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Person · Male
Big Joe Turner
- From
- Kansas City, United States
- Active
- 1911–1985
- Rating
- ★ 3
- Releases
- 118
- blues
- jump blues
- r&b
- rock and roll
About
Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. Turner's greatest fame was due to his rock and roll recordings in the 1950s, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", but his career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s.
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Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues.'" According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "rock and roll would have never happened without him." AllMusic called Turner "the premier blues shouter of the postwar era".
Member of
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Joe Turner and His Memphis Men eponymous
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Big Joe Turner & His Blues Kings eponymous
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Big Joe Turner & Orchestra eponymous
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Joe Turner and His Band eponymous
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Big Joe Turner and His Fly Cats eponymous
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Joe Turner and His Boogie Woogie Boys eponymous
Discography
Albums
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Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
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The Boss of the Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz Apple Music
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Rock & Roll Apple Music
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Rockin’ the Blues Apple Music
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Big Joe Is Here Apple Music
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Big Joe Rides Again Apple Music
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Feel So Fine
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Singing the Blues
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The Real Boss of the Blues
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Super Black Blues
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Turns On the Blues
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Texas Style
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Boss Man of the Blues
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The Bosses
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The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
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Every Day I Have The Blues
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Nobody in Mind
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In the Evening
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Things That I Used To Do
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Let's Boogie Woogie All Night Long
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Really the Blues
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Everyday I Have the Blues
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I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter
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The Midnight Special
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Have No Fear Joe Turner Is Here
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Life Ain't Easy
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Kansas City Here I Come
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Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long
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Blues Train
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Flip, Flop & Fly
EPs
Singles
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Chains of Love / My Little Honey Dripper
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Piney Brown Blues / I Got a Gal for Every Day of the Week
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Shake, Rattle and Roll / You Know I Love You
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The Chill Is On / Bump Miss Susie
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After My Laughter Came Tears / Chains of Love
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It's a Low Down Dirty Shame / Nobody in Mind
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My Gal's A Jockey / I Got Love For Sale
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Watch That Jive / Johnson & Turner Blues
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It's the Same Old Story / Rebecca
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S.K. Blues
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Blues on Central Avenue / Sun Risin’ Blues
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Rocks in My Bed / Goin’ to Chicago Blues
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Goin’ Away Blues / Roll ’em Pete
Live
Compilations
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Kansas City Style
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The Complete Boss Of The Blues - Joe Turner Sings Kansas City Jazz
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Where or When
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The Singles Collection 1950-60
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Best Of Apple Music
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Roomful of Blues - Two Classic Albums
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Ten Years Of Hits (The Singles As & Bs 1951-1960)
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Blues Masters, Volume 12
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Rocks
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The Essential Recordings
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Big Joe Turner
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The Definitive Blues Collection
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The Platinum Collection
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Blues Legends: Big Joe Turner - The Blues Collection
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Boss Man's Blues
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Shout, Rattle and Roll
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Rocks In My Bed
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Blues Archive: Big Joe Turner
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Shake, Rattle & Roll
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All the Classic Hits 1938-1952
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Sun Risin' Blues
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Blues on Central Avenue
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Big Joe Is Here / Big Joe Rides Again
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Blues Café presents Big Joe Turner
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The Fat Man: The Essential Early Fats Domino
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Atomic Boogie: The National Recordings, 1945-1947
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The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1949-1950
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Story to Tell
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Rocks in My Bed
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Joe Turner / Rockin' the Blues
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Complete Edition: Volume 2 - 1940-1941
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The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1947-1948
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The Very Best of Big Joe Turner
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The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1946-1947
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Shake, Rattle & Roll and Other Hits
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Complete Edition: Volume 1 - 1938-1940
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The Chronological Classics: Joe Turner 1941-1946
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Gigante del blues
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Joe Turner Blues
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Honey Hush
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The Blues Collection: Big Joe Turner, Roll ’em
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Big, Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology
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Shoutin' the Blues
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Nobody in Mind
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Jumpin' With Joe: The Complete Aladdin & Imperial Recordings
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Every Day in the Week
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The Best of Joe Turner
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Tell Me Pretty Baby
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Shake, Rattle and Roll Apple Music
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Greatest Hits Apple Music
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The Complete 1940 - 1944
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The Blues Boss
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Volume 1: I've Been To Kansas City
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Rhythm & Blues Years Apple Music
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Jumpin’ Tonight
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Rock This Joint
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Jumpin’ With Joe Apple Music
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Bigger Than Ever
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I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 33
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I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 17
Links
Married
Also known as
"Big" Joe Turner · 'Big' Joe Turner · Joe Turner · Joe Turner & His Blues Kings · Joe Turner (with The Cookies) · Joseph Vernon Turner · Turner
Identifiers
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- ISNI
- 0000000066405554
- IPI
- 00031198894
- IPI
- 00065253287
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