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