Alline Bullock

**Ruby Alline Bullock Selico** (Disamba 1, 1936 - Satumba 4, 2010) mawakiyar Amurka ce. Ita ce babbar 'yar'uwar mawaƙiya Tina Turner . Bullock ta taɓa yin aiki a matsayin manaja a ƙungiyar 'yan mata ta Ikettes . Ta rubuta waƙoƙi ga Ike &amp;amp; Tina Turner da kuma ƙungiyar su ta Kings of Rhythm, ciki har da waƙar " Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter " wadda Nina Simone ta rubuta.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
An haifi Ruby Alline Bullock a ranar 1 ga Disamba, 1936, ita ce 'ya ta biyu ga Zelma Priscilla (née Currie) kuma ta farko ga Floyd Richard Bullock. Tana da 'yar'uwa ɗaya, Evelyn Juanita Currie, wacce ta girme ta da shekaru biyu, da kuma ƙanwarta, Anna Mae Bullock, wacce ta girme ta da shekaru uku. Iyalinta suna zaune a Nutbush, Tennessee inda mahaifinta ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da masu rabon gona a Poindexter Farm a Babbar Hanya 180.

A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, iyayenta sun ƙaura zuwa arewa don aiki kuma ta zauna a gidan kakanninta na uwa yayin da ƙanwarta ta zauna tare da kakanninsu na uba.  Bayan yaƙin, Bullock da 'yan'uwanta mata sun sake haɗuwa da iyayensu a Knoxville, Tennessee . Ba da daɗewa ba, iyalan suka koma Haywood County kuma ta halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Flagg Grove . A shekarar 1950, mahaifiyarta ta tafi ba tare da sanarwa ba, ta ƙaura zuwa St. Louis, Missouri, don tserewa aurenta mai cike da rikici.  Mahaifinta ya sake yin aure jim kaɗan bayan haka kuma ya ƙaura zuwa Detroit, Michigan . An tura Bullock da 'yan'uwanta mata su zauna tare da kakarsu Georgeanna Currie a Brownsville, Tennessee . Tun tana ƙarama, ƙanwarta Evelyn ta mutu a hatsarin mota tare da 'yan uwanta Margaret da Vela Evans, amma Evans ta tsira daga hatsarin.  Bayan kammala karatunta daga Makarantar Sakandare ta Carver da ke Brownsville, Bullock ta koma Detroit don zama tare da wasu dangi na ɗan lokaci kafin ta sake haɗuwa da mahaifiyarta a St. Louis.

A shekarar 1956, kakar Bullock, Georgeanna, ta mutu, kuma 'yar uwarta, Anna Mae, ta haɗu da su a St. Louis.  Bullock ta gabatar da 'yar uwarta ga wurin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a St. Louis da kuma maƙwabciyarta, East St. Louis, Illinois . Bullock ta yi aiki a matsayin mai hidimar mashaya a Manhattan Club inda ƙungiyar mawakan gidan ke Ike Turner da Kings of Rhythm .   Turner yana da ƙungiyar mawakan da suka fi shahara a yankin Greater St. Louis . Bullock yana soyayya da mai buga ganga na Kings of Rhythm, Eugene Washington lokacin da ya ba wa Anna Mae makirufo a lokacin hutu a 1957.   Anna Mae ta shiga ƙungiyar a matsayin Little Ann, ɗaya daga cikin mawakan Turner.

A shekarar 1960, Turner ya sake wa Little Ann suna, ya ba ta suna Tina Turner, sannan ya kafa Ike &amp;amp; Tina Turner Revue. Su biyun sun fitar da jerin waƙoƙin da suka shahara, ciki har da " A Fool in Love " (1960), " It's Gonna Work Out Fine " (1961), da kuma " I Idolize You " (1961). Daga ƙarshe Bullock ya ƙaura zuwa Los Angeles ya zauna tare da 'ya'yan Ike da Tina guda huɗu yayin da suke yawo a faɗin ƙasar.  Ta yi aiki a ɓangaren kasuwanci na ƙungiyar Ike & Tina Turner.  Ta yi jagorancin Ikettes na ɗan lokaci ( Robie Montgomery, Venetta Fields, da Jessie Smith) bayan sun bar aikin a shekarar 1965, amma Ike ya hana su amfani da sunan; sun zama Mirettes .  A matsayinta na marubuciya, Bullock ta rubuta waƙoƙi ga Ike & Tina Turner, musamman " Funkier Than a Mosquita's Tweeter " a cikin kundin waƙoƙinsu *na Workin' Together* (1970). Mawaka daban-daban sun yi sharhi kan waƙar, ciki har da Nina Simone .  Ta kuma rubuta waƙoƙi uku a kundin wakokin *Strange Fruit* na Family Vibes (wanda a da ake kira Kings of Rhythm) na shekarar 1972.

Bayan rabuwar 'yar uwarta da Ike a shekarar 1978, Bullock har yanzu tana ɗaukarsa a matsayin surukinta kuma ta halarci jana'izarsa a shekarar 2007.  Ta shaida wa  a shekarar 2008: "Yana da karimci da fara'a. Da alama yana da gafara kuma yana son a yafe masa abubuwan da ya yi a farkon rayuwarsa. Kafafen watsa labarai, bayan ya mutu, sun yi ƙoƙarin lalata sunansa."  A lokacin, tana amfani da sunan mahaifin Selico.

Ta rasu tana da shekaru 73 a Valley Village, California, a ranar 4 ga Satumba, 2010.

## Daraja a rubuce-rubucen waƙa

* 1970: Ike &amp;amp; Tina Turner - "Mai ban dariya fiye da Tweeter na Sauro"
* 1971: Ike da Tina Turner – "Jariri (Abin da Kike So Na Yi)"
* 1971: Ike da Tina Turner - "Ka ɗauke ni (Ka kai ni inda gidanka yake)"
* 1972: Murnar Iyali - "Farin Ciki Amma Kadai"
* 1972: Tausayin Iyali - "Bootie Lebe"
* 1972: Yanayin Iyali - "DMZ"
* 1974: Nina Simone - "Mai Sana'a Fiye da Sauro"
* 2005: Nikka Costa - "Mai Sauraro Fiye da Tweeter na Sauro"
* 2009: Joe Bonamassa - "Funkier Than a Sauro ta Tweeter"
* 2011: Kara Grainger - "Babe What You Want Me To Do"
* 2012: Morgan James - "Mai Sauraro Fiye da Tweeter na Sauro"
* 2016: Cherrill Rae – "Mai Sana'a Fiye da Sauro"

## Manazarta