Big Joe Turner
Birthday
1911/05/18
Day of death
1985/11/24 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
Also know as
Joseph Vernon Turner
Biography
Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American singer from Kansas City, Missouri. According 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 1950s, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", but his career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny vo...Read more
Acting
(1979) The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story
as Self
(2003) Bluesy Entertainment: Live
as Self
(2004) The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
as Self
(1955) Rhythm and Blues Revue
as Self
(2004) Gunsmoke Blues
as Self
(1956) Shake, Rattle and Rock!
as Big Joe Turner
(2003) Piano Blues
as Self (archive footage)
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self