In his book Icons of R&B and Soul he wrote biographical pieces on artists including Ray Charles, Little Richard, Fats Domino, Ruth Brown, LaVern Baker, Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson, Etta James, Ike Turner, Tina Turner, The Isley Brothers, James Brown, and Otis Redding.
Bobby "Blue" Bland, Henry Townsend, Bo Diddley, Mavis Staples, Johnnie Johnson, Ike Turner, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Fontella Bass, Oliver Sain, Hubert Sumlin, Shemekia Copeland, Little Milton, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Dr. John, Royal Southern Brotherhood, Joe Louis Walker, Roy Gaines, Sonny Landreth, and Ana Popovic!
Tina Turner | J. M. W. Turner | Ted Turner | Turner | Kathleen Turner | Turner Prize | Lana Turner | Turner Broadcasting System | John Turner | Ike Turner | Hurricane Ike | Joe Lynn Turner | Mark Turner | Nik Turner | Nat Turner | Graham Turner | Chris Turner | Big Joe Turner | Robert Turner | Michael Turner | Florence Turner | Charles Hampden-Turner | Mark Turner (musician) | Dawson Turner | Turner syndrome | Turner Field | Richard Turner | Frank Turner | Edward Turner | Bonnie and Terry Turner |
Originally written by Ike Turner, the song became the first official single featuring Tina Turner and was the duo's first hit single, released on the Sue Records label in 1960.
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In 1957, Anna Mae Bullock had won a spot on blues musician Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm band after taking a microphone from her sister and singing several B. B. King songs.
After years with male frontmen backing his Kings of Rhythm band, Ike Turner had finally found success after Tina Turner (née Ann Bullock) recorded "A Fool in Love".
He interviewed dozens of blues and R&B legends, such as Joe Turner, Lowell Fulson, Ruth Brown, Curtis Mayfield, Bo Diddley, Ike Turner, Hank Ballard, Bobby Day, Richard Berry, Don Julian, Brenton Wood, and Eugene Church, as well as doo-wop enthusiast George Carlin.
In the film, the song is dramatized after Ike Turner (played by Fishburne) proposes marriage to Tina (played by Angela Bassett) after Tina and their newborn was secretly carried out of the hospital by Ike and his band mates and the couple traveled to Tijuana, Mexico to get married, much to Tina's chagrin.
The album featured the duo's biggest-selling hit, a funk rock styled cover of "Proud Mary" and also featured another popular Ike & Tina song, the Ike Turner & Alliene Bullock-composed "Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter", later covered by Nina Simone.