AP - Jan 16, 2008
Rock n roll pioneer Ike Turner s death last month at age 76 was caused by a cocaine overdose, the San Diego County Medical Examiner s office said Wednesday. We are listing that he abused cocaine, and...
More »E! Online - Jan 16, 2008
Ike Turner went to prison because of cocaine. And, according to coroner investigators, he went to his grave for the same reason. Turner, the revered and reviled Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician who...
More »AP - Dec 21, 2007
Ike Turner s funeral was part memorial service, part rock concert. The nearly three-hour remembrance Friday at Greater Bethany Community Church City of Refuge in Gardena featured Turner s eight-piece...
More »Yahoo! Music - Dec 14, 2007
Ike Turner’s widow Jeanette Turner has asked Tina Turner to forgive him. Turner passed away earlier this week (December 12) in San Diego. Tina Turner’s official statement read: Tina hasn’t had...
More »AP - Dec 13, 2007
Ike Turner managed to rehabilitate his image somewhat in the past few years, touring around the globe and drawing acclaim that included his first solo Grammy earlier this year. But the 76-year-old s...
More »Reuters - Dec 12, 2007
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, whose achievements as one of the founding fathers of the genre were overshadowed by ex-wife Tina Turner's claims that he regularly beat her for almost two...
More »Reuters - Dec 12, 2007
Rock 'n' roll pioneer Ike Turner, who rose to fame in the 1950s and became a star performing with his ex-wife Tina Turner, has died at age 76, said an official with the performer's management...
More »E! Online - Dec 12, 2007
Ike Turner wasn't interested in a past he never got past. Turner, the self-styled "Father of Rock 'n' Roll" whose reputation as a music pioneer and fearsome live act was forever...
More »AP - Jul 29, 2007
Music legend Ike Turner said he holds nothing against St. Louis mayor for a decision not to issue a City Hall proclamation in his honor. Mayor Francis Slay has turned down a request from organizers...
More »E! Online - Jul 20, 2007
Obviously, love's got nothing to do with it. The mayor of St. Louis turned down a request to make Sept. 2 Ike Turner Day in honor of the R&B icon's scheduled performance at the Big Muddy Blues...
More »E! Online - May 17, 2007
If only the LAPD's computers could keep up with Ike Turner's driving. The musician and record producer was mistakenly arrested Tuesday night when officers pulled him over for speeding...
More »Reuters - May 4, 2007
I'm just an old chunk of coal/but I'm going to be a diamond someday, Jack Ingram sings in an expansive rehearsal studio on New York's West Side. The song, in many ways, is a perfect fit...
More »Reuters - Mar 2, 2007
This year s Grammy Awards tabulations reveal again, especially in jazz, that David-like lean slays Goliath-like bulk. Case in point: the upstart Zoho Music label, which boasted two nominations in the...
More »E! Online - Dec 8, 2006
Scorned by country music radio, the Dixie Chicks are all right by the Grammys. The finger-pickin trio, just about nixed from Nashville for lead singer Natalie Maines off-handed insult of President Bush...
More »E! Online - Dec 7, 2006
Here s the complete list of nominees for the 49th Annual Grammy Awards. The awards will be presented Feb. 11 in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year Taking the Long Way, Dixie ChicksSt. Elsewhere, Gnarls...
More »Reuters - Oct 17, 2006
Cartoon band Gorillaz has a busy autumn in store, with plans to release a series of EPs, a book and a DVD. Rise of the Ogres, the group s literary premiere, will be released November 2 through Penguin...
More »Reuters - Jun 30, 2006
eMusic, the world s largest digital retailer of independent music, has uncovered 19 previously unknown and unreleased songs from Sun Records R&B/blues artists Charlie Rich, Rosco Gordon and Bill Justice...
More »Reuters - Apr 3, 2006
Things did not go well for the so-called virtual band Gorillaz at Harlem s Apollo Theater Sunday. The first of five sold-out shows at the historic New York venue was marred by technical problems. Visuals...
More »Reuters - Dec 16, 2005
Here is a look at some of the notable artists who died in the past year. Swing-era clarinetist/bandleader ARTIE SHAW, 94, died December 30, 2004, in Thousand Oaks, Calif. By some accounts, Shaw sold...
More »AP - Sep 14, 2005
Three musical acts from the Hurricane Katrina-devastated Gulf Coast are among the reggae, rock, jazz and blues legends to perform on a Thai resort island for a music festival starting Sept. 23, an event...
More »Reuters - Aug 5, 2005
Singer-guitarist Little Milton Campbell, whose career as a soul-blues star spanned five decades, died Thursday in Memphis. He was 70. Campbell was hospitalized after suffering two strokes in late July...
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