7/20/2008

Proud Mary::Ike & Tina Turner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54XRNQ2C2x0

Ike & Tina Turner were an American rock & roll and soul duo, made of the husband-and-wife team of Ike Turner and Tina Turner in the 1960s and 1970s. Spanning sixteen years together as a recording group, the duo played among its repertoire, rock & roll, soul, girl group pop, blues and funk. They are known for their wild and entertaining dance shows and especially for their scintillating cover of Creedance Clearwater Revival's "Proud Mary",which was the duo's greatest commercial success peaking at number 4 in March 1971 & for which they won a Grammy. They are also known more infamously for Ike's physical abuse of Tina, which has sometimes overshadowed the group's legacy.

Befriending the Rolling Stones, lead singer Mick Jagger eventually learned how to dance from Tina and her Ikettes and, in turn, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue opened for the Stones on their 1966 and 1969 US tours gaining international acclaim.

(Wikipedia)