Editing Ike Turner (section)

==== Tina Turner ====
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In 1956, Turner met Ann Bullock<!-- This is not a typo. She went by Ann not Anna Mae once she was a teenager. --> (whom he later renamed Tina Turner) at the Club Manhattan in East St. Louis.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=60}}<ref name="Greensmith-2015" /> They became close friends and she began dating his saxophonist [[Raymond Hill (musician)|Raymond Hill]]. When Bullock became pregnant by Hill, they lived with Turner and his live-in girlfriend Lorraine Taylor.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=72}} Hill injured his ankle and left Bullock before their son Craig was born in August 1958.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=66-68}} During Bullock's pregnancy, Taylor became suspicious that Bullock was pregnant by Turner and threatened her with a gun before shooting herself; her injuries were nonfatal.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=79}} However, Turner and Bullock eventually began having an affair and she became pregnant in January 1960.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=74}}

Following the birth of their son Ronnie in October 1960, they were married in [[Tijuana]] in 1962.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=96-97}} Turner stated that the reason they went to Tijuana was to see "sex shows and whores".{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=96}} At the time, he was still legally married to Alice Bell.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=96}} He used a detective agency to locate Bell in Chicago and they divorced in 1974.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=97}} On multiple occasions, Turner said that he was never officially married to Tina.<ref name="Stern-2007" />{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=97}}<ref name="Kiersh-08-1985" /> He also revealed on ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'' in 1993 and on ''[[Fresh Air]]'' in 1996 that Tina's birth name was Martha Nell (not Anna Mae) Bullock.<ref name="Gross">{{cite web|date=December 14, 2007|title=R&B Legend Ike Turner, 1931–2007|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17253727|work=NPR|publisher=Fresh Air|quote=At 8:06 in the interview, Turner corrects the host who says Tina's real name is Annie Mae Bullock. He says "No, her name is Martha Nell Bullock."}}</ref> Tina signed her legal name as Martha Nell Turner on multiple contracts.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/autographs-and-signed-items/tina-turner-signed-contract-1977-/a/696-52395.s|title=Tina Turner Signed Contract (1977).... Music Memorabilia Autographs {{!}} Lot #52395|website=Heritage Auctions|language=en|access-date=July 31, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Tina Turner – Signed Agreement (1978).... Music Memorabilia {{!}} Lot #23263|url=https://entertainment.ha.com/itm/music-memorabilia/autographs-and-signed-items/tina-turner-signed-agreement-1978-/a/606-23263.s|access-date=August 16, 2021|website=Heritage Auctions|language=en}}</ref>

Following a violent altercation in July 1976, Tina filed for divorce on the grounds of irreconcilable differences.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=200}}<ref name="Kiersh-08-1985" /> Although Turner reiterated that they were never officially married, they had a common-law marriage and still had to go through a formal divorce.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=210|ps="He also claimed that he and Tina had never actually been married all those years ago—a point that, under California common law, was by now moot."}} Their divorce was finalized on March 29, 1978.{{sfn|Turner|1986|p=211}} In the final divorce decree, Tina took responsibility for missed concert dates as well as an IRS lien. Tina retained songwriter royalties from songs she had written, but Ike got the publishing royalties for his compositions and hers. She also kept her two [[Jaguar cars]], furs and jewelry along with her stage name.{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=211}} Tina gave up her share of their [[Bolic Sound]] recording studio, publishing companies, and real estate.{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=210}}

In her [[I, Tina|1986 autobiography]], Tina revealed that Turner had been abusive during their marriage. She said: "It was my relationship with Ike that made me most unhappy. At first, I had really been in love with him. Look what he'd done for me. But he was totally unpredictable."{{Sfn|Turner|1986|p=91}} Turner admitted he took Tina for granted and called her "the best woman I ever knew".<ref name="Jet-9/23/91" /> In his autobiography, he said: "Sure, I've slapped Tina. We had fights and there have been times when I punched her to the ground without thinking. But I never beat her."{{Sfn|Turner|1999|p=174}} In a 1999 interview, [[Roseanne Barr]] urged him to publicly apologize to Tina on [[The Roseanne Show|''The Roseanne Barr Show'']].<ref name="Roseanne">{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/19990106IkeTurnerGloriaAllredSusannahBreslinSophiaLamarTheRoseanneShow|title=The Roseanne Show (January 6, 1999)|website=Internet Archive|date=January 6, 1999}}</ref> In 2007, Turner told ''Jet'' that he had written Tina an apology letter, but had never sent it.<ref name="Christian-2008" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17212823|title=Ike Turner Dies at 76|date=December 13, 2007|website=NPR|language=en}}</ref> In 2018, Tina told ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' that "as an old person, I have forgiven him, but I would not work with him. He asked for one more tour with me, and I said, 'No, absolutely not.' Ike wasn't someone you could forgive and allow him back in."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/article/tina-turner-interview-the-legendary-singer-on-ike-buddhism-and-leaving-america-for-switzerland-cfljnkr3l|title=Tina Turner interview: the singer on Ike, Buddhism and leaving America for Switzerland|last=Leckie|first=Michael|date=March 18, 2018|website=The Sunday Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/8257484/tina-turner-forgives-ex-husband-ike|title=Tina Turner Says She Forgives Ex-Husband Ike|last=Jefferson|first=J'na|date=March 22, 2018|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>