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Album Description:
With a booming voice that shook up the blues scene and inspired the birth of rock 'n' roll, Big Joe Turner cut many of his greatest sides for Atlantic, the very best of which are lovingly collected here. This fine single-disc compilation collects 16 of Big Joe's biggest R&B singles and album tracks for Atlantic, spanning 1951-1959. Big Joe looms large in musical history, and this Best Of CD is evidence of why he came to be called the Boss of the Blues!









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Disc 1:

1. Chains of Love - Big Joe Turner, VanWalls, Harry
2. Sweet Sixteen - Big Joe Turner, Ertegun, Ahmet
3. Honey Hush - Big Joe Turner, Turner, Joe
4. TV Mama - Big Joe Turner, Turner, Joe
5. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop - Big Joe Turner, Turner, Joe
6. Shake, Rattle and Roll - Big Joe Turner, Calhoun, Charles E.
7. Well All Right - Big Joe Turner, Calhoun, Chuck
8. Flip Flop and Fly - Big Joe Turner, Calhoun, Chuck
9. Hide and Seek - Big Joe Turner, Winley, Paul
10. Midnight Cannonball - Big Joe Turner, Turner, Joe
11. The Chicken and the Hawk (Up, Up and Away) - Big Joe Turner, Leiber, Jerry
12. Boogie Woogie Country Girl - Big Joe Turner, Pomus, Doc
13. Corrine Corrina - Big Joe Turner, Williams, J. Mayo
14. You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) - Big Joe Turner, Donaldson, Walter
15. Midnight Special Train - Big Joe Turner, Ertegun, Ahmet
16. Tomorrow Night - Big Joe Turner, Coslow, Sam

Customer Rating: - The Birth of Rock and Roll
As a fan of the older Big Joe I was very pleasantly surprised to hear his earlier work. One can clearly hear the roots of Rock and Roll in an essential Blues record. Powerful performances and a tight orchestra. A peace of history.

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Customer Rating: - Shake, Rattle And Roll: The Original
These days Big Joe Turner is a little overlooked. His blues peers and followerd have become much more famous but the fact of the matter is that Turner was instrumental in rock & roll. This album gives us some fine examples. Most important song on here is the original version of Shake Rattle and Roll, later covered by Bill Haley and Elvis.

For people interested in the roots of r&r this CD is not to be missed.

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Customer Rating: - Good as I expected!
Very good as usual.....Joe Turner is one of the great Blues singers of our times!

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Customer Rating: - Shake Rattle N' Roll
the years 1949-1950-1951 were the years when what came to be called "jump blues' morphed into what would later be termed Rock and Roll, even tho- that name wouldn't come until years later. Big Joe Turner was one of those first artists to make that transition, even though he had been singing basically the same kind of music for at least ten years before that, if you can hear any of his recordings from the early to mid 1940's you will hear that same kind of blues shouting, with a booogie woogie beat in the background. Nevertheless, these are some of the seminal recordings in the development of r&r, all from The Atlantic label. If you like blues shouters like Eddie Cleanhead Vinson, Wynonie Harris, Jimmy Rushing, and that kind of stuff, then you will love this CD.