Riverside Hotel was a hotel in Clarksdale, Mississippi, in operation from 1944 to 2020. The fourth marker location on the Mississippi Blues Trail, famed for providing lodging for such blues artists as
Riverside Hotel Blues Trail marker
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Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout. An early pioneer of 1950s rock and roll, he is best known for his work in the 1960s a
Riverside Hotel (Clarksdale, Mississippi)
…1944 to 2020. The fourth marker location on the Mississippi Blues Trail, famed for providing lodging for such blues artists as Sonny Boy Williamson II, Ike Turner, and Robert Nighthawk, it was previously the G.T. Thomas Hospital, in which Bessie Smith died in 1937. The Riverside Hotel is located at 615 Sunflower…
Turner in 1971
Ike Turner's birthplace and childhood home at 304 Washington Avenue in the Riverton neighborhood of Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Sun Studio at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, where in 1951 Turner and the Kings of Rhythm recorded "Rocket 88", one of the first rock and roll records. Turner would later work at the studio as in-house producer for Sam Phillips.
Ike & Tina Turner arriving at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in 1971