Big Joe Turner (vocals; born May 18, 1911, died November 24, 1985) Big Joe Turner was among the first to mix R&B with boogie-woogie, resulting in jump blues - a style that presaged the birth of rock and roll. According to some, Turner’s original recording of “Shake, Rattle and Roll,” cut for Atlantic Records in 1954, remains one of the cornerstones numbers of the rock and roll revolution. Turner’s lengthy career touched on most every significant development in popular music during this century...

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