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==Discography== ===Albums=== * ''Kansas City Jazz'' ([[Decca Records|Decca]] DL 8044, 1951) * ''Joe Turner and Pete Johnson'' ([[EmArcy Records|EmArcy]], 1955) * ''[[The Boss of the Blues]]: Joe Turner Sings Kansas City Jazz'' ([[Atlantic Records|Atlantic]], 1956)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-boss-of-the-blues-mw0000650907|title=The Boss of the Blues β Big Joe Turner | Songs, Reviews, Credits|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=January 28, 2020}}</ref> * ''Joe Turner: Rock & Roll'' (Atlantic, 1957) * ''Rockin' the Blues'' (Atlantic, 1958) * ''And The Blues'll Make You Happy Too'' (Savoy, 1958) * ''Careless Love'' (Savoy, 1958) * ''Big Joe is Here'' (Atlantic, 1959) * ''Big Joe Rides Again'' (Atlantic, 1960) * ''Jumpin' the Blues'' (Arhoolie, 1962) with [[Pete Johnson (musician)|Pete Johnson]] * ''Joe Turner and Jimmy Nelson'' (Crown, 1963) * ''Sings The Blues, Vol. 1'' ([[Oriole Records (UK)|Oriole]], 1964) * ''Sings The Blues, Vol. 2'' (Oriole, 1965) * ''Feel So Fine'' (Fontana, 1965) with [[Buck Clayton]]; reissued as ''Buck Clayton Meets Joe Turner'' (Black Lion, 1992) * ''Presenting Big Joe Turner'' (Orfeon [mex], 1966) * ''[[Singing the Blues (Big Joe Turner album)|Singing the Blues]]'' (ABC/BluesWay, 1967) reissued as ''Roll 'Em'' (ABC/BluesWay, 1973) * ''[[The Real Boss of the Blues]]'' (BluesTime/Flying Dutchman, 1969) * ''[[Super Black Blues]]'' (BluesTime/Flying Dutchman, 1969) with [[T-Bone Walker]] and [[Otis Spann]] * ''Super Black Blues, Volume II'' (BluesTime/Flying Dutchman, 1970) with [[Leon Thomas]], T-Bone Walker, [[Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson]] * ''Turns On the Blues'' (Kent, 1970) * ''Texas Style'' (Black and Blue, 1971) * 1972 β ''Flip, Flop & Fly'' (Pablo, 1989) with [[Count Basie]] & His Orchestra * 1973 β ''Boss Man of the Blues'' (LMI Records, 1973) * 1973 β ''[[The Bosses]]'' (Pablo, 1974) with Count Basie * 1974 β ''Life Ain't Easy'' (Pablo, 1983) * 1974 β ''[[The Trumpet Kings Meet Joe Turner]]'' (Pablo, 1975) with [[Dizzy Gillespie]], [[Roy Eldridge]], [[Harry "Sweets" Edison]], [[Clark Terry]] * 1975 β ''Everyday I Have the Blues'' (Pablo, 1978) with [[Pee Wee Crayton]] and [[Sonny Stitt]] * 1975 β ''Nobody in Mind'' (Pablo, 1976) with [[Milt Jackson]] and Roy Eldridge * 1976 β ''In the Evening'' (Pablo, 1976) * 1976 β ''The Midnight Special'' (Pablo, 1980) * 1977 β ''Things That I Used to Do'' (Pablo, 1977) * 1977 β ''San Francisco 1977'' (RockBeat, 2017) with [[Mike Bloomfield]] * 1977 β ''I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter'' (Spivey, 1978) with the Bill Dacey-Robert Ross Band * 1978 β ''Really the Blues'' (Big Town, 1978) * 1978 β ''Have No Fear Joe Turner is Here'' (Pablo, 1981) * 1974β1978 β ''Stormy Monday'' (Pablo, 1991) previously unissued Pablo recordings * 1980 β ''Kansas City Shout'' (Pablo, 1980) with Count Basie and Eddie "Cleanhead" Vinson * 1981 β ''Boogie Woogie Jubilee'' (Telefunken, 1981) with Axel Zwingenberger * 1981 β ''Rock This Joint'' (Intermedia, 1982) * 1981 β ''The Very Best Of Big Joe Turner Live'' (Intermedia, 1982) * 1981 β ''Boss Blues Live!'' (Intermedia, 1982) * 1981 β ''Roll Me Baby'' (Intermedia, 1982) * 1983 β ''Live at the Music Machine 1983'' (RockBeat, 2013) * 1983 β ''Blues Train'' (Muse, 1983) with [[Roomful of Blues]] * 1983 β ''Big Joe Turner with Knocky Parker and His House Rockers'' (Southland, 1985) * 1984 β ''Kansas City Here I Come'' (Pablo, 1984) * 1985 β ''Patcha, Patcha, All Night Long'' (Pablo, 1985) with [[Jimmy Witherspoon]] * 1938β1954 β ''Shout, Rattle And Roll (1938β1954)'' (Proper, 2005) 4-CD set * 1941β1946 β ''The Chronological Joe Turner 1941β1946'' (Classics, 1997) * 1946β1947 β ''The Chronological Joe Turner 1946β1947'' (Classics, 1998) * 1947β1948 β ''The Chronological Joe Turner 1947β1948'' (Classics, 1999) * 1949β1950 β ''The Chronological Joe Turner 1949β1950'' (Classics, 2001) ===Singles=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Titles (A-side, B-side)<br />Both sides from same album except where indicated ! colspan="2"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Album |- style="font-size:small;" ! style="width:40px;"| [[Billboard Hot 100|US Pop]]<ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=Whitburn|year=2003|title=Top Pop Singles 1955β2002|publisher=Record Research|location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin|isbn=0-89820-155-1|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/726 726]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/726}}</ref> ! style="width:40px;"| [[Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs|US<br />R&B]]<ref name="whitburnr&b">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942β1995|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=1996 |publisher=Record Research |page=453}}</ref> |- | rowspan="4"|1941 | style="text-align:left;"| "Piney Brown Blues"<br /><small>b/w "627 Stomp" [by Pete Johnson's Band]</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Doggin' the Dog"<br /><small>b/w "Rainy Day Blues"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Somebody's Got to Go"<br /><small>b/w "Ice Man"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Careless Love" [original recording]<br /><small>b/w "Jumpin' Down Blues" (non-album track)</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Joe Turner and Pete Johnson'' |- || 1942 | style="text-align:left;"| "Sun Risin' Blues"<br /><small>b/w "Blues on Central Avenue"</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- || 1944 | style="text-align:left;"| "Little Bittie Gal's Blues"<br /><small>b/w "I Got a Gal for Every Day in the Week"<br />Big Joe Turner and Pete Johnson Trio</small> | β | β |- | rowspan="3"| 1945 | style="text-align:left;"| "Watch That Jive"<br /><small>b/w "Johnson & Turner Blues"<br />Joe Turner with Pete Johnson's All-Stars</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Joe Turner and Pete Johnson'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "It's the Same Old Story"<br /><small>b/w "Rebecca"</small> | β | β | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "S.K. Blues", Part 1<br/><small>b/w Part 2<br />Joe Turner with Pete Johnson's All-Stars</small> | β | 3 | align="left"|''Joe Turner and Pete Johnson'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1946 | style="text-align:left;"| "Mad Blues"<br /><small>b/w "Sunday Morning Blues"<br />Joe Turner with Bill Moore's Lucky Seven</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Careless Love'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "My Gal's a Jockey"<br /><small>b/w "I Got Love for Sale" (from ''Careless Love'')</small> | β | 6 | align="left"|''Have No Fear Big Joe Turner Is Here'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1948 | style="text-align:left;"| "Tell Me Pretty Baby"<br /><small>b/w "Christmas Date Boogie"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Jumpin' the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Mardi Gras Boogie"<br /><small>b/w "My Heart Belongs to You"</small> | β | β | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Morning Glory"<br /><small>b/w "Low Down Dog"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''The Boss of the Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz'' |- | rowspan="2"|1949 | style="text-align:left;"| "Blues on Central Avenue"<br /><small>b/w "Sun Risin' Blues"<br />Reissue</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "I Don't Dig It"<br /><small>b/w "Rainy Weather Blues"</small> | β | β |- | rowspan="7"|1950 | style="text-align:left;"| "Love My Baby"<br /><small>b/w "Lucille"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Still in the Dark"<br /><small>b/w "Adam Bit the Apple" (non-album track)</small> | β | 9 | align="left"|''And the Blues'll Make You Happy Too'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "After A While, You'll Be Sorry"<br /><small>b/w "Feelin' Happy"</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="5"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "I Want My Baby"<br /><small>b/w "Midnight Is Here Again"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Jumpin' at the Jubilee"<br /><small>b/w "Lonely World" [by Goree Carter]</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Just a Travellin' Man"<br /><small>b/w "Life Is Like a Card Game"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Back-Breaking Blues"<br /><small>b/w "Empty Pocket Blues"</small> | β | β |- | rowspan="4"| 1951 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Chains of Love (Ahmet Ertegun song)|Chains of Love]]"<br /><small>b/w "After My Laughter Came Tears" (from ''Big Joe Is Here'')</small> | β | 2 | align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Christmas Date"<br /><small>b/w "Howd'ya Want Your Rollin' Done" (non-album track)</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Jumpin' the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Life Is Like a Card Game"<br /><small>b/w "When the Rooster Crows"</small> | β | β | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "The Chill Is On"<br /><small>b/w 'Bump Miss Susie"</small> | β | 3 | align="left"|''Big Joe Is Here'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1952 | style="text-align:left;"| "Sweet Sixteen"<br /><small>b/w "I'll Never Stop Loving You" (from ''Big Joe Is Here'')</small> | β | 3 | align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Don't You Cry"<br /><small>b/w "Poor Lover's Blues"</small> | β | 5 | align="left"|''Big Joe Is Here'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Still In Love (With You)"<br /><small>b/w "Baby, I Still Want You" (from ''Big Joe Is Here'')</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Rockin' the Blues'' |- | rowspan="2"| 1953 | style="text-align:left;"| "Blues Jump the Rabbit"<br /><small>b/w "The Sun Is Shining"</small> | β | β | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Honey Hush]]"<small> (later retitled "Yakity-Yak")</small><br /><small>b/w "Crawdad Hole"</small> | β | 1 | align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1954 | style="text-align:left;"| "T.V. Mama"<br /><small>b/w "Oke-She-Moke-She-Pop" (from ''Rock & Roll'')</small> | β | 6 | align="left"|''Rockin' the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Shake, Rattle and Roll]]"<br /><small>b/w "You Know I Love You" (from ''Rockin' the Blues'')</small> | β | 1 | align="left" rowspan="5"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Well All Right"<br /><small>b/w "Married Woman" (from ''Big Joe Is Here'') </small> | β | 9 |- | rowspan="2"| 1955 | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Flip, Flop and Fly|Flip Flop and Fly]]"<br /><small>b/w "Ti-Ri-Lee" (from ''Big Joe Is Here'')</small> | β | 2 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Hide and Seek"<br /><small>b/w "Midnight Cannonball" (from ''Big Joe Is Here'')</small> | β | 3 |- | rowspan="7"| 1956 | style="text-align:left;"| "The Chicken and the Hawk"<br/><small>"Morning, Noon and Night"</small> | β | 7 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Morning, Noon and Night"<br/><small>"The Chicken and the Hawk"</small> | β | 8 | align="left"|''Rockin' the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Corrine, Corrina]]"<small> [original version]</small><br /><small>b/w "It's the Same Old Story"</small> | β | β | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Corrine, Corrina]]"<small> [re-recorded version]</small><br /><small>b/w "Boogie Woogie Country Girl"</small> | 41 | 2 | align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Lipstick, Powder and Paint (song)|Lipstick, Powder and Paint]]"<br/><small>Rock a While"</small> | β | 8 | align="left"|''Rockin' the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Rock a While"<br/><small>"Lipstick, Powder and Paint"</small> | β | 12 | align="left"|''Big Joe Is Here'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Midnight Special (song)|Midnight Special Train]]"<br /><small>b/w "Feeling Happy"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Rock & Roll'' |- | rowspan="4"| 1957 | style="text-align:left;"| "After a While"<br /><small>b/w "Red Sails in the Sunset"</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="5"|''Rockin' the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Love Roller Coaster"<br /><small>b/w "World of Trouble"</small> | β | 12 |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Trouble in Mind"<br /><small>b/w "I Need a Girl"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Teenage Letter|Teen Age Letter]]"<br /><small>b/w "Wee Baby Blues" (from ''The Boss of the Blues Sings Kansas City Jazz'')</small> | β | β |- || 1958 | style="text-align:left;"| "Jump for Joy"<br /><small>b/w "Blues in the Night"</small> | β | 15 |- || 1959 | style="text-align:left;"| "Got You on My Mind"<br /><small>b/w "Love Oh Careless Love"</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="4"|''Rhythm & Blues Years'' |- | rowspan="3"| 1960 | style="text-align:left;"| "Honey Hush" <small> [re-recording]</small><br /><small>b/w "Tomorrow Night"</small> | 53 | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Chains of Love" <small> [re-recording]</small><br /><small>b/w "My Little Honey Dripper"</small> | β | β |- | style="text-align:left;"| "My Reason for Living"<br /><small>b/w "Sweet Sue"</small> | β | β |- | rowspan="2"|1964 | style="text-align:left;"| "I'm Packin' Up"<br /><small>b/w "I Walk a Lonely Mile"</small> | β | β | align="left" rowspan="2"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Shake Rattle and Roll"<small> [re-recording]</small><br /><small>b/w "There'll Be Some Tears Falling"</small> | β | β |- || 1967 | style="text-align:left;"| "Big Wheel"<br /><small>b/w "Bluer Than Blue"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Singing the Blues'' |- || 1968 | style="text-align:left;"| "I've Been Up on the Mountain"<br /><small>b/w "I Love You Baby" (non-album track)</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Boss Man of the Blues'' |- | rowspan="3"|1969 | style="text-align:left;"| "Shake Rattle and Roll"<small> [second re-recording]</small><br /><small>b/w "Two Loves Have I"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''The Real Boss of the Blues'' |- | style="text-align:left;"| "Love Ain't Nothin'"<br /><small>b/w "10-20-25-30"</small> | β | β | align="left"|Non-album tracks |- | style="text-align:left;"| "[[Night Time Is the Right Time]]"<br /><small>b/w "Morning Glory"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Big Joe Turner Turns On the Blues'' |- || 1973 | style="text-align:left;"| "One Hour in Your Garden"<br /><small>b/w "You've Been Squeezin' My Lemons"</small> | β | β | align="left"|''Still Boss of the Blues'' |- |}
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