Izear Luster Turner Jr. (1931 - 2007)

Born 5 Nov 1931 in Clarksdale, Coahoma, Mississippi, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Anna Mae (Bullock) Turner — married 1962 in Tijuana, Baja California North, Mexico

Died 12 Dec 2007 at age 76 in San Marcos, San Diego, California, USA

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Biography

Ike Turner Jr. is Notable.

Ike Turner was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. He was best known for his work in the 1960s and 1970s with his wife Tina Turner as the leader of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

Izear Luster Turner was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi in 1931. He was the son of Ike Turner and Beatrice Cushenberry.

• Inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 1991
• Inducted to the Blues Hall of Fame, 2005
• His guitar track on Prancing (1959) was rated #64 on Mojo Magazine's list of 100 best main guitar for a single
• Rated #61 on David Fricke's list of Top 100 Guitarists for Rolling Stone
• Turner claims to have witnessed his father beaten and left for dead by a white mob. Another version of the story is that he was mortally injured in an industrial accident.
• Inspired to take up the piano, his first instrument, upon hearing legendary boogie woogie pianist Pinetop Perkins
• Worked at radio WROX in Clarksdale, one of the first station with a black DJ, and playing blues records. He gradually worked into his own afternoon show as DJ
• The song "Rocket 88" (1951) by Turner's band, the Kings of Rhythm, is a contender as first rock and roll song. The song was written in the car on the way to a recording session at Sun Studio in nearby Memphis, TN. (Pre-Elvis.)
• In addition to live performances, Turner worked as a session musician, record producer and talent scout.
• Married at least five times. He claimed it was 13, but this has not been not documented.
• Two sons with common law wife, Loraine Taylor
• allmusic.com
• Song sample: Rocket 88 on keyboards
• Song sample: Gettin' Nasty on keyboards
• Song sample: Proud Mary w/wife Tina Turner
• Problems with drug addication (cocaine & crack) and domestic violence

Sources

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VYGW-3G8 : 29 February 2020), Jesse Knight in household of Beatrice Turner, Clarksdale, Beat 4, Coahoma, Mississippi, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-19, sheet 15A, line 29, family 368, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2017.
• wikipedia
• Mississippi Blues Trail
• Obituary, The Guardian
• Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
  Find A Grave: Memorial #23371008 (accessed 11 July 2022)
  Memorial page for Ike Turner Famous memorial (5 Nov 1931-12 Dec 2007); Maintained by Find a Grave. Cremated, Ashes given to family or friend.