Ike Turner
How ‘Private Dancer’ Started A Very Public Affair With Tina Turner
With a gritty rock and blues approach to her R&B roots, Tina Turner’s ‘Private Dancer’ was a landmark album that transformed her into a star to rival Madonna.
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Features3 months ago‘Baby I Love You’: Little Milton’s New Seventies Soul Groove
It was R&B Top 10 hit number five for the man from Inverness, Mississippi.
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Features5 months ago
‘Proud Mary’: A Proud Moment For Creedence Clearwater Revival
The classic song started a sequence that makes CCR surely one of the unluckiest bands never to score a US No.1 single.
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Features6 months ago
‘Come Together’: Ike & Tina Turner Take A Trip To ‘Abbey Road’
The soul duo hit the Billboard R&B chart on February 7, 1970 by taking a trip to Abbey Road.
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Features6 months ago
Jonny Lang: Young Bluesman, Old Soul
The guitar virtuoso from Fargo, North Dakota started kicking up a storm on disc at the age of 14.
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Features2 years ago
‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’: The Rolling Stones Go Live In 1969
Recorded on November 27 and 28, 1969, The Rolling Stones’ ‘Get Yer Ya-Ya’s Out!’ was the first live album to reach No.1 on UK charts in September.
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News5 years ago
‘Sun Records’ Heads To The Small Screen
‘Sun Records’ tells the tale of the famous foursome of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Sun Records founder, Sam Phillips.
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News5 years ago
First Vinyl Jukebox Launched In 20 Years
Jukebox manufacturers Sound Leisure have revealed the first commercially available vinyl-playing jukebox in 20 years, available in the summer.
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Features7 years ago
1954: On The Eve Of An Explosion
This was still the world of the crooners, of Sinatra, Martin, Crosby, Cole and Al Martino; on the female side, of Patti Page, Kay Starr and Kitty Kallen...
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Features9 years ago
Howlin’ Like The Wolf
Howlin’ Wolf was born Chester Burnett in the heart of the Mississippi on 10 June, 1910, over 6ft tall and weighing close to 300 lbs he was a powerful man.
