Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." Although he came to his greatest fame in the 1950s with his pioneering rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer stretched from the 1920s into the 1980s. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.

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Live At The Apollo 1955 - Big Joe Turner - "If You Remember" Personally, I liked it better when he was playing with Jay McShann

From the movie "Shake Rattle & Rock!"
Big Joe Turner with Choker Campbell & His Band

Joe Turner & Trumpet Kings

Faixa 3 do disco "Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner", com Big Joe Turner, Dizzy Gillespie, Harry 'Sweets' Edison, Clark Terry e Roy Eldridge.