voc, 1911-1985 US, Kansas City, Missouri
Musician / Songwriter of Blues
A.k.a. Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. Big Vernon
Big Joe Turner (May 18, 1911, Kansas City, MO, USA - November 24, 1985, Inglewood, CA, USA) was an American blues shouter. Turner often collaborated with pianist Pete Johnson. In addition he worked with the pianists Art Tatum and Sammy Price and with various small jazz ensembles. He also appeared with Count Basie Orchestra. Turner's most known recordings include: "Roll 'Em Pete", "Cherry Red", "Wee Baby Blues", "Chains of Love", "Honey Hush", "Flip, Flop and Fly" and "Midnight Special". He was married to Lou Willie Turner. Inducted into Rock And Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 (Performer).
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Title | Artist | Year | Type |
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The Singles Collection 1950-60 | Big Joe Turner | 2018 | Compil. |
Going Home / I'm Packing Up | Roy Brown / Big Joe Turner | 2018 | Single |
Five Classic Albums Plus Bonus Singles | Big Joe Turner | 2016 | Compil. |
The Very Best Of Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2016 | Compil. |
The Absolutely Essential 3cd Collection | Big Joe Turner | 2016 | Compil. |
Rock & Roll + Rockin' The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 2015 | Compil. |
The Wynonie Harris Collection 1944-47 | Wynonie Harris Featuring Lucky Millinder, Big Joe Turner, Arnett Cobb | 2014 | Album |
Two Classic Albums Plus | Big Joe Turner | 2014 | Compil. |
Big Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson & Roomful Of Blues | Big Joe Turner, Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Roomful Of Blues | 2014 | Compil. |
Live At The Music Machine 1983 | Big Joe Turner | 2013 | Album |
Ten Years Of Hits | Big Joe Turner | 2013 | Album |
Cherry Red | Big Joe Turner | 2012 | Compil. |
Rocks | Big Joe Turner | 2011 | Compil. |
Shake, Rattle & Blues | Big Joe Turner With Mike Bloomfield | 2011 | Compil. |
Corrine Corrina | Big Joe Turner | 2009 | Album |
Charly Blues Masterworks Volume 11 - Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2009 | Compil. |
Corrine Corrina | Big Joe Turner | 2009 | Single |
Chains Of Love | Big Joe Turner | 2008 | Single |
Rock 'n' Roll Legend | Big Joe Turner | 2008 | Compil. |
Feeling Happy | Big Joe Turner | 2007 | Compil. |
Roll 'Em Pete | Big Joe Turner | 2007 | Compil. |
Blues Legends | Big Joe Turner | 2007 | Compil. |
The Definitive Blues Collection | Big Joe Turner | 2007 | Compil. |
The Platinum Collection | Big Joe Turner | 2007 | Compil. |
Jumpin' Tonight | Big Joe Turner | 2006 | Compil. |
Rock This Joint | Big Joe Turner | 2006 | Compil. |
Rock This Joint | Big Joe Turner | 2006 | Album |
Rock And Roll With Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2006 | Compil. |
Flip, Flop And Fly | Big Joe Turner | 2006 | Compil. |
Shout,Rattle And Roll | Big Joe Turner | 2005 | Compil. |
Shake' Rattle And Roll | Big Joe Turner | 2005 | Compil. |
Rocks In My Bed | Big Joe Turner | 2005 | Compil. |
Rock 'N' Roll Shakedown | Big Joe Turner | 2005 | Compil. |
The Last Of The Blue Devils - The Kansas City Jazz Story | Count Basie, Big Joe Turner, Lester Young, Paul Quinichette, Charles McPherson, Jay McShann | 2004 | Album |
Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2004 | Compil. |
Blues Archive - The Story Of The Blues - Chapter 10 | Big Joe Turner | 2004 | Compil. |
Joe Turner Sings | Big Joe Turner | 2003 | Single |
Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2003 | Compil. |
All the Classic Hits 1938-1952 | Big Joe Turner | 2003 | Compil. |
The Forties Volume 2 1947 - 1949 | Big Joe Turner | 2003 | Compil. |
The Forties Volume 1 1940 - 1946 | Big Joe Turner | 2003 | Compil. |
Shake, Rattle & Roll | Big Joe Turner | 2003 | Album |
Sun Risin' Blues | Big Joe Turner | 2002 | Compil. |
Portrait | Big Joe Turner | 2002 | Compil. |
Blues Café Presents Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2002 | Compil. |
Blues On Central Avenue | Big Joe Turner | 2002 | Compil. |
Story To Tell | Big Joe Turner | 2001 | Compil. |
The Best Of ... The Boss Of The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 2001 | Compil. |
Have I Got Blues For You | Big Joe Turner | 2001 | Compil. |
1949-1950 | Big Joe Turner | 2001 | Compil. |
Rock With Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 2000 | Single |
Shake, Rattle, And Roll / Flip Flop And Fly | Big Joe Turner | 2000 | Album |
Shoutin' The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 2000 | Compil. |
Joe Turner/Rockin' The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 2000 | Compil. |
Rocks In My Bed | Big Joe Turner | 2000 | Compil. |
1947-1948 | Big Joe Turner | 1999 | Compil. |
1946-1947 | Big Joe Turner | 1998 | Compil. |
The Very Best Of Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1998 | Compil. |
Volume 1 - 1938-1940 Complete Edition | Big Joe Turner | 1997 | Compil. |
Shake, Rattle & Roll And Other Favorites | Big Joe Turner | 1997 | Compil. |
1941-1946 | Big Joe Turner | 1997 | Compil. |
Gigante Del Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1996 | Compil. |
Joe Turner Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1996 | Compil. |
Roll 'Em | Big Joe Turner | 1996 | Compil. |
Great Rhythm & Blues Oldies Volume 4 - Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1995 | Album |
Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1995 | Compil. |
Shake, Rattle And Roll / Everyday I Have The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1995 | Single |
Kansas City Blues | Big Joe Turner / Helen Humes | 1995 | Single |
Shake, Rattle & Roll | Big Joe Turner | 1994 | Compil. |
Every Day I Have The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1994 | Compil. |
Big, Bad & Blue: The Big Joe Turner Anthology | Big Joe Turner | 1994 | Compil. |
The Fantastic M. Big Boogie-Woogie - Presenting JOE TURNER | Big Joe Turner | 1994 | Compil. |
Nobody In Mind | Jimmy Yancey / Big Joe Turner | 1994 | Compil. |
Every Day In The Week | Big Joe Turner | 1993 | Compil. |
Blues Summit | Percy Mayfield With Big Joe Turner | 1993 | Compil. |
Jumpin' With Joe: The Complete Aladdin and Imperial Recordings | Big Joe Turner | 1993 | Compil. |
Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1992 | Compil. |
Shake Rattle & Roll | Big Joe Turner | 1992 | Single |
Buck Clayton Meets Joe Turner | Buck Clayton, Big Joe Turner | 1992 | Album |
Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1992 | Single |
Shake, Rattle and Roll | Big Joe Turner | 1992 | Compil. |
Stormy Monday | Big Joe Turner | 1991 | Album |
The Blues Singer, 1938-1942 | Big Joe Turner | 1991 | Compil. |
Morning, Noon & Night / Lipstick, Powder & Paint | Big Joe Turner | 1990 | Single |
The Complete 1940 - 1944 | Big Joe Turner | 1990 | Compil. |
Walking On My Thin Sole Shoes / I Want To Know / Hang It On The Wall | Choker Campbell, Gay Poppers, Big Joe Turner | 1990 | Single |
Volume 1: I've Been To Kansas City | Big Joe Turner | 1990 | Compil. |
The Blues Boss | Big Joe Turner | 1990 | Compil. |
Flip, Flop And Fly | Big Joe Turner With Count Basie Orchestra | 1989 | Album |
Bosses Of The Blues---Vol.1 | Big Joe Turner And T-Bone Walker | 1988 | Compil. |
Steppin' Out | Big Joe Turner | 1988 | Compil. |
Boogie Woogie And More | Big Joe Turner | 1988 | Compil. |
The Boss Of The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1987 | Compil. |
Still Boss Of The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1987 | Album |
Greatest Hits | Big Joe Turner | 1987 | Compil. |
Honey Hush | Big Joe Turner | 1987 | Compil. |
Rhythm & Blues Years | Big Joe Turner | 1986 | Compil. |
Start To Jump Because It's Jubilee | Johnny Otis / Big Joe Turner / Ivie Anderson | 1986 | Compil. |
Big Joe Turner With Knocky Parker And His House Rockers | Big Joe Turner | 1985 | Album |
I Don't Dig It | Big Joe Turner | 1985 | Compil. |
Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1985 | Compil. |
Jumpin' Tonight | Big Joe Turner | 1985 | Compil. |
Presenting Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1985 | Single |
Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long | Big Joe Turner Meets Jimmy Witherspoon | 1985 | Album |
Bigger Than Ever | Big Joe Turner | 1984 | Compil. |
"Kansas City Here I Come" | Big Joe Turner | 1984 | Album |
Kansas City Here I Come | Big Joe Turner | 1984 | Album |
"Life Ain't Easy" | Big Joe Turner | 1983 | Album |
Blues Train | Big Joe Turner & Roomful Of Blues | 1983 | Album |
Boss Blues Live! | Big Joe Turner | 1982 | Album |
Everyday I Have The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1982 | Album |
Jumpin' With Joe | Big Joe Turner | 1982 | Compil. |
Roll Me Baby | Big Joe Turner | 1982 | Album |
The Very Best Of Big Joe Turner Live | Big Joe Turner | 1982 | Album |
Have No Fear Joe Turner Is Here | Big Joe Turner | 1981 | Album |
Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1981 | Compil. |
Boogie Woogie Jubilee | Big Joe Turner / Axel Zwingenberger / Roy Milton | 1981 | Album |
Corinne Corinna / Morning Noon And Night | Big Joe Turner | 1981 | Album |
Europa Jazz | Ella Fitzgerald, Memphis Slim, Big Joe Turner, Ray Charles And His Orchestra | 1981 | Compil. |
Midnight Special | Big Joe Turner | 1980 | Album |
Early Big Joe (1940-1944) | Big Joe Turner | 1980 | Compil. |
Kansas City Shout | Count Basie, Big Joe Turner | 1980 | Album |
The Best Of Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1980 | Compil. |
I'm Gonna Sit Right Down And Write Myself A Letter | Big Joe Turner And The Bill Dacey-Robert Ross Band With Washboard Doc Introducing Brenda Bell | 1978 | Album |
"Everyday I Have The Blues" | Big Joe Turner - Pee Wee Crayton And Sonny Stitt | 1978 | Album |
Everyday I Have The Blues | Big Joe Turner - Pee Wee Crayton And Sonny Stitt | 1978 | Album |
Let's Boogie Woogie All Night Long | Big Joe Turner / Axel Zwingenberger | 1978 | Album |
Really The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1978 | Album |
Have No Fear, Big Joe Turner Is Here | Big Joe Turner | 1977 | Compil. |
Things That I Used To Do | Big Joe Turner | 1977 | Album |
Nobody In Mind | Big Joe Turner With Milt Jackson / Roy Eldridge | 1976 | Album |
In The Evening | Big Joe Turner | 1976 | Album |
1940-1944 | Big Joe Turner | 1975 | Compil. |
The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner | The Trumpet Kings Meet Big Joe Turner | 1975 | Album |
Art Tatum 3 "Art Of Tatum" 1941-1944 | Art Tatum With Big Joe Turner And Art Tatum Trio | 1974 | Compil. |
The Bosses | Count Basie / Big Joe Turner | 1974 | Album |
The Boogie Woogie Boys | Albert Ammons, Pete Johnson, Meade "Lux" Lewis, Big Joe Turner | 1973 | Compil. |
Feel So Fine! | Buck Clayton, Big Joe Turner | 1973 | Album |
Boss Man Of The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1973 | Album |
One Hour In Your Garden | Big Joe Turner | 1973 | Single |
His Greatest Recordings | Big Joe Turner | 1971 | Compil. |
Texas Style | Big Joe Turner | 1971 | Album |
Turns On The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1970 | Album |
Super Black Blues: Volume II | Leon Thomas / T-Bone Walker / Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson / Big Joe Turner | 1970 | Album |
Super Black Blues | Super Black Blues Band Featuring T-Bone Walker, Big Joe Turner, Otis Spann | 1969 | Album |
The Real Boss Of The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1969 | Album |
I've Been Up On The Mountain / I Love You Baby | Big Joe Turner | 1968 | Single |
Big Wheel / Bluer Than Blue | Big Joe Turner | 1967 | Single |
Vietnam-Blues / Roll'em Pete | Junior Wells / Big Joe Turner | 1967 | Single |
Singing The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1967 | Album |
Midnight Cannonball | Big Joe Turner | 1965 | Single |
Big Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1965 | Compil. |
I'm Packin' Up / I Walk A Lonely Mile | Big Joe Turner | 1964 | Single |
There´ll be some tears fallin´ | Big Joe Turner | 1964 | Single |
Joe Turner And Jimmy Nelson | Big Joe Turner And Jimmy Nelson | 1963 | Album |
Howling Winds | Big Joe Turner | 1963 | Single |
The Best Of Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | 1962 | Compil. |
Jumpin' The Blues | Big Joe Turner With Pete Johnson's Orchestra | 1962 | Album |
Sweet Sue | Big Joe Turner | 1960 | Single |
Chains Of Love / My Little Honey Dripper | Big Joe Turner | 1960 | Single |
Big Joe Rides Again | Big Joe Turner | 1960 | Album |
Got You On My Mind | Big Joe Turner | 1959 | Single |
Honey Hush / Tomorrow Night | Big Joe Turner | 1959 | Single |
Big Joe Rides Again | Big Joe Turner | 1959 | Single |
Big Joe Is Here | Big Joe Turner | 1959 | Album |
Careless Love | Big Joe Turner | 1958 | Compil. |
Presenting | Big Joe Turner | 1958 | Single |
Blues In The Night / Jump For Joy | Big Joe Turner With Howard Biggs Orchestra | 1958 | Single |
Rockin' The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1958 | Album |
And The Blues'll Make You Happy Too | Big Joe Turner | 1958 | Compil. |
The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz Vol. 1 | Big Joe Turner | 1957 | Single |
Teen Age Letter | Big Joe Turner | 1957 | Single |
Trouble In Mind / I Need A Girl | Big Joe Turner With Choker Campbell's Big Band | 1957 | Single |
Battle Of The Blues | Wynonie Harris And Big Joe Turner | 1957 | Single |
The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz Vol. 2 | Big Joe Turner | 1957 | Single |
World Of Trouble / Love Roller Coaster | Big Joe Turner With Choker Campbell's Big Band | 1957 | Single |
Rock & Roll | Big Joe Turner | 1957 | Album |
Boogie Woogie Countrie Girl / The Chicken And The Hawk | Big Joe Turner | 1956 | Single |
Corrine, Corrina | Big Joe Turner | 1956 | Single |
The King And Queen Of Rhythm And Blues | Big Joe Turner / Ruth Brown | 1956 | Single |
Lipstick, Powder And Paint / Rock A While | Big Joe Turner | 1956 | Single |
The Boss Of The Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz | Big Joe Turner | 1956 | Album |
I Got A Gal For Every Day Of The Week / Piney Brown Blues | Big Joe Turner And The Pete Johnson Trio / Big Joe Turner And His Fly Cats | 1955 | Single |
Joe Turner And Pete Johnson | Big Joe Turner And Pete Johnson | 1955 | Album |
Joe Turner Sings | Big Joe Turner | 1955 | Single |
Joe Turner And Pete Johnson | Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson | 1955 | Single |
Every Day I Have The Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1955 | Album |
Hide And Seek / Midnight Cannonball | Big Joe Turner | 1955 | Single |
Blues Jump The Rabbit / The Sun Is Shining | Big Joe Turner | 1953 | Album |
Don't You Cry / Poor Lovers Blues | Big Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls & His Orchestra | 1952 | Single |
Sweet Sixteen / I'll Never Stop Loving You | Big Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls & His Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
Still In Love | Big Joe Turner, Van "Piano Man" Walls & His Orchestra | 1952 | Album |
Riding Blues / Playful Baby | Big Joe Turner | 1952 | Album |
After My Laughter Came Tears / Chains Of Love | Big Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls & His Orchestra | 1951 | Album |
Cherry Red / Joe Turner Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1951 | Album |
Life Is A Card Game / When The Rooster Crows | Big Joe Turner | 1951 | Album |
The Chill Is On / Bump Miss Susie | Big Joe Turner With Van "Piano Man" Walls & His Orchestra | 1951 | Album |
Roll Em' Boys / Kansas City Blues | Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson | 1951 | Album |
The Chill Is On | Big Joe Turner | 1951 | Single |
Boogie Woogie Baby / Married Woman Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1949 | Album |
Mardi Gras Boogie / My Heart Belongs To You | Big Joe Turner | 1948 | Album |
Little Bittie Gal's Blues / I Got A Gal For Every Day In The Week | Big Joe Turner And The Pete Johnson Trio | 1947 | Album |
Sally Zu-Zaz / Rock O' Gibralter | Big Joe Turner | 1947 | Album |
Mad Blues / Sunday Morning Blues | Big Joe Turner With Bill Moore And His Band | 1946 | Album |
My Gal's A Jockey / I Got Love For Sale | Big Joe Turner With Bill Moore And His Band | 1946 | Album |
S.K. Blues | Big Joe Turner With Pete Johnson's All-Stars | 1945 | Album |
Watch That Jive / Johnson & Turner Blues | Big Joe Turner With Pete Johnson's All-Stars | 1945 | Album |
It's The Same Old Story / Rebecca | Big Joe Turner And The Pete Johnson Trio | 1945 | Album |
Blues In The Night / Cry Baby Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1942 | Album |
Sun Risin' Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1942 | Album |
Rocks In My Bed / Goin' To Chicago Blues | Big Joe Turner With The Freddie Slack Trio | 1941 | Album |
Nobody In Mind / Chewed Up Grass | Big Joe Turner | 1941 | Album |
Somebody's Got To Go / Ice Man | Big Joe Turner | 1941 | Album |
Careless Love | Big Joe Turner | 1941 | Album |
Doggin' The Dog / Rainy Day Blues | Big Joe Turner | 1940 | Album |
Goin' Away Blues / Roll 'Em Pete | Big Joe Turner And Pete Johnson | 1939 | Album |
Shake, Rattle & Roll/Honey Hush | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
All Around Man | Mojo Blues Band / Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Night Time Is The Right Time | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Shake, Rattle And Roll / Two Loves Have I | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Bring It On Home Corina | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Corinne Corinna / Blues On Central Avenue | Big Joe Turner With Art Tatum And His Band | Single | |
Love Roller Coaster / Teen Age Letter | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
I Walked A Lonely Mile / Unchained Melody | Big Joe Turner, Clem Curtis | Single | |
1971 Live | Milt Buckner, Slam Stewart, Jo Jones, Big Joe Turner | Album | |
Golden Era Of Jazz - Vol. 5 | Mary Lou Williams / Coleman Hawkins, Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Sweet Sue b/w My Reason For Living | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
I Giganti Del Jazz Vol. 17 | Big Joe Turner, Buck Clayton, Stuff Smith, Memphis Slim | Compil. | |
Shout / Can't Love Me & Homesick Too | Big Joe Turner / Snooky Pryor | Single | |
Well Oh Well / Big Wheel | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Roll 'Em Boys | Pete Johnson, Big Joe Turner | Compil. | |
MP3 | Big Joe Turner | Compil. | |
Corinne Corinna / Honey Hush | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Blues Collection | Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson, Big Joe Turner, Nyles Jones, Johnny Otis, Big Daddy Rucker | Compil. | |
Big Joe Turner: Всемирная Блюзовая Коллекция | Big Joe Turner | Album | |
The Best Of Blues Shouters | Wynonie Harris, Sonny Parker, Jimmy Rushing, Big Joe Turner | Compil. | |
Blues On Central Avenue | Big Joe Turner | Compil. | |
Low Down Dirty Shame Blues / I Can't Give You Anything But Love | Joe Sullivan And His Café Society Orchestra | Album | |
Chains of Love / After My Laughter Came Tears | Big Joe Turner | Single | |
Big Joe Turner's Memphis Blues Caravan Ft Eugene Hideaway Bridges | Big Joe Turner, Eugene Bridges | Album | |
Corinne Corrina | Big Joe Turner | Single |