Big Joe Turner

vocals · 1911–1985 · Kansas City (Missouri)

Singer in Kansas City clubs from his teens, often with pianist Pete Johnson, he was invited by John Hammond to the 1938 From Spirituals to Swing concert at Carnegie Hall. Signed with Atlantic in 1951, he had his biggest hit with "Shake, Rattle and Roll" (1954) and entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Styles

• Kansas City
• Boogie-woogie
• Jump blues, R&B

Landmark tracks

• Roll 'Em Pete (1938)
• Piney Brown Blues (1940)

Sources

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