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Ike Turner

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BluesFunkRhythm and blues

Ike Turner is a Blues and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Sly & The Family Stone, Cobra Records, George Jackson, Pinetop Perkins and Louis Jordan. Those roots explain a lot about how Ike Turner arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Ike & Tina Turner, Irma Thomas, Bo Diddley, Bobby "Blue" Bland and Sugar Pie DeSanto, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Funky Kingston, Rufus, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and Bobby Bland, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 44 connections around Ike Turner, reaching back through Sly & The Family Stone and forward to Funky Kingston. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
Ike TurnerSly & The Family StoneCobra RecordsGeorge JacksonPinetop PerkinsLouis JordanRoy BrownSonny Boy Williamson…Duke EllingtonFunky KingstonRufusB.B. KingHowlin' WolfBobby BlandRosco GordonLittle MiltonElvis PresleyIke & Tina TurnerIrma ThomasBo DiddleyBobby "Blue" BlandSugar Pie DeSantoRay CharlesIvory Joe HunterBig Joe Turner

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Ike Turner connections

Ike Turner grew out of Sly & The Family Stone, Cobra Records, George Jackson and Pinetop Perkins, shares an orbit with Ike & Tina Turner, Irma Thomas, Bo Diddley and Bobby "Blue" Bland, went on to shape Funky Kingston, Rufus, B.B. King and Howlin' Wolf. 44 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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Sounds and acts that shaped Ike Turner.

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Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ike Turner.

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