Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985)[1] was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri, United States.[2] According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, Rock and roll would have never happened without him.[2] While he had his greatest fame during the 1950s with his rock and roll recordings, particularly Shake, Rattle and Roll, Turners career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s.[2] 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 https://youtube/watch?v=RDC7QFqZTqo&index=14&list=PLdmvtAFsEWhnzzIQRrNTLJn71-d_6aqgX
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