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Roots of Blues -- Big Joe Turner „Rocks In My Bed"

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Uploaded by on Aug 2, 2008

„Rocks In My Bed"
(Ellington)

Recorded:
Los Angeles, September 03, 1941
Joe Turner (vcl) with the Freddie Slack trio, Freddie Slack (p), Al Hendrickson (g), Charlie McCoy (mand)

Big Joe Turner (born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., May 18, 1911 -- November 24, 1985 was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri.
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.
Known variously as The Boss of the Blues, and Big Joe Turner (due to his 6'2", 300+ lbs stature), Turner was born in Kansas City and first discovered his love of music through involvement in the church. Turner's father was killed in a train accident when Joe was only four years old.[2] He began singing on street corners for money, leaving school at age fourteen to begin working in Kansas City's club scene, first as a cook, and later as a singing bartender. He eventually became known as The Singing Barman, and worked in such venues as The Kingfish Club and The Sunset, where he and his piano playing partner Pete Johnson became resident performers. The Sunset was managed by Piney Brown. It featured "separate but equal" facilities for white patrons. Turner wrote "Piney Brown Blues" in his honor and sang it throughout his entire career.

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  • The picture is not Big Joe Turner.

    I think it is Joe Turner the stride piano player.

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  • @jeffreycjacobs You are correct.

  • Great picture.

  • Btw...that absolutely is Big Joe Turner singing. He recorded this song at least once more for National records. I can't remember which label this version is on.

  • @jeffreycjacobs...you're correct. This picture is Joe Turner (the pianist), who moved to Europe in @ the mid-1930s.

  • First time I heard Freddie Slack. Thanks for posting.

  • yep its the stride piano player but its a great vidio but i dont know i think it isnt BJT singin on this track i dont know why...

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