Ike Turner - Takin' Back My Name - Book

Takin’ Back My Name

Book / Biography (1999)

Ike Turner - Takin' Back My Name - Book

Ike Turner breaks with this book his silence to recount a life which saw him lose his virginity at the age of six, marry eight or nine times as a youth, and suffer Deep South racism before enjoying global success with Tina. He also freely discusses the violence and infidelities which broke his partnership, and his sex and narcotics 'fifteen-year party' which ended only when he was imprisoned for drugs offences. A classic rock autobiography, it doesn't excuse the many bad actions in the life of Ike Turner - but it may begin to explain them. The books title was taken from the single Takin’ Back My Name from 1970. It includes an introduction by Little Richard and a discography.

This book is a rebuttal of the image presented of him in Tina’s first autobiography I, Tina from 1986 and the movie What’s Love Got To Do With It from 1993.

Writer: Nigel Cawthorne
Release: 1999
Publisher: Virgin
Pages: 246
Format: Hardcover, Paperback
Language: English

The real truth from the horse’s mouth:

This book is dedicated to Tina Turner, and to the memory of my loving mother, Beatrice Cushenberry

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Welcome to Nature
  3. The Worlds Within Us
  4. The Angels Song of Praise
  5. Stand Up for Your Life
  6. Turn Poison Into Medicine
  7. A Revolution of the Heart
  8. Beyond Everything
  9. Homecoming