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Date of Birth
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18-May-1911
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Place of Birth
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Kansas City
(United States of America, Missouri)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Joe Turner, Joe Turner, 'Big' Joe Turner, Turner, Big Joe, Joseph Vernon Turner Jr., The Boss of the Blues
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Profession
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Singer, Jazz Pianist, Musician
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Big Joe Turner was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri, United States. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." While he had his greatest fame during the 1950s with his rock and roll recordings, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", Turner's career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s. Turner was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues'".
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