Biography: I Level, Iceberg Slim, Ida Cox, Ida May Mack, Ideal, iDEoLA, Ike & Tina Turner, Ike Cosse, Ike Turner, Ikey Robinson,

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I Level was a short-term UK band consisting of Duncan Bridgeman, Jo Dworniak, and Sam Jones Bridgeman and Dworniak — both from Essex, England — met through a classified ad in Melody Maker and first played together in Scrambled Egos and Shake Shake before evolving into I Level, with the addition of Sam Jones from Sierra Leone, Africa

Iceberg Slim Biography, Photos, Pictures

Best known as an author of gritty tales of street life and hustling, Iceberg Slim (Robert Beck) sold over six million copies of his books, the most popular being Pimp: The Story of My Life

One of the finest classic blues singers of the 1920s, Ida Cox was singing in theaters by the time she was 14 She recorded regularly during 1923-1929 (her “Wild Woman Don’t Have the Blues” and “Death Letter Blues” are her best-known songs)

Ida May Mack Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ida May Mack was a Texas blues singer who was taken to Memphis (the nearest studio) to record in 1928 She shared the recording session with another Texan, vocalist Bessie Tucker, and both women were accompanied by pianistK

Ideal
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The Houston-based contemporary R&B quartet Ideal comprised vocalists J-Dante, Maverick, PZ and Swab Their self-titled debut album appeared on Virgin’s VRU imprint in mid-1999, launching the hit “Get Gone

As a one-shot nom de plume for musical genius Mark Heard, iDEoLA was a mixed success musically, if not financially He was touted as the next intelligent upstart on Tonio K’s WHAT? Records

Ike & Tina Turner Biography, Photos, Pictures

As husband and wife, Ike & Tina Turner headed up one of the most potent live acts on the R&B circuit during the ’60s and early ’70s Guitarist and bandleader Ike kept his ensemble tight and well-drilled while throwing in his own distinctively twangy plucking; lead vocalist Tina was a ferocious whirlwind of power and energy, a raw sexual dynamo who was impossible to contain when she hit the stage, leading some critics to call her the first female singer to embody the true spirit of rock & roll

Guitarist and vocalist Issac “Ike” Cosse has been leading a band called the Coldbloods around the San Francisco Bay area for the last 20 years Cosse took his earliest musical inspiration from guitarists like Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page and Jimi Hendrix, and he played jazz and fusion for some time before settling on the blues

Ike Turner is certainly one of the most dehumanized figures in rock history Mention his name and the first association that comes to most anyone’s mind is “abusive husband,” not “soul star” or “rock & roll pioneer

Ikey Robinson Biography, Photos, Pictures

Ikey Robinson was an excellent banjoist and singer who was versatile enough to record both jazz and blues from the late ’20s into the late ’30s Unfortunately, he spent long periods off records after the swing era, leading to him being less known than he should be

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