Uploaded by sambobla on Mar 12, 2011
American blues singer, or "shouter," whose records were imitated by white musicians in the early days of rock and roll. Singing in his youth in church choirs and informally for tips, Turner drew attention as a singing bartender, accompanied by pianist Pete Johnson, in Kansas City saloons. Discovered by jazz critic John Hammond, Turner, with his powerful baritone voice, was taken to New York City for the 1938 Carnegie Hall "Spirituals to Swing" concert and stayed on to become a popular attraction, with boogie-woogie piano accompaniment, at New York nightclubs. He began recording with top jazz musicians and touring the United States and Canada, sometimes with blues players or Count Basie's orchestra. In 1951 he made a top-selling rhythm-and-blues record, "Chains of Love," and followed it with "Sweet 16," "Honey, Hush," "Shake, Rattle and Roll," and "Flip, Flop and Fly," which were rerecorded by young white musicians, notably Bill Haley, using expurgated lyrics. Turner appeared in several movies (including the documentary Last of the Blue Devils, 1979), at major jazz and folk festivals in the United States and Europe, on television, and in jazz clubs, recording continually into the 1980s.
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I was born in 1948. During my high school years, thanks to older brothers and sisters, we discovered Big Joe Turner's Shake, Rattle and Roll...and the bop. God, did we dance to this! A CLASSIC!!!!
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How can anyone resist ?? to this beat ??
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its a snow cone maker
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Best cruising song in the world, gotta say
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BIG JOE TURNER IS THE TRUE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL.
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i love the tenor saxophone after he says shake rattle roll 4 times
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Big Joe Turner influenced the "Daddy of Rock and Roll" Bill Haley. They were close friends and used to go fishing.
willpn100 8 months ago
@willpn100 thanks for the info, did not know that! :)
sambobla 8 months ago