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Big Joe Turner

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Born 18 May 1911. Died 24 November 1985.

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Biography

Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer stretched from the 1920s into the 1980s.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
Rocks in My Bed 2000
Flip, Flop & Fly 1972
Turns on the Blues n/a
Big Joe Rides Agian n/a
Joe Turner / Rockin' the Blues n/a
 

Credits

Role Artist Release
Vocal Joe Turner with Pee Wee Crayton and Sonny Stitt Everyday I Have the Blues (1975)
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