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Stand By For Ike And Tina Plus The Family!

Leicester Chronicle30 September 1966Article

Preview of the 21 October 1966 Ike & Tina Turner Revue at Granby Halls. Earliest documented print use of the ‘Family’ billing: ‘Also appearing with the Turners, who are bringing their entire revue with them (including The Kings of Rhythm and The Ikettes), will be Edwin Starr, Alvin Robinson and The Family. The show is to be compered by Tony Esquire.’ The piece explicitly tracks the band’s three names: ‘The Family are, well … The Family. Formerly The Farinas, The Roaring Sixties and now getting their names in the national music papers, they are at last in the company they deserve.’ Promoter Andrew Frost for the Arthur Howes Agency. Pushes the Family name adoption back into late September 1966, earlier than earlier site narratives had placed it.