In the background "the Man with the Stone face, that`s Ike."

With these words Tina introduced her at that time husband, who had been the creative mastermind behind the Tina Turner Revue.

The Rolling Stones, Elton John, Santana, Roberta Flack, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Chaka Khan, Natalie Cole, Bill Cosby, Elvis, Eric Clapton, Yardbirds, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Miles Davis had also been Ike`s clients.

Of course his relationship with Tina had contained unpleasant events, but the musical impact of their collaboration had been so very special, that it took years until Tina Turner did meet the right folks in England to reach again the same level of expression. Private Dancer was born.