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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
April 1946 (4 artists)
November 1951 Chuck Jackson's Big Bad Blues Band
March 1960 Count Basie - Joe Turner
1953 (3 artists)
1953 (60 artists)
December 1956 (5 artists)
February 1955 (78 artists)
July 1955 (13 artists)
December 1955 (3 artists)
April 1954 (194 artists)
December 1955 (7 artists)
December 1953 (13 artists)
April 1954 Sleepy LaBeef
December 1953 Big Joe and The Dynaflows
May 1947 Tom Jones & Jools Holland
December 1940 (9 artists)
1950 Jools Holland, Ruby Turner
October 1950 (8 artists)
March 1956 (35 artists)
February 1939 (65 artists)
November 1957 (12 artists)
Juke Joint Blues Joe Turner / Roy Eldridge / Milt Jackson / Pee Wee Crayton (Big Joe Turner) 1976 Unverified
1948 Tony Bennett
July 1950 Michael Jerome Browne
 PRF (37 artists)
Originally by Joe Turner with Freddie Slack Trio REC
1980 Powder Blues
June 1960 (5 artists)
June 1946 (2 artists)
June 1957 Bob Hall & George Green
July 1956 (22 artists)
May 1949 The Blues Swingers
May 1951 (23 artists)
March 1952 (22 artists)
listen on Internet Archive July 1939 (28 artists)