The Ikettes

The Ikettes

The Ikettes

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Latest Release

What'cha Gonna Do / Beauty Is Just Skin Deep album art
  • What'cha Gonna Do / Beauty Is Just Skin Deep
  • June 2025
  • • 2 Songs

Top Songs

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I'm Blue (The Gong-Gong Song)
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Shake A Tail Feather
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You Got Me Hummin' [Live In Paris / 1971]
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A Fool In Love [Live At Basin Street West, San Francisco / 1969]
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Everyday People [Live At Basin Street West, San Francisco / 1969]

Albums

  • The Ikettes Queens Of Northern Soul

    Dec 2024 • 11 songs

  • The Best Of The Ikettes

    Jul 2008 • 12 songs

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The Ikettes

Biography

Ike Turner formed the Ikettes to replace the Artettes as the backing group for the Ike & Tina Turner Revue. Despite their beginnings, the Ikettes became successful artists in their own right; in fact, they actually had more significant hits in the early and mid-'60s than Ike & Tina, charting with "I'm Blue (The Gong, Gong Song)" in 1961, "The Camel Walk" in 1964, and "Peaches and Cream" and "I'm So Thankful" in 1965. Unheralded, they were arguably one of the ten top R&B female groups of all time. Ike never paid them much, which caused their lineup to change frequently, and the...
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