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Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 - November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter 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. He was known as The Boss of the Blues and Big Joe Turner. He was 6 feet 2 inches tall and weighed over 300 pounds. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues'".

Below is a list of Joe Turner songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Atlantic 1088
chart position: RandB #2, US #41
weeksinr&bchart: 12
written by: J. Mayo Williams, Bo Chatman and Mitchell Parish
album: Rock and Roll
comments: first recorded by Turner in 1941 with the Art Tatum band Decca 8563
Joe Turner Corrina, Corrina
1956 Atlantic
2 record label: Atlantic 1080
chart position: RandB #7
written by: Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
Joe Turner & His Blues Kings The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, Up and Away)
1956 Atlantic
3 record label: Atlantic 1100
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Jesse Stone
album: Rockin' The Blues
Joe Turner Lipstick, Powder and Paint
1956 Atlantic
4 record label: Atlantic 1080
chart position: RandB #8
written by: Jesse Stone (as Charles E. Calhoun)
comments: [blues]
Joe Turner & His Blues Kings Morning, Noon and Night
1956 Atlantic
5 record label: Atlantic 1146
chart position: RandB #12
weeksinr&bchart: 3
written by: Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman
Joe Turner Love Roller Coaster
1957 Atlantic
6 record label: Atlantic 1100
chart position: RandB #12
written by: Billy Nightingale
Joe Turner Rock a While
1956 Atlantic
7 record label: Atlantic 1184
chart position: RandB #15
weeksinr&bchart: 1
written by: Joe Turner
Joe Turner Jump for Joy
1958 Atlantic
8 record label: Atlantic 2044
chart position: US #53
written by: Joe Turner
album: The Best Of Joe Turner
Joe Turner Honey Hush
1959 Atlantic
9 record label: Atlantic 2054
chart position: US #102
written by: Nelson and Jules Taub
Joe Turner My Little Honey Dripper
1960 Atlantic




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