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Joseph Vernon "Joe" Turner, Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985), best known as Big Joe Turner, was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." While he had his greatest fame during the 1950s with his rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s.

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rdfs:comment	Joseph Vernon "Joe" Turner, Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985), best known as Big Joe Turner, was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." While he had his greatest fame during the 1950s with his rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s.
foaf:name	Big Joe Turner Turner, Big Joe
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dc:description	Americanblues shouter
foaf:givenName	Joseph Vernon Turner Jr
active years end year	1980-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
active years start year	1920-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
alias	The Boss of the Blues
associated band	Johnson, Pete The Count Basie Orchestra
associated musical artist	Johnson, Pete The Count Basie Orchestra
background	solo_singer
birth date	1911-05-18(xsd:dateTime)
birth place	City of Kansas City
birth year	1911-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1985-11-24(xsd:dateTime)
death place	City of Inglewood
death year	1985-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
genre	Jump blues Swing Rock and roll
instrument	dbpedia:Singing
record label	dbpedia:Decca_Records dbpedia:National_Records dbpedia:Vocalion_Records dbpedia:Atlantic_Records dbpedia:Pablo_Records
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big_Joe_Turner,_Hamburg_1974_(Heinrich_Klaffs_Collection_86).jpg?width=300
is performer of	The Bosses The Boss of the Blues The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner
is associated band of	Johnson, Pete Jesse Stone Vann "Piano Man" Walls Gene Taylor Buddy Montgomery
is associated musical artist of	Johnson, Pete Jesse Stone Vann "Piano Man" Walls Gene Taylor Buddy Montgomery
is musical artist of	Flip, Flop and Fly Roll 'Em Pete
is musical band of	Flip, Flop and Fly Roll 'Em Pete
is writer of	Roll 'Em Pete

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