Ike Turner 1931 - 2007

A studio portrait of Ike Turner with acoustic guitar, taken in the early 1960s. During this time, the musician was enjoying the early stages of success with his protégée Anna Mae Bullock. Photograph: Frank Driggs Collection/Getty

Ike, pictured in characteristic good mood, with Anna Mae, who would be renamed Tina Turner. Taken in the early 1960s. Photograph: Tony Frank/Sygma/Corbis

Ike and Tina Turner appear on the Big TNT Show in America in 1966. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Tina and Ike Turner pictured during the final years of their marriage in 1971. Photograph: PA

Ike and Tina Turner together in the early 1970s. Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex Features

Ike and Tina Turner in 1973, the year Nutbush City Limits was released to widespread acclaim. Photograph: Cinetext/Allstar

Ike Turner pictured in 1975, the year before wife Tina left him after suffering years of domestic abuse. Photograph: Chris Capstick/Rex Features

A studio portrait of Ike Turner singing in 1975. Photograph: Jack Robinson/Hulton Archive/Getty

Ike and Tina Turner perform in a concert at the Olympia in Paris, 1975. Photograph: Richard Melloul/Sygma/Corbis

Ike Turner rests outside a courtroom in Beverly Hills as he was arraigned for cocaine possession in 1987. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

A portrait of Ike Turner in London, 1999. Photograph: Sean Smith/Guardian

Ike Turner performing in Paris, 2002. Photograph: Xavier Popy/Rex Features

Ike Turner performing at the Montauban jazz festival, 2003. Photograph: Pascal Pavani/AFP

Ike Turner poses with his trophy at the 49th Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, 2007. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP