Joe Lynn Turner
Birthday
1951/08/02 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Hackensack, New Jersey, USA
Also know as
Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito
Biography
Joe Lynn Turner (born Joseph Arthur Mark Linquito, August 2, 1951) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, and producer. He is known for his work in the hard rock bands Rainbow, Yngwie J. Malmsteen and Deep Purple. During his career, Turner fronted and played guitar with pop rock band Fandango in the late 1970s; and in the early 1980s, he became a member of Rainbow, fronting the band and writing songs with guitarist, Ritchie Blackmore and bassist, and producer, Roger Glover. After Rainbow ...Read more
Acting
(2000) Deep Purple: New, Live & Rare - The Video Collection 1984-2000
as vocals
(2007) Yngwie Malmsteen: Far Beyond the Sun
as Self
(2006) Yngwie J. Malmsteen: Trial by Fire - Live in Leningrad '89
as Vocals
(1985) Rainbow: The Final Cut
as Himself
(2006) Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Live At Budokan 1984
as Vocals
(1991) Deep Purple: Heavy Metal Pioneers
as Himself
(2006) An Ox's Tale: The John Entwistle Story
as Himself
(2019) Heavy Christmas Concert in Hartwall Arena Helsinki 2017
as Singer
(2025) Intervision Song Contest
as Self - Jury