Big Joe Turner
Acting
May 18, 1911
Died November 24, 1985 (74 years old)
Kansas City, Missouri, USA
9
Acting Credits
Biography
Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American singer from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." His greatest fame was due to his rock-and-roll recordings in the 1950s, particularly "Shake, Rattle and Roll", but his 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 vo...
Known For
Filmography
The American Folk Blues Festival 1962-1969, Vol. 3
2004
as Self
10
Gunsmoke Blues
2004
as Self
7
Bluesy Entertainment: Live
2003
as Self
Piano Blues
2003
as Self (archive footage)
6.5
The Last of the Blue Devils
1979
as Self
8
Roots
1977
as The Singer
7.4
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
8
Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Big Joe Turner
5.6
Rhythm and Blues Revue
1955
as Self
6.8