Dynamite! is Ike & Tina’s third studio album featuring six previously released singles as well as six new songs, including the very successful track It's Gonna Work Out Fine from 1961. The album was originally released in 1963 from Sue Records in America and was reissued several times on different labels, among others in 2004 on the double CD The Soul of Ike & Tina / Dynamite! In 2014, it was also re-released in it’s original format on vinyl.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: 1963 / Various (Reissue)
Label: Sue / Various (Reissue)
Format: Vinyl / CD
is the first Ike & Tina Turner single which was not written by Ike Turner, but from Rose Marie McCoy and Sylvia McKinney. Also the male spoken part is not from Ike but from Mickey Baker. The single was released already in 1961 and was later included into the tracklist of this album and the LP It’s Gonna Work Out Fine in a slightly longer version. The duo performed it at several TV-Shows and live in their concerts. A live version is available on the album Festival of Live Performances from 1967.
An instrumental version was released on the album Dance with Ike & Tina Turner’s Kings of Rhythm in 1962. Ike recorded a different version for the album River Deep - Mountain High and Tina recorded a new version with Laurence Fishburne for the soundtrack album What's Love Got To Do With It in 1993. Ike & Tina received for this single their first Grammy nomination.
Writer: Sylvia McKinney, Rose Marie McCoy
Producer: Ike Turenr
Release: June 1961 / November 1961 (UK) / February 1964 (Reissue)
Charts: USA: #2 (R&B) / #14 (Pop)
Grammy: Best Rock & Roll Vocal Performance (Nomination 1962)
was already released in 1960 on the b-side of the single You’re My Baby with the slightly different title „A Fool Too Long.“ Ike & Tina promoted the song at the TV-Show American Bandstand in 1962. Another version is available on the rarities sampler Those Were The Days from 1991. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from November 13, 1961.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: November 1961
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #4 (R&B) / #38 (Pop)
features an edited version of the song „Changes Are“ from Ike & Tina’s debut album The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner on the flip side and reached once again the charts in America. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from March 17, 1962.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: March 1962
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #9 (R&B) / #50 (Pop)
is the last single, but was only a minor hit. A live version is available on the album Festival of Live Performances from 1970. The b-side was taken from Ike & Tina’s debut album. The single was reviewed in Billboard magazine in it’s issue from June 23, 1962.
Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: June 1962
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #89 (Pop)
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