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Jesse Stone
Jesse Stone
American rhythm and blues musician and songwriter
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Count Basie
Count Basie
American jazz musician, bandleader, and composer (1904-1984)
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Budd Johnson
Budd Johnson
American musician
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Pete Johnson
Pete Johnson
American boogie-woogie and jazz pianist, songwriter
4
Al Grey
Al Grey
American jazz musician
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Jimmy Nottingham
Jimmy Nottingham
American musician
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Count Basie Orchestra
Count Basie Orchestra
American big band led by Count Basie
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Jimmy Witherspoon
Jimmy Witherspoon
American jump blues singer
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Connie Kay
Connie Kay
American musician
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Sam Taylor
Sam Taylor
American jazz and blues saxophonist
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Harry Edison
Harry Edison
American trumpeter
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Cleveland Eaton
Cleveland Eaton
American musician
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Big Miller
Big Miller
American blues singer (1922-1992)
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Zoot Sims
Zoot Sims
American jazz saxophonist
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Booty Wood
Booty Wood
American jazz musician
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Snooky Young
Snooky Young
American musician
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Jimmy Rushing
Jimmy Rushing
American blues shouter and swing jazz singer
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T-Bone Walker
T-Bone Walker
American blues guitarist, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
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Joe Newman
Joe Newman
American musician
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Gus Johnson
Gus Johnson
American musician
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Bill Haley
Bill Haley
American rock and roll music pioneer (1925-1981)
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Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis
American saxophonist
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Wynonie Harris
Wynonie Harris
American blues shouter and rhythm and blues singer
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Frank Foster
Frank Foster
American jazz musician and bandleader
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Joe Liggins
Joe Liggins
American R&B, jazz and blues pianist
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Milt Jackson
Milt Jackson
American musician
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Curtis Fuller
Curtis Fuller
American jazz musician
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James P. Johnson
James P. Johnson
American pianist and composer
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Ben Webster
Ben Webster
American saxophonist
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Roy Eldridge
Roy Eldridge
American trumpeter
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Frank Wess
Frank Wess
American saxophonist and flautist, composer and arranger
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Jo Jones
Jo Jones
American jazz drummer
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Billy Mitchell
Billy Mitchell
American jazz tenor saxophonist
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Bill Haley & His Comets
Bill Haley & His Comets
American rock and roll band
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Buck Clayton
Buck Clayton
American jazz trumpeter
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Freddie Green
Freddie Green
American jazz guitarist
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Bobby Plater
Bobby Plater
American musician
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Benny Powell
Benny Powell
American jazz trombonist
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Johnnie Johnson
Johnnie Johnson
American musician
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Sonny Cohn
Sonny Cohn
American musician
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Thad Jones
Thad Jones
American jazz trumpeter
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John Hammond
John Hammond
American record producer, civil rights activist and music critic
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Louis Jordan
Louis Jordan
American jazz, blues and rhythm and blues musician, songwriter and bandleader (1908-1975)
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Joe Williams
Joe Williams
American jazz singer
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Helen Humes
Helen Humes
American jazz and blues singer
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Ernie Royal
Ernie Royal
American jazz trumpeter
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Don Byas
Don Byas
American musician
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John Heard
John Heard
American musician and sculptor
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Big Joe Williams
Big Joe Williams
American Delta blues guitarist, recording artist, singer and songwriter
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Lloyd Trotman
Lloyd Trotman
American musician
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Buddy Lucas
Buddy Lucas
American musician
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
American gospel musician
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Ahmet Ertegün
Ahmet Ertegün
Turkish-American songwriter, record producer, music executive
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Leon Thomas
Leon Thomas
American singer
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Pete Mayes
Pete Mayes
American Texas blues singer, guitarist and songwriter
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Jimmy Forrest
Jimmy Forrest
African American jazz musician
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Kings of Rhythm
Kings of Rhythm
American musical group; R&B/Soul band led by Ike Turner
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Roy Brown
Roy Brown
American R&B singer, songwriter and musician
Intro
American blues shouter
Record Labels
Awards Received
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Member of, past and present

Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter 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 voiced 'Boss of the Blues'".