CLARKSDALE, MISS. - Raymond Earl Hill, 62, former musician with the Ike and Tina Turner Band, died Tuesday of heart failure at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion AME Church, where he was a member, with burial in Heavenly Rest Cemetery. Stringer Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hill leaves a daughter, Cathy Mitchell of Michigan City, Ind.; two sons, Raymond Craig Turner of San Diego and Raymond Hill of Clarksdale; a sister, Marian Montgomery of Clarksdale; two brothers, Aubrey Hill of Farrell and Charles Hill Jr. of Clarksdale; and an aunt who cared for him, Evelyn Jarrett of Clarksdale. (Published in The Commercial Appealo, Memphis, TN, on 4/19/1996)
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Musician. He was an American tenor saxophonist and singer. He was best known as a member of Ike Turner’s band the Kings of Rhythm in the 1950’s. He and his friend, drummer, Billy Gayles, began playing in Ike Turner’s bands the Top Hatters big band and the Kings of Rhythm. He was Ike’s regular tenor saxophone player at the bands first recording sessions, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, in March, 1951, which produced the R&B classic “Rocket 88”, the record features a solo by the 17 year old. The single reached #1 on the R&B chart and has often been called “the first rock and roll record”. In 1952 he left Ike’s regular performing band after a dispute over payments, he continued to play on some of Ike’s records, and also worked as a session musician at Sun and other local labels, backing Howlin’ Wolf and Little Junior Parker among many others. October 1952 he recorded a session with his own band, which remained unreleased for many years. On Sun in 1954 he recorded with Ike’s band, featuring Ike on guitar and Billy Emerson on piano, releasing the single "The Snuggle" / "Bourbon Street Jump" under his own name, both sides being instrumentals. In 1955, he returned to working in Ike’s band on a full-time basis, and moved to St. Louis, Missouri with them. In 1957 he had a relationship with the band's new backing singer Anna Mae Bullock, then known as Little Ann and later as Tina Turner. This led to the birth the following year of her first child, Raymond Craig, who later used the name Craig Raymond Turner, who died of a self inflicted gun shot wound on July 3, 2018. Before the birth, he left the band, staying in St. Louis, while Ike and his band moved to California. He worked in Albert King’s band, before returning to Clarksdale. He died from an congestive heart failure at the age of 62. (Bio by Babe)
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Musician. He was an American tenor saxophonist and singer. He was best known as a member of Ike Turner’s band the Kings of Rhythm in the 1950’s. He and his friend, drummer, Billy Gayles, began playing in Ike Turner’s bands the Top Hatters big band and the Kings of Rhythm. He was Ike’s regular tenor saxophone player at the bands first recording sessions, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, in March, 1951, which produced the R&B classic “Rocket 88”, the record features a solo by the 17 year old. The single reached #1 on the R&B chart and has often been called “the first rock and roll record”. In 1952 he left Ike’s regular performing band after a dispute over payments, he continued to play on some of Ike’s records, and also worked as a session musician at Sun and other local labels, backing Howlin’ Wolf and Little Junior Parker among many others. October 1952 he recorded a session with his own band, which remained unreleased for many years. On Sun in 1954 he recorded with Ike’s band, featuring Ike on guitar and Billy Emerson on piano, releasing the single "The Snuggle" / "Bourbon Street Jump" under his own name, both sides being instrumentals. In 1955, he returned to working in Ike’s band on a full-time basis, and moved to St. Louis, Missouri with them. In 1957 he had a relationship with the band's new backing singer Anna Mae Bullock, then known as Little Ann and later as Tina Turner. This led to the birth the following year of her first child, Raymond Craig, who later used the name Craig Raymond Turner, who died of a self inflicted gun shot wound on July 3, 2018. Before the birth, he left the band, staying in St. Louis, while Ike and his band moved to California. He worked in Albert King’s band, before returning to Clarksdale. He died from an congestive heart failure at the age of 62. (Bio by Babe)
CLARKSDALE, MISS. - Raymond Earl Hill, 62, former musician with the Ike and Tina Turner Band, died Tuesday of heart failure at Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center. Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion AME Church, where he was a member, with burial in Heavenly Rest Cemetery. Stringer Funeral Home has charge. Mr. Hill leaves a daughter, Cathy Mitchell of Michigan City, Ind.; two sons, Raymond Craig Turner of San Diego and Raymond Hill of Clarksdale; a sister, Marian Montgomery of Clarksdale; two brothers, Aubrey Hill of Farrell and Charles Hill Jr. of Clarksdale; and an aunt who cared for him, Evelyn Jarrett of Clarksdale. (Published in The Commercial Appealo, Memphis, TN, on 4/19/1996)
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Musician. He was an American tenor saxophonist and singer. He was best known as a member of Ike Turner’s band the Kings of Rhythm in the 1950’s. He and his friend, drummer, Billy Gayles, began playing in Ike Turner’s bands the Top Hatters big band and the Kings of Rhythm. He was Ike’s regular tenor saxophone player at the bands first recording sessions, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, in March, 1951, which produced the R&B classic “Rocket 88”, the record features a solo by the 17 year old. The single reached #1 on the R&B chart and has often been called “the first rock and roll record”. In 1952 he left Ike’s regular performing band after a dispute over payments, he continued to play on some of Ike’s records, and also worked as a session musician at Sun and other local labels, backing Howlin’ Wolf and Little Junior Parker among many others. October 1952 he recorded a session with his own band, which remained unreleased for many years. On Sun in 1954 he recorded with Ike’s band, featuring Ike on guitar and Billy Emerson on piano, releasing the single "The Snuggle" / "Bourbon Street Jump" under his own name, both sides being instrumentals. In 1955, he returned to working in Ike’s band on a full-time basis, and moved to St. Louis, Missouri with them. In 1957 he had a relationship with the band's new backing singer Anna Mae Bullock, then known as Little Ann and later as Tina Turner. This led to the birth the following year of her first child, Raymond Craig, who later used the name Craig Raymond Turner, who died of a self inflicted gun shot wound on July 3, 2018. Before the birth, he left the band, staying in St. Louis, while Ike and his band moved to California. He worked in Albert King’s band, before returning to Clarksdale. He died from an congestive heart failure at the age of 62. (Bio by Babe)
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Musician. He was an American tenor saxophonist and singer. He was best known as a member of Ike Turner’s band the Kings of Rhythm in the 1950’s. He and his friend, drummer, Billy Gayles, began playing in Ike Turner’s bands the Top Hatters big band and the Kings of Rhythm. He was Ike’s regular tenor saxophone player at the bands first recording sessions, Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, in March, 1951, which produced the R&B classic “Rocket 88”, the record features a solo by the 17 year old. The single reached #1 on the R&B chart and has often been called “the first rock and roll record”. In 1952 he left Ike’s regular performing band after a dispute over payments, he continued to play on some of Ike’s records, and also worked as a session musician at Sun and other local labels, backing Howlin’ Wolf and Little Junior Parker among many others. October 1952 he recorded a session with his own band, which remained unreleased for many years. On Sun in 1954 he recorded with Ike’s band, featuring Ike on guitar and Billy Emerson on piano, releasing the single "The Snuggle" / "Bourbon Street Jump" under his own name, both sides being instrumentals. In 1955, he returned to working in Ike’s band on a full-time basis, and moved to St. Louis, Missouri with them. In 1957 he had a relationship with the band's new backing singer Anna Mae Bullock, then known as Little Ann and later as Tina Turner. This led to the birth the following year of her first child, Raymond Craig, who later used the name Craig Raymond Turner, who died of a self inflicted gun shot wound on July 3, 2018. Before the birth, he left the band, staying in St. Louis, while Ike and his band moved to California. He worked in Albert King’s band, before returning to Clarksdale. He died from an congestive heart failure at the age of 62. (Bio by Babe)
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