Chanteur noir US né le 18 mai 1911, originaire de Kansas City (Missouri), Joe Turner a débuté en 1938, mais il obtient son premier succès qu'en 1951 chez Atlantic Records. On le considère comme le prototype du "Blues Shouter", en fait, c'était un précurseur du Rock 'n' Roll. Big Joe Turner est mort, terrassé par une crise cardiaque, le 24 novembre 1985.

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles

02/1960 SP LONDON HLE 9055 (UK) Honey Hush / ?
1966 SP ATLANTIC 650021 (F) Morning, Moon And Night / ?
1966 SP ATLANTIC 650027 (F) Love Roller Coaster / ?

Albums

1956 LP 12" ATLANTIC 1234 (US) BOSS OF THE BLUES - Cherry Red / Roll 'Em Pete / I Want a Little Girl / Low Down Dog / Wee Baby Blues / You're Driving Me Crazy / How Long Blues / Morning Glories / St. Louis Blues / Piney Brown Blues
1957 LP 12" ATLANTIC 8005 (US) ROCK & ROLL - Shake, Rattle And Roll / Flip, Flop And Fly / Feeling Happy / Well All Right / The Chicken And The Hawk / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Honey Hush / Corrine Corrina / Midnight Special Train / Hide And Seek / Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop / Crawdad Hole / Sweet Sixteen / Chains Of Love
12/1958 LP 12" ATLANTIC 8023 (US) ROCKIN' THE BLUES - We're Gonna Jump For Joy / Teen Age Letter / Love Roller Coaster / Lipstick Powder And Paint / Morning Noon And Night / I Need A Girl / Red Sails In The Sunset / Blues In The Night / After A While / World Of Trouble / Trouble In Mind / TV Mama / You Know I Love You / Still In Love
11/1959 LP 12" ATLANTIC 8033 (US) BIG JOE IS HERE - Wee Baby Blues / Rock A While / Baby I Still Want You / The Chill Is On / Poor Lover's Blues / Don't You Cry / Ti-Ri-Lee / Married Woman / Midnight Cannonball / I'll Never Stop Loving You / After My Laughter Came Tears / Bump Miss Susie
08/1960 LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-1332 (US) BIG JOE RIDES AGAIN - Switchin' in the Kitchen / Nobody In Mind / Until The Real Thing Comes Along / I Get The Blues When It Rains / Rebecca / When I Was Young / Don't You Make Me High / Time After Time / Pennies From Heaven / Here Comes Your Iceman
08/1963 LP 12" ATLANTIC 8081 (US) BEST OF JOE TURNER - Shake, Rattle And Roll / Chains Of Love / Honey Hush / Flip, Flop And Fly / The Chicken And The Hawk / Midnight Special Train / One She Moke She Pop / Corinne Corinna / Cherry Red / Saint Louis Blues / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Crawdad Hole / Ti Ri Lee / TV Mama
1963 LP 12" CROWN CLP-5383 (mono) / CST-383 (stereo) (US) JOE TURNER AND JIMMY NELSON - (Joe TURNER / Jimmy NELSON)
1965 LP 12" FONTANA 688802 (F) JOE TURNER
1967 LP 12" BLUESWAY BLS 6006 (US) SINGING THE BLUES - Well Oh Well / Joe's Blues / Bluer Than Blue / Big Wheel / Poor House / Piney Brown Blues / Mrs. Geraldine / Since I Was Your Man / Roll 'Em Pete / Cherry Red
1971 LP 12" ATCO SD 33-376 (US) HIS GREATEST RECORDINGS - TV Mama / Still In Love / Teenage Letter / Sweet Sixteen / Shake, Rattle & Roll / Honey Hush / Flip, Flop And Fly / Corrine, Corrina / Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Crawdad Hole / Midnight Cannonball / Chains Of Love / The Chicken And The Hawk
1973 LP 12" ATLANTIC 40525 (F) JOE TURNER HIS GREATEST RECORDINGS - TV Mama / Still In Love / Teenage Letter / Sweet Sixteen / Shake, Rattle & Roll / Honey Hush / Flip, Flop And Fly / Corrine, Corrina / Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Crawdad Hole / Midnight Cannonball / Chains Of Love / The Chicken And The Hawk
02/1982 LP 12" ATLANTIC SD-8812 (US) BOSS OF THE BLUES - Cherry Red / Roll 'Em Pete / I Want a Little Girl / Low Down Dog / Wee Baby Blues / You're Driving Me Crazy / How Long Blues / Morning Glories / St. Louis Blues / Piney Brown Blues
04/1984 LP 12" CHARLY CRB 1070 (UK) JUMPIN' WITH JOE - Bump Miss Susie / Honey Hush / Oke- She-Moke-She-Pop / TV Mama / Shake Rattle And Roll / In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) / Well All Right / Ti-Ri-Lee / Morning Noon And Night / Hide And Seek / Flip Flop And Fly / The Chicken And The Hawk / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Lipstick Powder And Paint / Teen Age Letter / Jump For Joy
1985 LP 12" PATHE MARCONI 1561431 (F) JUMPIN' TONIGHT
1986 2 LP 12" ATLANTIC 81663-1 (US) RHYTHM & BLUES YEARS :
DISC 1 : Bump Miss Susie / Chill Is On / I'll Never Stop Loving You / Don't You Cry / Poor Lover's Blues / Still In Love / Baby I Still Want You / TV Mama / Married Woman / You Know I Love You / Midnight Cannonball / In The Evening / Morning, Noon And Night / Ti-Ri-Lee / Lipstick, Powder And Paint / Rock A While
DISC 2 : After A While / Trouble In Mind / World Of Trouble / Love Roller Coaster / I Need A Girl / Teenage Letter / Wee Baby Blues / Jump For Joy / Sweet Sue / My Reason For Living / Love Oh Careless Love / Got You On My Mind / Chains Of Love / My Little Honeydripper / Tomorrow Night / Honey Hush
03/2011 CD BEAR FAMILY BCD 17215 (D) ROCKS - Jump For Joy / Well, All Right / Flip, Flop And Fly / Love Roller Coaster / Honey Hush / I Need A Girl / Lipstick, Powder And Pain / TV Mama / Hide And Seek / Adam Bit The Apple / My Gal's A Jockey / Feelin' Happy / Jumpin' Tonight / Shake, Rattle And Roll / Boogie Woogie Country Girl / Teen Age Letter / Corrine, Corrina / Midnight Cannonball / Bump Miss Susie / Crawdad Hole / Morning, Noon And Night / Rock A While / Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop / The Chicken And The Hawk / Roll 'em Pete / Rebecca / Around The Clock Blues, Pt. 1 / Around The Clock Blues, Pt. 2

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