IKE & TINA: Single

Tra La La La La (1962)

Ike & Tina Turner - Tra La La La La - Single

Tra La La La La is the second single from the album Dynamite with success in the Billboard R&B and pop charts. The non album track from the b-side is an edited version of the song „Changes Are“ from Ike & Tina’s debut album The Soul of Ike & Tina.

Writer: Ike Turner
Producer: Ike Turner
Release: March 1962
Label: Sue
Format: 7“ Vinyl
Charts: USA: #9 (R&B) / #50 (Pop)
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  1. Tra La La La La 2:40
  2. Puppy Love 2:52

Billboard - March 17, 1962

„Tra La La La La“: Ike and Tina sell this wild side with enthusiasm over uninhibited backing by group and ork. Could get exposure, especially on r.&b. stations. „Puppy Love“: Tina shouts out the lyrics to this medium rocker brightly over driving ork support. (SUE 757) ****

CashBox - March 17, 1962

Ike & Tina Turner, riding a string of r&b-pop clicks that recently included “A Fool In Love,” should continue their winning ways with this one. It’s a bright rock-a-cha-cha, labeled „Tra La La La La,“ that Tina & a chorus invitingly chant against a terrific Ike Turner instrumental backdrop. Backing’s a ripplying rhythmic blueser tabbed „Puppy Love.“ (Sue 757)

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