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Ike and Tina Turner

IKE AND TINA TURNER

YEAR

1991

INDUCTED BY

Phil Spector

CATEGORY

Performers

A charismatic bandleader and an unbridled whirlwind of sexual energy formed one of the most formidable live acts in history.

Ike and Tina Turner were such a presence onstage that even their own albums don’t do them justice. The explosive duo made such enduring hits as “River Deep-Mountain High,” “Proud Mary” and “Nutbush City Limits.”

Ike Turner

Ike Turner

Tina Turner

Tina Turner

HALL OF FAME
ESSAY

By Michael Hill

Ike and Tina Turner’s story is really one about the blues.

The blues were in the way they lived— a life that mirrored the rough-and-tumble songs they played like “Stagger Lee” and “A Fool In Love,” a life of never-ending one-night stands, frustrating brushes with serious fame and fortune, and a stormy relationship that did not (in the words of one of their most popular numbers) work out fine.

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