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Big Joe Turner's music is the aural equivalent of a rare Porterhouse steak -- oversized, juicy, and a glorious overload for the senses, and if isn't always good for you, that's just part of the fun. Whether what he was singing was billed as jazz, swing, rhythm & blues, or rock & roll, Turner pretty much always did things the same way, rolling with the big beat and shouting with carnal joy on the subjects of wine, women, and song (even his hurtin' songs were pretty lively), and to this day his rollicking Atlantic sides are an ideal way to get the party started. Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits pulls together most of Turner's best-known tunes for Atlantic (fleshed out to a full 21 songs on its CD re-release), and while Turner recorded an awful lot of music over the course of a career that spanned five decades, this CD does a surprisingly good job of serving up the best stuff from his most fruitful and satisfying period, and if you can listen to "Shake, Rattle and Roll," "Flip, Flop and Fly," "Honey Hush," "Boogie Woogie Country Girl," or "Well All Right" without getting up to dance (or at least tapping your foot), maybe you shouldn't be bothering with this music stuff in the first place. Historically invaluable, and more importantly a whole lot of fun, Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits pretty well lives up to its billing and is a superb place to introduce yourself to the music of one of the great wildmen of the blues.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
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Harry Van Walls, Piano - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Herb Abramson, Producer - Joe Turner, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Harry Van Walls, Piano - Doc Pomus, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone - Reginald Ashby, Writer - Frank "Heywood" Henry, Saxophone
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1959 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Harry Van Walls, Piano - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Herb Abramson, Producer - Joe Turner, Vocals - Rudolph Toombs, Writer - Toombs, Composer, Writer - Joe Turner With Van Piano Man Walls Orchestra, MainArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Harry Van Walls, Piano, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer, Writer - Herb Abramson, Producer - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Van Piano Man Walls Orchestra, Orchestra, FeaturedArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Harry Van Walls, Piano - Doc Pomus, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone - Reginald Ashby, Writer - Frank "Heywood" Henry, Saxophone
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1959 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
A. Nugetre, Producer - Harry Van Walls, Piano - AHMET ERTEGUN, Writer - Connie Kay, Drums - Freddie Mitchell, Tenor Saxophone - Herb Abramson, Producer - Joe Turner, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Rector Bailey, Guitar - Taft Jordan, Trumpet - Budd Johnson, Alto Saxophone - Leonard Gaskin, Bass Guitar - Arlem Kareem, Saxophone - Van Piano Man Walls Orchestra, Vocals, FeaturedArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Harry Van Walls, Piano - Doc Pomus, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone - Reginald Ashby, Writer - Frank "Heywood" Henry, Saxophone
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1959 Atlantic Recording Corporation for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Lou Willie Turner, Writer - Joe Turner, Producer, Vocals, MainArtist - Alonzo Stewart, Drums - Dimes Dupont, Alto Saxophone - Edgar Blanchard, Guitar - Frank Mitchell, Trumpet - John Fernandez, Bass Guitar - Kathy Thomas, Piano - Pluma Davis, Arranger - THOMAS Sheldon, Trumpet - Warren Hebrew, Tenor Saxophone
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Lou Willie Turner, Writer - Joe Turner, Producer, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - Alonzo Stewart, Drums - Dimes Dupont, Alto Saxophone - Frank Mitchell, Trumpet - John Fernandez, Bass Guitar - Kathy Thomas, Piano - Pluma Davis, Trombone - THOMAS Sheldon, Trumpet - Warren Hebrew, Tenor Saxophone
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1953 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Lou Willie Turner, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - ELMORE JAMES, Trumpet - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Budd Johnson, Guitar - Sonny Cohen, Trumpet - Mack Easton, Saxophone - Johnny Jones, Piano - Grady Jackson, Tenor Saxophone - Jimmy Richardson, Bass Guitar - Ted Saunders, Drums
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1953 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Percussion - Lloyd Trotman, Bass Guitar - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Mickey Baker, Guitar - Haywood Henry, Alto Saxophone - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Sam Taylor, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Stone, Arranger, Piano - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone - Charles Calhoun, Writer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer, Writer - Rosemarie McCoy, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer, Writer - Connie Kay, Drums - Mickey Baker, Bass Guitar - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Sam Taylor, Tenor Saxophone - Jesse Stone, Piano - Charles Singleton, Writer - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone - Frank "Heywood" Henry, Saxophone - Charles Calhoun, Writer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1954 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - ELMORE JAMES, Guitar - Joe Turner, MainArtist - Al Sears, Saxophone - Sonny Cohen, Trumpet - Paul Winley, Writer - Johnny Jones, Piano - Ethel Byrd, Writer - Grady Jackson, Saxophone - Jimmy Richardson, Bass Guitar - McKinley Easton, Saxophone - Ted Saunders, Drums
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Joe Turner, Vocals - Jesse Stone, Arranger - Calhoun, Writer - Al Sears, Tenor Saxophone - L.W. Turner, Writer - Joe Turner and His Blues Kings, MainArtist
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1955 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Harry Van Walls, Piano - Jerry Leiber, Writer - Mike Stoller, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Haywood Henry, Saxophone - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Harry Van Walls, Piano - Doc Pomus, Writer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Connie Kay, Drums - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Wilbur DeParis, Trombone - Reginald Ashby, Writer - Frank "Heywood" Henry, Saxophone - Pomus, Ashby, Composer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Jerry Wexler, Producer - Billy Mure, Guitar - The Cookies, Additional Vocals - Ernie Hayes, Piano - Lloyd Trotman, Bass Guitar - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - George Barnes, Guitar - Chatman and Parish, Composer - Dick Vance, Trumpet - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Chatman, Writer - Earl Warren, Alto Saxophone - Jimmy Nottingham, Trumpet - Panama Francis, Drums - Parish, Writer - Sam Taylor, Saxophone - WILLIAMS, Composer, Writer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1956 Atlantic Recording Corporation
A. Nugetre, Writer - Jerry Wexler, Producer - AHMET ERTEGUN, Producer - Mickey Baker, Guitar - Joe Turner, Vocals, MainArtist - Sam Taylor, Tenor Saxophone - Gerald, Writer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
W. Grosz, Writer - Joe Turner, MainArtist - J. Kennedy, Writer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Joe Turner, Composer, Writer, MainArtist - J Turner, Whistle
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Johnny Mercer, Writer - Joe Turner, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, Writer
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 1951 Atlantic Recording Corporation
Album review
Big Joe Turner's music is the aural equivalent of a rare Porterhouse steak -- oversized, juicy, and a glorious overload for the senses, and if isn't always good for you, that's just part of the fun. Whether what he was singing was billed as jazz, swing, rhythm & blues, or rock & roll, Turner pretty much always did things the same way, rolling with the big beat and shouting with carnal joy on the subjects of wine, women, and song (even his hurtin' songs were pretty lively), and to this day his rollicking Atlantic sides are an ideal way to get the party started. Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits pulls together most of Turner's best-known tunes for Atlantic (fleshed out to a full 21 songs on its CD re-release), and while Turner recorded an awful lot of music over the course of a career that spanned five decades, this CD does a surprisingly good job of serving up the best stuff from his most fruitful and satisfying period, and if you can listen to "Shake, Rattle and Roll," "Flip, Flop and Fly," "Honey Hush," "Boogie Woogie Country Girl," or "Well All Right" without getting up to dance (or at least tapping your foot), maybe you shouldn't be bothering with this music stuff in the first place. Historically invaluable, and more importantly a whole lot of fun, Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits pretty well lives up to its billing and is a superb place to introduce yourself to the music of one of the great wildmen of the blues.
© Mark Deming /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:05
- Main artists: Joe Turner Pete Johnson Atomic Boogie
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino Atlantic
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B Soul
© 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing ℗ 2005 Atlantic Recording Corp. Manufactued & Marketed by Warner Strategic Marketing
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