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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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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
February 1939 (65 artists)
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 (28 artists)
December 1940 (9 artists)
April 1946 (4 artists)
June 1946 (2 artists)
May 1947 Tom Jones & Jools Holland
1948 Tony Bennett
May 1949 The Blues Swingers
July 1950 Michael Jerome Browne
October 1950 (8 artists)
1950 Jools Holland, Ruby Turner
May 1951 (23 artists)
November 1951 Chuck Jackson's Big Bad Blues Band
March 1952 (22 artists)
December 1953 Big Joe and The Dynaflows
December 1953 (13 artists)
1953 (3 artists)
1953 (60 artists)
April 1954 (194 artists)
April 1954 Sleepy LaBeef
February 1955 (78 artists)
July 1955 (13 artists)
December 1955 (3 artists)
December 1955 (8 artists)
March 1956 (36 artists)
July 1956 (25 artists)
December 1956 (5 artists)
June 1957 Bob Hall & George Green
November 1957 (12 artists)
March 1960 Count Basie - Joe Turner
June 1960 (5 artists)
Juke Joint Blues Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
1980 Powder Blues
 PRF (37 artists)
Originally by Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC