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Big Joe Turner

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Aliases
Big Vernon
Joe Turner
Joe Turner [US1]
Joe Turner and His Band
Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
Joe Turner and His Boogie Woogie Boys
Joe Turner and His Fly Cats
Joe Turner and Orchestra
Joe Turner with Chorus and Orchestra
Real name
Joseph Vernon Turner, Jr.
Born
May 18, 1911
Died
November 24, 1985
Country
United States
IPI
00031198894 16 works
00146414878 1 work
Affiliation
BMI, SUISA
Comments
Known as one of the blues shouters, Turner was a jump blues and R&B vocalist, whose recordings spanned nearly five decades and who was nominated for a Grammy Award three times.
Family
Lou Willie Turner Spouse (1945-1965)
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Covers by Big Joe Turner

Title Performer Release date Originally by
  July 23, 1956 Jack Albin and His Hotel Pennsylvania Dance Orch. - Vocal Chorus by Bill Coty REC, Adele Astaire & Eddie Foy Jr. PRF
July 23, 1956 Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner
1974 Gitfiddle Jim, Art Tatum and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Joe Turner
listen on Internet Archive February 1941 Gitfiddle Jim
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June 1960 Ethel Waters, Andy Kirk and His Twelve Clouds of Joy - Vocal Chorus by Pha Terrell
1973 Willie Dixon
1989 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
listen on Internet Archive September 1957 Thelma La Vizzo
1966 T-Bone Walker and His Guitar
  June 1960 Frank Sinatra BRD, Margaret Whiting with Frank De Vol and His Orchestra REC
The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, Up and Away) Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
August 1960 Charley Straight and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Frank Sylvano
  1976 Helen Jepson REL, Abbie Mitchell PRF, Abbie Mitchell under the direction of George Gershwin REC
July 23, 1956 Prince's Band
St. Louis Blues Big Joe Turner 1970 Unverified
August 1941 Lonnie Johnson
1980 Woody Guthrie
February 1945 Saunders King Rhythm
February 1945 Saunders King Rhythm
1974 Buddy Johnson and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Ella Johnson
1989 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Charley Patton
1974 Joe Turner and Pete Johnson
Roll 'Em Pete Big Joe Turner Unverified
March 1957 Lew Stone and His Band
Red Sails in the Sunset Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
  June 1960 Eddy Duchin and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Lew Sherwood REC, Bing Crosby BRD
1974 The Honey Dripper, Nappy Brown
October 1948 Arbee Stidham
listen on Internet Archive November 1948 Duke Ellington and His Famous Orchestra
December 1956 Rev. C.D. Montgomery, Dave Cutrell with McGinty's Oklahoma Cow Boy Band
December 1948 Memphis Slim and His House Rockers
Match Box Blues Big Joe Turner January 20, 1968 Unverified
listen on Internet Archive November 1948 Leroy Carr
1941 Prince's Band, Sara Martin
July 23, 1956 McKinney's Cotton Pickers with Vocal Refrain by George Thomas
I Want a Little Girl Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
  1976 Aida Ward PRF, Cab Calloway and His Orchestra REC
1980 "Fats" Waller and His Rhythm
  1980 Ceil Clayton REL, Claramae Turner PRF
June 1960 Carl Haworth
  1980 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
listen on Internet Archive   1940 Adelaide Hall PRF, Meyer Davis' Swanee Syncopators – Vocal Chorus by Al Shayne REC
listen on Internet Archive 1940 Ida Cox, Leroy Carr
How Long, How Long Blues Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
November 1959 Joe Turner and His Band
1974 Joe Turner and His Band
1974 Joe Turner
1989 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
July 1959 John Greer and The Rhythm Rockers
1974 Count Basie and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by James Rushing
1974 Joe Turner and His Blues Kings
Every Day I Have the Blues Big Joe Turner 1970 Unverified
1989 Pine Top, Memphis Slim & The House Rockers
June 1960 Blue Lu Barker with Danny Barker's Fly Cats
January 1941 Leroy Carr
Crawdad Hole Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
1989 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
March 1956 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
1941 Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
1974 Pete Johnson and His Boogie Woogie Boys - Vocal Chorus Joe Turner
Cherry Red Joe Turner [US1] 1996 Unverified
February 1941 (unknown)
  February 1942 William Gillespie BRD, Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Vocal Refrain and trumpet by "Hot Lips" Page REC,REL
1974 Willie Bryant with Tab Smith Septette
1941 Prince's Band
1947 Wynonie "(Mr. Blues)" Harris and Johnny Otis' All Stars
May 1951 Harmony Trio