Big Joe Turner

Big Joe Turner
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About the artist

Big Joe Turner (Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., Kansas City, Missouri, May 18, 1911 – Inglewood, California, November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter. Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer stretched from the 1920s into the 1980s. (for stride pianist Joseph H. Turner (3.11.07-21.7.90) > Joe Turner) Known variously as The Boss of the Blues

Top songs

  1. Shake, Rattle and Roll
  2. Shake, Rattle & Roll
  3. Roll 'Em Pete
  4. Honey Hush
  5. Shake Rattle and Roll
  6. Flip Flop and Fly
  7. Chains of Love
  8. Boogie Woogie Country Girl
  9. Flip, Flop and Fly
  10. Corrine Corrina
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  1. Well All Right
  2. The Chill is On
  3. Hide and Seek
  4. Midnight Special Train
  5. Cherry Red
  6. Sweet Sixteen
  7. TV Mama
  8. Low Down Dog
  9. S.K. Blues, Pt. 1
  10. Piney Brown Blues
  11. The Chicken And The Hawk
  12. Wee Baby Blues
  13. Christmas Date Boogie
  14. Lipstick, Powder and Paint
  15. Nobody in Mind
  16. Married Woman
  17. My Gal's a Jockey
  18. Rebecca
  19. Shake, Rattle, and Roll
  20. Lucille
  21. Oke-she-moke-she-pop
  22. Switching In The Kitchen
  23. You're Driving Me Crazy
  24. Crawdad Hole
  25. Midnight Cannonball
  26. Blues in the Night
  27. Well, All Right
  28. Goin' Away Blues
  29. It's the Same Old Story
  30. After My Laughter Came Tears
  31. Corrine, Corrina
  32. Radar Blues
  33. Wine-O-Baby Boogie
  34. Lovin' Mama Blues
  35. Story to Tell
  36. How Long Blues
  37. Morning, Noon And Night
  38. Love Roller Coaster
  39. Careless Love
  40. Don't You Cry
  41. Battle Of The Blues, Part 2
  42. Shake Rattle & Roll
  43. Flip Flop & Fly
  44. Rocks In My Bed
  45. Back Breaking Blues
  46. Sun Risin' Blues
  47. The Chicken And The Hawk (Up, Up, And Away)
  48. Blues on Central Avenue
  49. Christmas Date Blues
  50. How Long, How Long Blues
  51. Bump Miss Susie
  52. Still In The Dark
  53. Feeling Happy
  54. Rock A While
  55. Battle of the Blues Part 1
  56. Joe Turner Blues
  57. Roll Me Baby
  58. Morning Glory
  59. Jump For Joy
  60. Plastic Man - Live
  61. Jumpin' Tonight (Midnight Rockin')
  62. Shake It And Break It
  63. Cloud 15
  64. Morning Glories
  65. I Want a Little Girl
  66. The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, Up and Away)
  67. Baby I Still Want You
  68. Cafe Society Rag
  69. Beale Street Blues
  70. I'll Never Stop Loving You
  71. Married Woman Blues
  72. You Know I Love You
  73. Teenage Letter
  74. Still in Love
  75. Red Sails In The Sunset
  76. Going Home
  77. St. Louis Blues
  78. Ice Man
  79. Low Down Dirty Shame Blues
  80. I Got a Gal For Every Day in the Week
  81. Ice Man Blues
  82. Hide & Seek
  83. Johnson and Turner Blues
  84. Howlin' Winds
  85. Empty Pocket Blues
  86. Rocket Boogie "88" (Pt. 1)
  87. Blues
  88. Stormy Monday Blues
  89. Baby Look at You
  90. I Got My Discharge Papers

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