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unusual facts about Proud Mary: The Best of Ike



Tamiko Jones

Jones became Burke's fiancée and manager for a time, and co-produced his single "Proud Mary".

The Acid Queen

It has also been included in some Ike & Tina Turner compilations including Proud Mary: The Best of Ike & Tina Turner (1991), even though it is officially a solo Tina Turner song.

Workin' Together

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.


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