View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the Vinyl release of The Fantastic M. Big Boogie-Woogie - Presenting JOE TURNER on Discogs. Label: Marilyn - MAR • Format: Vinyl LP, Compilation • Genre: Rock • Style: Rock & Roll.

Big Joe Turner (May 18, , Kansas City, MO, USA - November 24, , Inglewood, CA, USA) was an American blues shouter. Turner often collaborated with pianist Pete Johnson. In addition he worked with the pianists Art Tatum and Sammy Price and with various small jazz ensembles. He also appeared with Count Basie Orchestra.

Label: Telefunken - AS • Format: Vinyl LP, Album, Stereo • Country: Germany • Genre: Jazz, Funk / Soul, Blues • Style: Rhythm & Blues, Swing Big Joe Turner / Axel Zwingenberger - Let's Boogie Woogie All Night Long (, Vinyl) | Discogs/5(18).

A powerhouse of a singer and shouter, Big Joe Turner's swinging jump blues sessions of the '40s and '50s pointed the way toward rock & roll. Read Full Biography. Overview ↓ Biography ↓ Discography ↓ Songs ↓ Credits ↓ Related ↓.

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Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, – November 24, ) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, nesssincsupultera.pingpalliridigarariccaconbale.coing to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." His greatest fame was due to his rock-and-roll recordings in the s, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", but his career as a performer endured from the s into the .

What a fantastic image of Turner! Great to renew my acquaintance with Big Joe - by coincidence I have been reading a biography of Doc Pomus which describes how Pomus helped get him the royalties he was owed in later life. Apparently it was Turner's Decca recording of Piney Brown which inspired Pomus to become a blues shouter.

Big Joe Turner's music is the aural equivalent of a rare Porterhouse steak -- oversized, juicy, and a glorious overload for the senses, and if isn't always good for you, that's just part of the nesssincsupultera.pingpalliridigarariccaconbale.cor what he was singing was billed as jazz, swing, rhythm & blues, or rock & roll, Turner pretty much always did things the same way, rolling with the big beat and shouting with carnal joy on.

Big Joe Turner during that era - the early 50's - was among the 5 greatest, if not the greatest. And the sides on this CD is proof of that statement. Get the Very Best of Big Joe Turner without further delay, and I'm sure you'll understand where I'm comin' from/5(49).