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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Big Joe Turner |
| Record Label: |
Rhino Records (USA) |
| Genre: |
Oldies |
| Subgenre: |
Rock 'N' Roll |
| Release Date: |
January 29, 2008 |
| Album Duration: |
46m:16s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Chains of Love 2. Sweet Sixteen 3. Honey Hush 4. TV Mama 5. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop 6. Shake, Rattle and Roll 7. Well All Right 8. Flip Flop and Fly 9. Hide and Seek 10. Midnight Cannonball 11. Chicken and the Hawk, The (Up, Up and Away) 12. Boogie Woogie Country Girl 13. Corrine Corrina 14. You're Driving Me Crazy (What Did I Do?) 15. Midnight Special Train 16. Tomorrow Night |
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Personnel includes: Big Joe Turner (vocals); Van "Piano Man" Walls. Producers: Ahmet Ertegun, Herb Abramson, Joe Turner, Nesuhi Ertegun, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller. Compilation producer: Billy Vera. Includes liner notes by Billy Vera and Alan Swyer. Personnel: Van "Piano Man" & His Orchestra, His Blues Kings, His Band. Audio Remasterer: Dan Hersch. This 16-track Rhino collection provides an excellent overview of the 1950s Atlantic recordings of revered blues shouter Big Joe Turner. Starting out on the Kansas City, Missouri blues scene, the massive singer excelled in boogie-woogie and jump-blues styles, but he is most well known for his singles that helped to shape early rock & roll, most notably his rollicking original version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll," later famously covered by Bill Haley & the Comets. In addition to that groundbreaking classic, THE VERY BEST OF BIG JOE TURNER offers up numerous other hits, including the slinky "Sweet Sixteen," the lively "Honey Hush," and the rousing "Flip Flop and F... |
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