Big Joe Turner: The Very Best of Big Joe Turner
Genre: R&B	Dates: 1951-1959

When swing reigned, he was swing. When boogie woogie was at its peak, he was boogie woogie. When jump blues eclipsed the big bands, he was jump blues. When "race music" became "rhythm and blues," he was R&B. And when rock and roll broke, of course, Big Joe was rock and roll. The thing was, from his beginnings in the Thirties to his death in the early Eighties, his sound never changed. Thus, his very existence proved the link between the styles, and made the idea that Elvis birthed rock and roll even more preposterous. This collection cherry-picks his Atlantic recordings, made as he saw the music he'd always made spill out of the juke joints into the malt shops. Must have been quite a trip.

Playlist:

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 (Up, Up And Away), The
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