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...

…yeah I’ll give him an R.I.P, after he died on Wednesday aged 76. I know, I know the first image you have when you hear the name is of a coked up scumbag slapping Tina around, like you saw in the film. But he played a major part in the history of popular music that we know as Rock and or...