(Joseph Vernon Turner Jr.)
DISCOGRAPHY 1949-2021 (131CD)
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."
Big Joe Turner was in that freewheeling city’s jumping nightspots that
he began his career as a bartender and singer.
As a young man, Turner hooked up with pianist Pete Johnson. Turner and
Johnson were among the earliest to help develop jump blues by using boogie
woogie to add "jump" to the blues.
Big Joe Turner has been called the "Boss of the Blues" and the "World's
Greatest Blues Shouter," but he is also considered a major part of early
Rock 'n' Roll. He´s a respected name in the world of Jazz, too.....
(Wikipedia)
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