Big Joe Turner

Legendary blues shouter whose career spanned jazz, R&B, blues, and early rock & roll without altering his outsized style.

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1920s - 1980s

May 18, 1911 in Kansas City, MO

November 24, 1985 in Inglewood, CA

Blues, R&B, Jazz, Pop/Rock

Boogie-Woogie, Early R&B, Jump Blues, Regional Blues, Urban Blues, West Coast Blues, Jazz Blues, Rock & Roll

Joseph Vernon Turner

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