Kings of Rhythm

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American musical group rhythm and blues band song

Kings of Rhythm was the rhythm and blues band led by Ike Turner that became foundational to early rock and roll and later evolved into the Ike & Tina Turner Revue.

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Label Occurrences
Kings of Rhythm canonical 6

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American musical group ⓘ
rhythm and blues band ⓘ
song ⓘ
activePeriodStart 1950s ⓘ
late 1940s ⓘ
associatedAct Ike & Tina Turner ⓘ
Ike Turner ⓘ
Tina Turner ⓘ
backingBand Kings of Rhythm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
basedIn East St. Louis, Illinois ⓘ
St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
surface form: St. Louis, Missouri
contributedTo development of rock and roll sound ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
evolvedInto Ike & Tina Turner Revue ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
hasMember Ike Turner ⓘ
influencedGenre early rock and roll ⓘ
leader Ike Turner ⓘ
locationOfFormation Clarksdale, Mississippi NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEra 1950s ⓘ
1960s ⓘ
notableLeader Ike Turner ⓘ
notableMember Billy Gayles ⓘ
Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ⓘ
surface form: Jackie Brenston

Jesse Knight ⓘ
Jimmy Thomas ⓘ
Raymond Hill ⓘ
Willie Kizart ⓘ
Willie Sims ⓘ
Willie Sims ⓘ
surface form: Willie “Bad Boy” Sims
notableRole backing band for Ike & Tina Turner ⓘ
notableWork Rocket 88 ⓘ
oftenRegardedAs one of the first rock and roll records ⓘ
originalArtist Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats ⓘ
performedWith B. B. King ⓘ
surface form: B.B. King

Elmore James ⓘ
Howlin' Wolf ⓘ
surface form: Howlin’ Wolf
primaryInstrumentalRole backing band ⓘ
recordLabel Modern Records ⓘ
RPM Records ⓘ
Sun Records ⓘ
Trumpet Records ⓘ
releaseYear 1951 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic driving rhythm section ⓘ
horn arrangements ⓘ
prominent piano ⓘ
touringRole touring band for Ike & Tina Turner Revue ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ike Turner → memberOf → Kings of Rhythm ⓘ
Izear Luster Turner Jr. → memberOf → Kings of Rhythm ⓘ
Ike & Tina Turner Revue → associatedAct → Kings of Rhythm ⓘ
Ike & Tina Turner Revue → hasBackingBand → Kings of Rhythm ⓘ
Rocket 88 → hasBackingBand → Kings of Rhythm ⓘ
Kings of Rhythm → backingBand → Kings of Rhythm self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats