The premier blues shouter of the postwar era, Big Joe Turner's roar could rattle the very foundation of any gin joint he sang within -- and that's without a microphone. Turner was a resilient figure in the history of blues -- he effortlessly spanned boogie-woogie, jump blues, even the first wave of rock & roll, enjoying great success in each genre.
Turner, whose powerful physique certainly matched his vocal might, was a product of the swinging, wide-open Kansas City scene. Even in his teens, the big-boned Turner looked entirely mature enough to gain entry to various K.C. niteries. He ended up simultaneously tending bar and singing the blues before hooking up with boogie piano master Pete Johnson during the early '30s. Theirs was a partnership that would endure for 13 years.
At Turner's first Atlantic date in April of 1951, he imparted a gorgeously world-weary reading to the moving blues ballad "Chains of Love" (co-penned by Ertegun and pianist Harry Van Walls) that restored him to the uppermost reaches of the R&B charts. From there, the hits came in droves: "Chill Is On," "Sweet Sixteen" (yeah, the same downbeat blues B.B. King's usually associated with; Turner did it first), and "Don't You Cry" were all done in New York, and all hit big. Turner had no problem whatsoever adapting his prodigious pipes to whatever regional setting he was in. In 1953, he cut his first R&B chart-topper, the storming rocker "Honey Hush" (later covered by Johnny Burnette and Jerry Lee Lewis), in New Orleans, with trombonist Pluma Davis and tenor saxman Lee Allen in rip-roaring support. Before the year was through, he stopped off in Chicago to record with slide guitarist Elmore James' considerably rougher-edged combo and hit again with the salacious "T.V. Mama."
Although health problems and the size of his humongous frame forced him to sit down during his latter-day performances, Turner continued to tour until shortly before his death in 1985. They called him the Boss of the Blues, and the appellation was truly a fitting one: when Turner shouted a lyric, you were definitely at his beck and call. ~ Bill Dahl
Turner, whose powerful physique certainly matched his vocal might, was a product of the swinging, wide-open Kansas City scene. Even in his teens, the big-boned Turner looked entirely mature enough to gain entry to various K.C. niteries. He ended up simultaneously tending bar and singing the blues before hooking up with boogie piano master Pete Johnson during the early '30s. Theirs was a partnership that would endure for 13 years.
Although health problems and the size of his humongous frame forced him to sit down during his latter-day performances, Turner continued to tour until shortly before his death in 1985. They called him the Boss of the Blues, and the appellation was truly a fitting one: when Turner shouted a lyric, you were definitely at his beck and call. ~ Bill Dahl
Album: Shake Rattle & Rock Part 1
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 86:28
Size: 198.0 MB
Styles: R&B, Urban blues, Jump blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front
[2:44] 1. The Chill Is On
[3:13] 2. After My Laughter Came Tears
[2:24] 3. Bump Miss Susie
[3:20] 4. Chains Of Love (With Van Piano Man Walls Orchestra)
[3:16] 5. I'll Never Stop Loving You
[2:53] 6. Sweet Sixteen (With Van Piano Man Walls Orchestra)
[2:28] 7. Don't You Cry
[2:39] 8. Poor Lover's Blues
[2:56] 9. Still In Love
[2:45] 10. Baby I Still Want You
[2:40] 11. Honey Hush
[2:34] 12. Crawdad Hole
[2:53] 13. Ti-Ri-Lee
[3:00] 14. Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop
[2:48] 15. Tv Mama
[2:59] 16. Shake, Rattle And Roll
[3:53] 17. Time After Time
[4:59] 18. In The Evenin' When The Sun Goes Down
[2:26] 19. Well All Right
[3:08] 20. You Know I Love You
[2:50] 21. Married Woman
[2:28] 22. Midnight Cannonball
[2:40] 23. Morning, Noon And Night
[2:40] 24. Hide & Seek
[2:45] 25. Flip Flop And Fly
[2:39] 26. The Chicken And The Hawk (Up, Up, And Away)
[2:55] 27. Boogie Woogie Country Girl
[2:52] 28. Corrine Corrina
[2:27] 29. Lipstick, Powder And Paint
[2:00] 30. Rock A While
Shake Rattle & Rock Part 1
Album: Shake Rattle & Rock Part 2
Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 91:52
Size: 210.3 MB
Styles: R&B, Urban blues, Jump blues
Year: 2007
Art: Front
[3:40] 1. Low Down Dog
[3:43] 2. Roll 'em Pete
[2:52] 3. Cherry Red
[5:47] 4. How Long Blues
[4:50] 5. Piney Brown Blues
[2:12] 6. Morning Glories
[4:17] 7. I Want A Little Girl
[4:25] 8. St. Louis Blues
[4:12] 9. You're Driving Me Crazy
[2:18] 10. Wee Baby Blues
[2:38] 11. After A While
[2:37] 12. Midnight Special Train
[2:07] 13. Red Sails In The Sunset
[2:41] 14. Feeling Happy
[2:19] 15. Trouble In Mind
[2:26] 16. World Of Trouble
[1:57] 17. Love Roller Coaster
[1:57] 18. I Need A Girl
[2:28] 19. Teenage Letter
[2:22] 20. Sweet Sue (Single Version)
[2:07] 21. Jump For Joy
[2:20] 22. Blues In The Night
[2:23] 23. My Reason For Living (Single Version)
[2:15] 24. Careless Love
[2:59] 25. Got You On My Mind (Single Version)
[3:39] 26. Nobody In Mind
[7:07] 27. Rebecca
[2:57] 28. Don't You Make Me High
[1:57] 29. My Little Honey Dripper
[2:09] 30. Tomorrow Night
Shake Rattle & Rock Part 2
4 comments:
If possible could the links for both parts be renewed. Thanks in advance
New links for this post can be found below. Both parts in the same folder.
Joe Turner - Shake Rattle & Rock (2 CD) (2007) [320]
MC: https://www.mirrored.to/files/0VYZKLST/JT-SR_R2CD.rar_links
Zippy: https://www83.zippyshare.com/v/GRCE7d3i/file.html
Many thanks for the assist.
Thanks Rooster for this wonderful collection! :)
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