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Ike Turner

Blues
BluesFunkRhythm and blues

Ike Turner is a Blues and Funk act. Their catalogue also touches Rhythm and blues. Their sound grew out of Cobra Records, George Jackson, Sly & The Family Stone, 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, Clarence Carter and Bobby "Blue" Bland, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Funky Kingston, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Bobby Bland and Rosco Gordon, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 46 connections around Ike Turner, reaching back through Cobra Records 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 TurnerCobra RecordsGeorge JacksonSly & The Family StonePinetop PerkinsLouis JordanRoy BrownSonny Boy Williamson…Duke EllingtonFunky KingstonB.B. KingHowlin' WolfBobby BlandRosco GordonLittle MiltonElvis PresleyLittle RichardIke & Tina TurnerIrma ThomasBo DiddleyClarence CarterBobby "Blue" BlandSugar Pie DeSantoRay CharlesBarbara Lynn

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Ike Turner connections

Ike Turner grew out of Cobra Records, George Jackson, Sly & The Family Stone and Pinetop Perkins, shares an orbit with Ike & Tina Turner, Irma Thomas, Bo Diddley and Clarence Carter, went on to shape Funky Kingston, B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf and Bobby Bland. 46 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

Who influenced Ike Turner

Roots14

Sounds and acts that shaped Ike Turner.

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Kindred17

Artists and scenes sharing an orbit with Ike Turner.

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