14 Facts About Alline Bullock

Ruby Alline Bullock Selico was an American songwriter.

Alline Bullock was the older full sister of singer Tina Turner.

Ruby Alline Bullock was born on December 1,1936, the second child of Zelma Priscilla and first to Floyd Richard Bullock.

Alline Bullock had a half-sister, Evelyn Juanita Currie, who was two years older, and a younger sister, Anna Mae Bullock, three years her junior.

Alline Bullock's family lived in Nutbush, Tennessee where her father worked as an overseer of the sharecroppers at Poindexter Farm on Highway 180.

Alline Bullock's father remarried soon after and moved to Detroit, Michigan.

Alline Bullock introduced her sister to the club scene in St Louis and the neighboring East St Louis, Illinois.

Alline Bullock worked as a barmaid at the Manhattan Club where the house band was Ike Turner and his Kings of Rhythm.

Alline Bullock was dating Kings of Rhythm drummer Eugene Washington when he gave Anna Mae the microphone during an intermission in 1957.

Alline Bullock eventually relocated to Los Angeles and lived with Ike and Tina's four sons while they toured across the country.

Alline Bullock briefly managed the Ikettes after they left the revue in 1965, but Ike prevented them from using the name; they became the Mirettes.

Alline Bullock wrote three songs on the 1972 album Strange Fruit by Family Vibes.

Alline Bullock seemed like he was forgiving and wanted to be forgiven for the things he did in his early years.

Alline Bullock died at the age of 73 in Valley Village, California, on September 4,2010.