also the birthplace of singer and actor Cliff Edwards (" Ukelele Ike ") and ' The Unsinkable Molly ' Brown.

He also portrayed United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the television miniseries Ike ( 1979 ).

Gotto presented Ozark Ike to promoter Stephen Slesinger, who also managed Red Ryder, King of the Royal Mounted and the merchandising of Winnie-the-Pooh.

It was also during this time that Ike Turner, who had once been teetotal and drug-free, turned to cocaine after being introduced the drug by, he says, " two famous Las Vegas headliners ".

In addition to group recordings, both Ike and Tina released solo recordings around this time with Ike also releasing offshoot project albums with his spinoff band The Family Vibes ( which he had the name changed from The Kings of Rhythm ), releasing three albums with the band between 1972 and 1974.

Tina also agreed to retain only the use of her stage name, since it was found in court that Ike had failed to copyright the name, losing his right to the name.

Nikki Warrington ( Rebecca Blake ) endured marriage problems and problems with her large blended family which also consisted of her doctor husband Andrew ( Simon Cook ), his children Luke ( Royce Cronin ) and Sara ( Beth Cordingly ), and Nikki's children Becky ( Chandra Reugg ) and Darren ( Joe Fox, later Ike Hamilton ) from her previous marriage to Adrian Scott ( Ariyon Bakare ), who was at the time serving a prison sentence.

Marriott and Clempson were asked to guest, singing Ike and Tina Turner's hit song " Black Coffee " ( which also appears on Humble Pie's ( 1973 ) album Eat It ).

The song was also covered by Ike and Tina Turner ( produced by Phil Spector ), The McCoys, Dusty Springfield, Joe Stampley, C. J.

Original co-stars Kim Richards and Ike Eisenmann also play small roles.

The has also been quite a few quality boxers produced such as Azumah Nelson a three time world champion, Nana Yaw Konadu also a three time world champion, Ike Quartey, as well as boxers Joshua Clottey and IBF bantamweight champion Joseph Agbeko.

Upon hearing the track, an impressed Murray bought the musical rights to the song and gave Ike a $ 20, 000 advance for the song, convincing Ike to keep Ann's voice on the track.

The show gave many new music artists their first exposure to national audiences, including Ike and Tina Turner, Smokey Robinson and the Miracles, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads and Simon & Garfunkel.

While talking in the dining area, with Kyle and Ike outside listening in, Harry and Elise reveal they are Ike's biological parents ( and address him as " Peter ", which was his birth name ), who gave Ike up during the Cola Wars in Canada.

Well known examples of this include Joe Cocker's version of The Beatles ' With a Little Help from My Friends, and Ike And Tina Turner's version of Creedence Clearwater Revival's Proud Mary.

All of the boys were called " Ike ", such as " Big Ike " ( Edgar ) and " Little Ike " ( Dwight ); the nickname was intended as an abbreviation of their last name.

The show included entertainers such as Frankie Lymon, The Supremes, Marian Anderson, Louis Armstrong, Pearl Bailey, LaVern Baker, Harry Belafonte, James Brown, Godfrey Cambridge, Diahann Carroll, Ray Charles, Nat King Cole, Bill Cosby, Count Basie, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bo Diddley, Rocío Dúrcal, Duke Ellington, Lola Falana, The 5th Dimension, Ella Fitzgerald, The Four Tops, Aretha Franklin, Dick Gregory, W. C. Handy, Lena Horne, The Jackson 5, Mahalia Jackson, Eartha Kitt, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Little Anthony & The Imperials, Moms Mabley, Johnny Mathis, The Miracles ( later known as Smokey Robinson & the Miracles ), Melba Moore, The Platters, Leontyne Price, Richard Pryor, Lou Rawls, Della Reese, Nipsey Russell, Nina Simone, Sly & the Family Stone, The Temptations, Martha Reeves & The Vandellas, Tina Turner ( at the time known as " The Ike & Tina Turner Revue "), Leslie Uggams, William Warfield, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Ethel Waters, Flip Wilson, Jackie Wilson, Nancy Wilson, and Stevie Wonder.

In 1958, Ike featured Ann ( then going by the name " Little Ann ") and singer Carlson Oliver in his song, " Box Top ", which was a regional hit following its release on Tune Town Records.

When Lassiter didn't show up and due to Ike already booking expensive studio time, he allowed " Little Ann " to sing the song as a " dummy track " for Lassiter.

", in the track " Sy Borg " when Ike Willis sings " little leather cap and trousers -- they look so gay ... Warren just bought some ," and once again by Zappa during " Little Green Rosetta " ' Then everybody moves to New York and goes to a party with Warren.

Past headliners include: Bobby " Blue " Bland, Henry Townsend, Bo Diddley, Mavis Staples, Johnnie Johnson, Ike Turner, David " Honeyboy " Edwards, Fontella Bass, Oliver Sain, Hubert Sumlin, Shemekia Copeland, Little Milton, and Alvin Youngblood Hart.

Little Richard himself later claimed that he took the music from Ike Turner's piano intro to Jackie Brenston's influential 1951 rock and roll song " Rocket 88 ", and used it for " Good Golly Miss Molly ".

Born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and reared by his aunt and uncle on a tenant farm in Chamberlin, West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States, Neal took up the blues harp at age 14, tutored by a local player named Ike Brown and influenced by Little Walter.

Numerous performances of the song have been released by artists ranging from Elvis Presley ( a 1955 live performance first released commercially in the 1980s ), Teresa Brewer also in 1955, Ike & Tina Turner, Alma Cogan and Little Jimmy Osmond to Bill Haley & His Comets ( recorded in 1979 for Haley's final album, Everyone Can Rock and Roll ).

King, Patti LaBelle, Bernie Mac, Moms Mabley, The Delfonics, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Wilson Pickett, Richard Pryor, Otis Redding, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Little Richard, Smokey Robinson, Ike & Tina Turner, The Four Tops, The Isley Brothers, The Supremes, The Temptations, Tammi Terrell, Muddy Waters, Flip Wilson and Jimmie Walker.

Vidican was also replaced, by drummer Paul Lagos who had a jazz and R & B background, having played with Little Richard, Johnny Otis, and Ike and Tina Turner.