Ike & Tina Turner | "A Fool In Love"
Feb 24, 2017 18:03:15 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Feb 24, 2017 18:03:15 GMT -5
The first single released by the duo, back in 1960. Hit #2 on the R&B chart and #27 on the Hot 100.
This is a classic, with a great backstory. Love it.
From Wikipedia:
This is a classic, with a great backstory. Love it.
From Wikipedia:
In the meantime, Turner, who had for years recorded mostly blues music and had since been linked to the beginnings of rock 'n roll with the release of "Rocket 88", had begun to be influenced by the music of Ray Charles, Sam Cooke and James Brown and decided to bring his band away from their early blues years to a more soulful direction. Turner then wrote several songs in this style, including a song he had originally intended for a male vocalist, Art Lassiter, titled "A Fool In Love". When Lassiter got into an argument with Turner over the song and the monetary assets the song may receive, he left the band before he recorded the song.
Recording sessions for the song took place in March 1960 but lagged when the male vocalist failed to show up for a session. Turner then asked 20-year-old Bullock to record the song as a guide track demonstration recording with the intent to erase Bullock's vocals and add in the male vocalist's. Bullock, known then for her raspy singing style influenced by Ray Charles, recorded the song in one take. To back Bullock up, Turner had hired a girl group called The Artettes to back her up, giving the song a doo-wop direction. The Artettes would later record background harmonies for what would be the couple's first album in 1961. Turner later renamed The Artettes to The Ikettes.
Turner then sent the track to Sue Records president Juggy Murray in New York, who upon hearing Bullock's vocals, insisted that Bullock remain on the track. Murray offered a $25,000 advance for the song, convinced it would be a hit.[3] Before its release, Turner gave Bullock a new stage name, Tina Turner, and added his name to the billing therefore starting their career together as Ike & Tina Turner. By the time of its release, the once close friendship shared between Turner and Bullock had turned sexual. The song eventually reached number two on the R&B chart and crossed over on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts peaking at number twenty-seven. Tina Turner's national TV debut came in October 1960 when she performed the song on American Bandstand while nine months pregnant with Ike's child.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fool_in_Love
Recording sessions for the song took place in March 1960 but lagged when the male vocalist failed to show up for a session. Turner then asked 20-year-old Bullock to record the song as a guide track demonstration recording with the intent to erase Bullock's vocals and add in the male vocalist's. Bullock, known then for her raspy singing style influenced by Ray Charles, recorded the song in one take. To back Bullock up, Turner had hired a girl group called The Artettes to back her up, giving the song a doo-wop direction. The Artettes would later record background harmonies for what would be the couple's first album in 1961. Turner later renamed The Artettes to The Ikettes.
Turner then sent the track to Sue Records president Juggy Murray in New York, who upon hearing Bullock's vocals, insisted that Bullock remain on the track. Murray offered a $25,000 advance for the song, convinced it would be a hit.[3] Before its release, Turner gave Bullock a new stage name, Tina Turner, and added his name to the billing therefore starting their career together as Ike & Tina Turner. By the time of its release, the once close friendship shared between Turner and Bullock had turned sexual. The song eventually reached number two on the R&B chart and crossed over on the Billboard Hot 100 pop charts peaking at number twenty-seven. Tina Turner's national TV debut came in October 1960 when she performed the song on American Bandstand while nine months pregnant with Ike's child.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fool_in_Love
