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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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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'...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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Damon Albarn, the frontman for the British band Blur, says he still is considering a movie project for his side band, Gorillaz, but it won't happen anytime soon.
Albarn...
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Chicago rapper Kanye West, who
survived a near-fatal car crash to score one of the biggest
hits of the year with his debut album, led an eclectic field of
commercially...
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The sounds of soulful music can be heard floating down Hanna Street on Sunday afternoons in this Mississippi Delta town surrounded by endless rows of cotton fields....
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As far as Elvis Presley songs go, "That's All Right," his very first record, wasn't among his biggest hits. In fact, the 1954 song wasn't even a hit at all.
Yet on July...
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Glen Campbell has signed a one-off
deal with Universal South Records for a two-CD set due June 8.
"Love Is the Answer: 24 Songs of Faith, Hope and Love" contains
one disc...
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The Rhinestone Cowboy wants to ride
off into the sunset.
Not long before his recent arrest on charges of drunk
driving and leaving the scene of a car accident,...
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Ike Turner was barred from entering Japan last Wednesday (May 21) because of a 1990 cocaine conviction in the U.S. After being questioned for five hours at Kansai...
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Bo Diddley, Ruth Brown, Ike Turner, Sam Phillips and Little Richard were among the legends who showed up Thursday at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum in Cleveland...
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