This is the week that was in matters musical … 1951, Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm record "Rocket 88" credited by many rock historians to be the first rock ‘n’ roll record … produced by the legendary Sam Phillips at Sun Records in Memphis, it’s consider...

Ike Wister Turner, born Clarksdale, Mississippi, 5th November 1931, died December 12th 2007. It is a wet Wednesday, March 3rd 1951, and Ike Turn er and his Kings of Rhythm are travelling up from Clarksdale into Memphis in the back of a Chrysler. An acquaintance of theirs, Riley King , has just got s...