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Jackie Brenston
Jackie Brenston
American R&B singer, saxophonist, songwriter
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Ike Turner
Ike Turner
African American musician, songwriter, and producer (1931-2007)
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Ike & Tina Turner
Ike & Tina Turner
American musical duo
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Jimmy Thomas
Jimmy Thomas
American soul singer-songwriter
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Tina Turner
Tina Turner
American-born singer, dancer, actress, and author; naturalized Swiss citizen
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Bonnie Bramlett
Bonnie Bramlett
American singer and occasional actress
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Goree Carter
Goree Carter
singer
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The Ikettes
The Ikettes
American vocal group; backing vocalists for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue
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Albert King
Albert King
American blues guitarist and singer
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Oliver Sain
Oliver Sain
American saxophonist, songwriter, bandleader, drummer and record producer
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Pinetop Perkins
Pinetop Perkins
American blues pianist
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Robert Cray
Robert Cray
American blues guitarist and singer
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Calvin Newborn
Calvin Newborn
American guitarist
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner

Kings of Rhythm

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American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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The Kings of Rhythm are an American rhythm and blues and soul group formed in the late 1940s in Clarksdale, Mississippi and led by Ike Turner through to his death in 2007. Turner would retain the name of the band throughout his career, although the group has undergone considerable line-up changes over time.

The group was an offshoot of a large big band ensemble called the Tophatters. By the late 1940s, Turner had renamed this group the Kings of Rhythm. Their early stage performances consisted largely of covers of popular jukebox hits of the day. In 1951, Turner and his Kings of Rhythm recorded the song "Rocket 88" (credited to Jackie Brenston and His Delta Cats)," which is a contender for the first rock and roll record. The song is inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Singles.

In the 1960s, the Kings of Rhythm became the band for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. For a few years in the early 1970s they were renamed the Family Vibes, and released two albums under that name. After the disbanding of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue in 1976, Turner revived the Kings of Rhythm in 2001 and released the Grammy-nominated album Here And Now. The Kings of Rhythm backed Turner on his Grammy-winning album Risin' With The Blues (2006). After Turner died in 2007, the band for some time was under the leadership of pianist Ernest Lane, who was a childhood friend of Turner's. The Kings of Rhythm continue to perform with vocalist Earl Thomas.