Editing Big Joe Turner (section)

===Success during the 1950s===
[[File:Big Joe Turner Rock and Roll Revue Apollo Theater 1955.jpg|thumb|Turner performing in the 1955 film ''[[Rock 'n' Roll Revue]]'']]
In 1951, while performing with the Count Basie Orchestra at Harlem's [[Apollo Theater]] as a replacement for [[Jimmy Rushing]], he was spotted by [[Ahmet Ertegun|Ahmet]] and [[Nesuhi Ertegun]], who contracted him to their new recording company, [[Atlantic Records]].<ref name="Rockhall"/> Turner recorded a number of successes for them, including the [[List of blues standards|blues standard]]s, "[[Chains of Love (Ahmet Ertegun song)|Chains of Love]]"<ref name="pc3">{{cite web | last1 = Gilliland | first1 = John | title=Show 3 – The Tribal Drum: The Rise of Rhythm and Blues, Part 1|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc19748/m1/#track/1|website=UNT Digital Library|access-date=15 August 2017}}</ref> and "Sweet Sixteen".<ref name="AMG"/> Many of his vocals are punctuated with shouts to the band members, as in "Boogie Woogie Country Girl" ("That's a good rockin' band!", "Go ahead, man! Ow! That's just what I need!" ) and "[[Honey Hush]]" (he repeatedly sings, "Hi-yo, Silver!", a famous command used by the [[Lone Ranger]] on his popular radio show, to his horse named Silver). Turner's records reached the top of the rhythm-and-blues charts. Some of his songs were so risqué that some radio stations refused to play them, but they received much play on jukeboxes.

Turner had great success during 1954 with "[[Shake, Rattle and Roll]]", which significantly boosted his career, turning him into a teenage favorite, and also helped to transform popular music.<ref name="Rockhall"/> During the song, Turner yells at his woman to "get outta that bed, wash yo' face an' hands" and comments that she's "wearin' those dresses, the sun comes shinin' through! I can't believe my eyes, all that mess belongs to you."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.history-of-rock.com/shake_rattle_and_roll.htm |title=Shake Rattle and Roll |publisher=History-of-rock.com |date=1954-04-28 |access-date=2013-06-30}}</ref> He sang it on film for the 1955 theatrical feature ''Rhythm and Blues Revue''.

Although the cover version of the song by [[Bill Haley & His Comets]], with the risqué lyrics partly omitted, was a greater sales success, many listeners sought out Turner's version and were introduced thereby to rhythm and blues. [[Elvis Presley]]'s version of "Shake, Rattle and Roll" combined Turner's lyrics with Haley's arrangement, but was not a successful single.

"The Chicken and the Hawk", "[[Flip, Flop and Fly]]",<ref name=pc3/> "Hide and Seek", "Morning, Noon and Night", and "Well All Right" were successful recordings from this period.<ref name="AMG"/> He performed on the [[television program]] ''[[Showtime at the Apollo]]'' and in the movie ''[[Shake, Rattle & Rock! (1956 film)|Shake Rattle & Rock!]]'' (1956).<ref name="AMG"/>

The song "[[Corrine, Corrina]]" was another great seller during 1956.<ref name="AMG"/> In addition to the rock music songs, he released ''Boss of the Blues'' album in 1956.<ref name="russell"/> "(I'm Gonna) Jump for Joy", his last hit, reached the US R&B record chart on May 26, 1958.<ref name="Rockhall"/>

He toured Australia in 1957 with [[Lee Gordon (promoter)|Lee Gordon]]'s Big Show sharing the bill with [[Bill Haley & His Comets|Bill Haley and the Comets]], [[LaVern Baker]] and [[Freddie Bell and the Bellboys]].