Big Joe Turner

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blues singer human rhythm and blues singer rock and roll musician

Big Joe Turner was an influential American blues shouter whose powerful voice helped bridge boogie-woogie, jazz, and early rock and roll.

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Big Joe Turner canonical 12

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Predicate Object
instanceOf blues singer ⓘ
human ⓘ
rhythm and blues singer ⓘ
rock and roll musician ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1980s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
associatedAct Albert Ammons ⓘ
Count Basie ⓘ
Duke Ellington ⓘ
Meade Lux Lewis ⓘ
Pete Johnson ⓘ
T‑Bone Walker ⓘ
surface form: T-Bone Walker
birthName Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1911-05-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1985-11-24 ⓘ
familyName Turner ⓘ
genre blues ⓘ
boogie-woogie ⓘ
jump blues ⓘ
rhythm and blues ⓘ
rock and roll ⓘ
givenName Joseph ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction Blues Hall of Fame ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
hallOfFameInductionYear 1983 ⓘ
1987 ⓘ
influenced early rock and roll ⓘ
rhythm and blues vocal style ⓘ
instrument voice ⓘ
movement Kansas City jazz ⓘ
name Big Joe Turner self-link ⓘ
notableFor bridging boogie-woogie, jazz, and early rock and roll ⓘ
powerful voice ⓘ
notableWork Chains of Love ⓘ
Flip, Flop and Fly ⓘ
Honey Hush ⓘ
Shake, Rattle and Roll ⓘ
occupation singer ⓘ
songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Inglewood, California, United States ⓘ
recordLabel Atlantic Records ⓘ
Decca Records ⓘ
Pablo Records ⓘ
Savoy Records ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
vocalType shouter ⓘ

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From Spirituals to Swing concerts → featuredPerformer → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Hammond → promoted → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
subject surface form: John H. Hammond Jr.
Worried Life Blues → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Big Joe Turner → name → Big Joe Turner self-link ⓘ
Pete Johnson → collaboratedWith → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Pete Johnson → performedWith → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Pete Johnson → associatedAct → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Chains of Love → firstPopularRecordingBy → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Chains of Love → performedBy → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Mickey Baker → recordedWith → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Shake, Rattle and Roll → firstRecordedBy → Big Joe Turner ⓘ
Shake, Rattle and Roll → performedBy → Big Joe Turner ⓘ