Ike Turner

The dictionary another world inside our own. It's filled with a multitude of terms and definitions, these can vary from broad to narrow. But something weird about it ,is that lengthy words like antidisestablishmentarianism can be something so simple unlike the five letter word black can be so much. Black can best be defined as a culture, urgency, and emotional emptiness. First, the most controversial definition of black would be how people view black culture. Some of the cultural stereotype of…

2009). Right away Spector new the song would be perfect for Tina Turner’s powerful sound. Hence, Spector proceed to offer Ike Turner twenty thousand dollars to work exclusively with Tina (River, 2018). The wall of sound was once again used to produce this song. Spector’s ensemble consisted of, “over 20 top session musicians for the recording,” many back up singers and Tina Turner (River, 2018). As the song starts one can hear the iconic entry of musician layering and heavy use of reverb. Right…

“Sexism goes so deep that at first it’s hard to see; you just think it’s reality”. This quotation by author/activist, Alix Kates Shulman thoroughly sums up the entirety of this paper. Shulman is basically saying that nowadays, many people do not notice the existence of sexism in society today because it is such a huge part of many things that are integral in our lives; such as television, music, magazines, the workplace, and politics. Though not everyone notices this form of sexism because to…

dismissed from service after injuring himself during a jump and continued his musical career by becoming a session guitarist and working under the name of Jimmy James. By the start of 1966, Jimi had been a part of quite a few acts including: Ike and Tina Turner, Sam Cooke, the Isley Brothers, and Little Richard, and also in many venues all around Greenwich Village. After playing as Little Richard’s back line guitarist, he split ways and formed his own band named Jimmy James and the Blue Flames,…

African American Music came about during the time of slavery in America. Africans from many different ethnicities and nationalities built their religious and secular rituals, festivals, and social gatherings on the foundation of song, dances, and rhythms they invented to cope with the New World realities. During the slavery era, enslaved African American became the musicians of choice for white and black celebrations because they were recognized as the best “musicians” around. Enslaved Africans…

HENDRIX 3 Jimi Hendrix: Life and Legacy Though Hendrix’s music career, along with his life was short lived, his legacy of being one of the greatest, if not the greatest guitar players of all time lives on along with his music. Jimi was born in Seattle, Washington on November 27, 1942. His parents were Lucile and Al Hendrix. He was born Johnny Allen Hendrix, but his father changed his name to James Marshall for unknown reasons. (Biography.com, n.d.) Jimi showed an interest in music…

“Rocket 88,” recorded by Ike Turner and Jackie Brenston in 1951, and Bill Haley's hit “Rock Around the Clock” and “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” in 1954 were a couple of great hits of the time. But it was Elvis Presley who was most known and earned the title of the King of Rock and Roll…

Courtney Boyd T/Th 9:30 Hopkins Writing Assignment 2 There were some positive and negative effects on the U.S. that were made due to both the Great War and World War 2. There was a major economic failure after the Great War known as the Great American Depression. But, there was also the fact that America was brought into the age of consumerism and movie culture. Then, after the Second World War, we were in a Cold War with the USSR which influenced a social and political plummet. But,…

The Impact of Phil Spector in Music Industry. In 1951, a young boy moved from the thriving musical city of New York to Los Angeles after his father died. Having a perfect musical training background gave him an opportunity to become a member of the Teddy Bears. This young boy wrote "To Know Him is To Love Him" when he was a teenager. His song reached the No.1 hit song on the Billboard chart in 1958 (O'Hare 48). His name is Phil Spector, a talented producer, songwriter, and musician. In later…

Asante, Chief Environmental Science officer for the Houston Health Department Re: Urban Houston Communities Suffering from Pollution after Hurricane Harvey Background and History: Hurricane Harvey is the first hurricane to hit the Texas coast since Ike in 2008 and the first major hurricane to hit Texas since Brett in 1999. Houston, which was founded on the banks of the Buffalo Bayou in 1836 and rises barely above sea level, has long been susceptible to flooding. 4All of this rainfall caused…