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23 hours ago · The choreography by Anthony Van Laast was tight, and the Ikettes backing dancers brought pizzazz with their frenetic moves. Rebecca Selley’s incredible dancing skills in particular pulled my eye every time she was on stage. Act One’s closing number was confronting as we saw Tina finally breaking free from her abuse from Ike.
2 days ago · Ruva Ngwenya (Tina) and the Ikettes Jayme-Lee Hanekom, Rebecca Selley, Tigist Strode pictured at South Bank, Brisbane 26th June 2024. They’re part of the Tina Turner the musical at QPAC.
4 days ago · Of course, by that point, Turner had been shouting, shrieking, and screaming for almost thirty years. The power and emotion are evident from the first single she released with Ike – “Just a Fool” in 1960. Tina’s impassioned verses were juxtaposed against the restrained Ikettes on the chorus.
5 days ago · They performed three songs in the 2003 Quentin Tarantino film ‘Kill Bill Vol. 1’ where they performed covers of The Rock-a-Teens song ‘Woo Hoo’, The Ikettes song ‘I’m Blue’ and their own track ‘I Walk Like Jayne Mansfield’.
2 days ago · After the release of "A Fool in Love", Ike Turner created the Ike & Tina Turner Revue, which included the Kings of Rhythm and a girl group, the Ikettes, as backing vocalists and dancers. He remained in the background as the bandleader.
3 days ago · Her powerful and emotional vocals augmented by energetic and highly choregraphed routines, fronting the Ikettes (usually three dancers who also provided backing vocals), ruled. Hooking up with ‘wall of sound’ producer Phil Spector looked like the big pop break they were looking for.
1 day ago · The accompanying music video for "What's Love Got to Do with It" features Turner walking down the street in a leather miniskirt, engaging with the public, intercut with scenes where she is singing directly to camera. The video was shot in New York City during the spring of 1984.
