Big Joe Turner
A monumental figure in American music, Kansas City-born Big Joe Turner started performing in the late 1920s as a band singer for Bennie Moten, Count Basie, and others. Over the next couple of decades Turner helped define the boogie-woogie and jump-blues styles, alongside the likes of Meade Lux Lewis and Willie "the Lion" Smith. In the early '50s, he laid down the template for rock & roll with such tracks as "Shake, Rattle & Roll," his style providing an enormous influence on the first generation of rock & roll artists (many of whom covered the songs Turner made famous). A giant of jazz, blues, and rock & roll, Turner continued to perform all three well into the '70s, passing away in 1985.
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Albums
- (2007) Shake Rattle & Rock
- (2006) Rhino Hi-Five: Big Joe Turner
- (2004) Jumpin' With Joe
- (1956) Boss Of The Blues
- (0000) 1940-1941 (Complete Edition Volume 2)
Top Tracks
- Boogie Woogie Country Girl
- Honey Hush
- Low Down Dog
- The Chicken And The Hawk
- Cherry Red
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