Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Ike Turner across 5 places, from 1931 to 2004.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Izear Luster "Ike" Turner Jr. (November 5, 1931 – December 12, 2007) was an American musician, bandleader, songwriter, record producer, and talent scout.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Ike Turner is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Ike Turner was documented, and when
5 November 1931exact date
Clarksdale, Mississippiattested“was born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, on November 5, 1931, to Beatrice Cushenberry, a seamstress, and Izear Luster Turner, a Baptist minister.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1956year
Cincinnatiattested“In between live dates, Turner took the band to Cincinnati to record for Federal Records in 1956.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
11 April 1981exact date
Las Vegasattested“He asked for one more tour with me, and I said, 'No, absolutely not.' Ike wasn't someone you could forgive and allow him back in." Turner married Margaret Ann Thomas in Las Vegas on April 11, 1981; they divorced in 1990.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
2002year
Montreux Jazz Festivalattested“In 2002, Turner's performance at the Montreux Jazz Festival was released as a live album and DVD.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
2004year
Memphis, Tennesseeattested“In 2004, he was awarded the Heroes Award from the Memphis branch of the Recording Academy.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
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In each of these, a source puts Ike Turner and the place in the same dated sentence without stating
that Ike Turner was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason:
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1948year
Yazoo City, Mississippimentioned“Turner met her at the Cotton Club on Camplin Avenue in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1948.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1948year
Cotton Clubmentioned“Turner met her at the Cotton Club on Camplin Avenue in Yazoo City, Mississippi in 1948.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
March 1951month
Memphis, Tennesseementioned“We just switched around." In March 1951, Turner and his band recorded the song "Rocket 88" at Memphis Recording Service (now Sun Studio).”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
March 1951month
Sun Studiomentioned“We just switched around." In March 1951, Turner and his band recorded the song "Rocket 88" at Memphis Recording Service (now Sun Studio).”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
January 1952month
Helena, Arkansasmentioned“While in Helena, Turner tried to recruit Little Walter to record for Modern in January 1952, but Little Walter was on his way to Mississippi.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
January 1952month
Mississippimentioned“While in Helena, Turner tried to recruit Little Walter to record for Modern in January 1952, but Little Walter was on his way to Mississippi.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1952year
West Memphismentioned“In 1952, Turner discovered Little Junior Parker in West Memphis, and they formed a band with Matt "Guitar" Murphy.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
24 September 1952exact date
Clarksdale, Mississippimentioned“Turner married Marion Louis Lee (Bonnie Turner) in Clarksdale on September 24, 1952.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1953year
Clarksdale, Mississippimentioned“He began playing guitar in sessions in 1953, and by 1954, with the assistance of Joe Bihari, he built a makeshift recording studio at a defunct Greyhound bus station in Clarksdale.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1953year
Sarasota, Floridamentioned“It was a job staying ahead of this chick, man, cos' she was always trying to outdo me." While they were in Sarasota, Florida for a gig, she ran off to New York with another man in 1953.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1953year
New Yorkmentioned“It was a job staying ahead of this chick, man, cos' she was always trying to outdo me." While they were in Sarasota, Florida for a gig, she ran off to New York with another man in 1953.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1954year
Memphis, Tennesseementioned“store in Memphis the year of its release in 1954.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1956year
Club Manhattanmentioned“In 1956, Ann Bullock accompanied her sister Alline Bullock to watch Turner and the Kings of Rhythm at the Club Manhattan in East St.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
1958year
Chicagomentioned“In 1958, Turner took the band to Chicago to record for Cobra/Artistic, as well as fulfilling his contract as a session musician back at Sun.”source: Wikipedia: Ike Turner
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Every line above is a dated fact taken from a source, with the sentence it came from and a link
back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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