Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter...
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Joe Turner is the name of: Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), blues singer Joe Turner (jazz pianist) (1907–1990), jazz/stride pianist Joe Lynn Turner (born 1951)...
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Shake, Rattle and Roll (category Big Joe Turner songs)
"Charles Calhoun", his songwriting name) and first recorded that year by Big Joe Turner, whose version ranked No. 127 on the Rolling Stone magazine list of...
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Pinkney's Original Drifters and The Coasters. After touring Europe with Big Joe Turner, Walker appeared at the Bishopstock Blues Festival, before forming his...
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Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen...
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Flip, Flop and Fly (category Big Joe Turner songs)
"Flip, Flop and Fly" is a song recorded by Big Joe Turner in 1955. Called a "prototypical rocker", it was recorded by several early rock and roll performers...
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including Joe Turner's big band, Louis Jordan's Tympany Five, James Brown and LaVern Baker. In fact, this source states that "Louis Jordan joined Turner in laying...
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Moody, Joe Morris, Art Pepper, Django Reinhardt, Pete Rugolo, Pee Wee Russell, Bobby Short, Sylvia Syms, Billy Taylor, Sonny Terry, Big Joe Turner, Jimmy...
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Elmore James (redirect from Joe Willie James)
ISBN 978-0-89820-068-3. Swyner, Alan (1998). Liner notes to The Very Best of Big Joe Turner. Rhino CD 72968. "Elmore James". Mississippi Blues Trail. "Featured...
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". All compositions by Joe Turner except where noted "Well Oh Well" − 3:21 "Joe's Blues" − 5:16 "Bluer Than Blue" − 2:48 "Big Wheel" − 2:44 "Poor House"...
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Toby Turner (born March 3, 1985), also known by his stage name Tobuscus, is an American Internet personality and actor. Originally from Niceville, Florida...
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Honey Hush (category Big Joe Turner songs)
Hush", is a blues song, written by Big Joe Turner (although he assigned the copyright to his wife, Lou Willie Turner), recorded in May 1953 in New Orleans...
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Midnight Special (song) (redirect from Big Midnight Special)
but with new lyrics), Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul and Mary, Burl Ives, Big Joe Turner, Bobby Darin, Cisco Houston, Jimmy Smith, Mungo Jerry, Van Morrison...
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Basie. Big Joe Turner – his style hardly changed at all between 1938's "Roll 'Em Pete", and 1954's "Shake, Rattle and Roll". AllMusic called Turner "the...
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example of a jazz song with recognizably rock and roll elements is Big Joe Turner with pianist Pete Johnson's 1938 single "Roll 'Em Pete", which is regarded...
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partners. Hit artists that recorded on Atlantic included Ruth Brown, Big Joe Turner, The Clovers, The Drifters, The Coasters and Ray Charles. Like the Erteguns...
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James, Charlie Christian, Billie Holiday, Count Basie, Teddy Wilson, Big Joe Turner, Fletcher Henderson, Pete Seeger, Babatunde Olatunji, Aretha Franklin...
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Roll 'Em Pete (category Songs written by Big Joe Turner)
boogie-woogie song, originally recorded in December 1938 by singer Big Joe Turner and pianist Pete Johnson. The recording is regarded as one of the most...
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Quebec Roomful of Blues Jimmy Rushing Sam Taylor The Treniers Big Joe Turner Titus Turner Eddie Vinson Cootie Williams Jimmy Witherspoon Mitch Woods "Elmore...
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Man, Crazy" in 1953, and in 1954, "Shake, Rattle and Roll" sung by Big Joe Turner reached No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart. Haley's recording became an...
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(November 10, 2016). "Big Joe Turner". Blues.org. Retrieved 23 February 2021. Lomax, John Nova (December 1, 2014). "Roll Over, Ike Turner". Texas Monthly....
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Pennies from Heaven (song) (category Big Joe Turner songs)
performed by Doris Day, Tony Bennett, Dinah Washington, Clark Terry, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young, Dean Martin, Gene Ammons, Legion of Mary, Guy Mitchell...
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worked extensively with, among others, Ben Webster, Benny Goodman, Big Joe Turner, Coleman Hawkins, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, Quincy Jones, Count...
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Mafia crime boss Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), American blues shouter Joe Vagana (born 1975), New Zealand former rugby league footballer Joe van Niekerk (born...
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Rodgers, the "blue yodeler", and Big Joe Turner, "the Boss of the Blues" compiled virtual encyclopedias of lyrics. Turner reputedly could sing the blues...
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James Turner Jay Turner Jim Turner Jimmy Turner Joe Turner Joel Turner John Turner Kyle Turner Lynn Turner Max Turner Mark Turner Matt Turner Michael...
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Teenage Letter (category Big Joe Turner songs)
"Teen Age Letter" on the record label) was recorded in October 1957 by Big Joe Turner and released as a single (Atlantic 45–1167) in the same year. The song...
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Pint" Jaxon (1929), Walter Davis (1939), Johnny Temple (1940), and Big Joe Turner (1941). Veteran blues artists recorded for the revival market include...
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Big Band Bossa Nova is an album by American composer Quincy Jones. Quincy Jones – conductor, arranger Phil Woods – alto saxophone Paul Gonsalves – tenor...
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with Louis Armstrong, Fats Waller, Stuff Smith, Charlie Christian, Big Joe Turner, T-Bone Walker, Nat King Cole and Roy Milton. Following his rediscovery...
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