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Club Manhattan, where Tina Turner met Ike Turner
East St. Louis, Illinois
Booker Merritt's nightclub at 1320 East Broadway was the home room of Ike Turner's Kings of Rhythm. A teenage Anna Mae Bullock got hold of a microphone here in the mid 1950s and left as Tina Turner. It is the single strongest reason East St. Louis has a claim on the start of rock and roll.
That was 1 of the hidden places.
Location: historic site
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