Big Joe Turner
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Big Joe Turner – Shake, Rattle and Roll
Biography
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.(for stride pianist Joseph H. Turner (3.11.07-21.7.90) > Joe Turner)
Known variously as The Boss of the Blues, and Big Joe Turner (due to his 6’2”, 300+ lbs stature), Turner was born in Kansas City and first discovered his love of music through involvement in the church. Turner’s father was killed in a train accident when Joe was only four years old. He began singing on street corners for money, leaving school at age fourteen to begin working in Kansas City’s club scene, first as a cook, and later as a singing bartender. He eventually became known as The Singing Barman, and worked in such venues as The Kingfish Club and The Sunset, where he and his piano playing partner Pete Johnson became resident performers. The Sunset was managed by Piney Brown. It featured “separate but equal” facilities for white patrons. Turner wrote “
Piney Brown Blues” in his honor and sang it throughout his entire career.At that time Kansas City was a wide-open town run by “Boss” Tom Pendergast. Despite this, the clubs were subject to frequent raids by the police, but as Turner recounts, “The Boss man would have his bondsmen down at the police station before we got there.
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Sunday Morning Blues
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Jazz Club Music Selection - Big Joe Turner Vol. 2
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The Very Best Of Big Joe Turner
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Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits
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LosJosephinos
shake, rattle n roll!
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Skog-1
Cool, cool!
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Parisblues
what's about "them their eyes" ?
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Parisblues
"regane boogie " is definitively from Joe without big before the name. so why does the title is still attribute to this one ?
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zwurbelkurbel
:))))))
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Chiaroscurist
<3
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digout
Hey, what's with you lately ? :-)
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bigk83
Shout for Big Joe from KC!
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polymetrojim
Joseph Vernon Turner Jr, conocido como Big Joe Turner (Kansas City,18 de mayo de 1911 - Inglewood, 24 de noviembre de 1985) fue un cantante de blues y pionero del rock and roll estadounidense. Este tipo si que cantaba con el estomago
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THEREALGROTTO
Hey Parisblues Wrong Number! Go away ! nerd
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midlifefanclub
it is: Shake, Rattle and Roll
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hogefan
Good shit Big Joe! The original is still the best.
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brAIndamaged
Oke-She-Moke-She-Bop Yeah!
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rodriguealfahel
shake to the music real good
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lutek777
damn i was on concert yesterday (memphis blues caravan) ... they burned hall alive ... smashed with that blues ... really great artist
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