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Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. [3] According to songwriter Doc Pomus , " Rock and roll would have never happened without him".
Joe Turner is the name of: Big Joe Turner (1911–1985), blues singer. Joe Turner (jazz pianist) (1907–1990), jazz/stride pianist. Joe Lynn Turner (born 1951), rock musician. Joe Turner (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1950), English football winger for Southampton, Stoke and Everton.
Big Joe Turner (born May 18, 1911, Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.—died November 24, 1985, Inglewood, California) was an American blues singer, or “shouter,” whose music included jazz, rhythm and blues, and boogie-woogie. He has been credited as a progenitor of jump blues and of early rock and roll.
Oct 22, 2012 · Big Joe Turner's hardest-hitting singles have been collected on a new compilation, titled Big Joe Turner Rocks. Here's how it would work, night after night in Kansas City.
Big Joe Turner was a blues singer and pianist who was known for his powerful voice and energetic stage presence. He influenced many other artists, including Elvis Presley, and his songs are still played on the radio today.
May 14, 2010 · Big Joe Turner, known by many as the “Boss of the Blues,” was born Joseph Vernon in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 18, 1911. Turner is considered a major contributor to the development of the sound of Kansas City Jazz, and the early development of Rock n’ Roll.
Nov 24, 2010 · During a career that lasted six decades, Big Joe Turner helped pioneer rock and roll. We take a look back at his life and career 25 years after his death.
The father of rock ‘n’ roll, a towering figure in music across the years and possessor of one of the most expressive resonant voices in history who could effortlessly adapt his songs for virtually any style, tempo and instrumental backing, changing their meaning entirely without altering a single word by virtue of his delivery alone.
Nov 25, 1985 · Big Joe Turner, a 300-pound legend who learned to sing the blues as a Kansas City junkman and transformed decades of urban black music into the roots of rock 'n' roll, died Sunday at the age of...
Big Joe Turner, the quintessential shouter of the blues, crossed many boundaries with his spirited, free-swinging vocal excursions. He was a king of the jump blues genre, a boogie woogie belter, progenitor of rhythm & blues and rock ‘n’ roll, and a respected performer in jazz circles.
