The Soul of Ike & Tina Turner is the debut album by Ike & Tina Turner. It was released on the Sue Records in February 1961. The album is noted for containing the duo's debut single "A Fool in Love" and their follow-up singles "I Idolize You" and "I'm Jealous." History Ike Turner had been an established name in rhythm and blues music ever since recording and composing "Rocket 88", often considered the "first rock and roll record to be released", in 1951 at the age of nineteen. Turner found success as a collaborator on various songs by established R&B and blues musicians such as B.B. King and also discovered Howlin' Wolf and Bobby "Blue" Bland, using his skills as a talent scout to get the acts signed to various labels and working as a session musician on piano. In 1954, three years after disbanding his band, the Kings of Rhythm, Turner reassembled the band while living in West Memphis and had his wife at the time, Bonnie Mae Wilson, accompanying him on piano while he played guitar. By 1956, Turner and the Kings of Rhythm moved to East St. Louis and soon Ike his band earned the reputation as one of the liveliest bands in the St. Louis and East St. Louis club scenes. Ann Bullock from Brownsville, Tennessee caught the band's act at the predominantly black Manhattan Club in East St. Louis, with her sister Alline. One night in 1957, Kings of Rhythm drummer, Eugene Washington, gave Bullock a microphone and she sang the B.B. King ballad, "You Know I Love You." Stunned by her deep contralto vocals, Turner asked her to more songs. By the end of the night, Turner decided to include Bullock into the act as one of his many lead singers. For the next few years, Turner became her mentor; teaching her how to control her voice and to perform. They two developed a bond that both described as "brother and sister." In 1958, Bullock sang on her first recording under the moniker "Little Ann" on Turner's tune, "Boxtop." Recording In March 1960, Turner scheduled his band for a session at Technisonic Studios in St. Louis to record his composition, "A Fool in Love," which he had written for singer Art Lassiter. Lassiter failed to show up for the session, so Bullock recorded a demo track with Turner and Lassiter's backing girl group, the