Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits

by Big Joe Turner

Overview

Big Joe Turner's music is the aural equivalent of a rare Porterhouse steak -- oversized, juicy, and a glorious overload for the senses, and if isn't always good for you, that's just part of the fun. Whether what he was singing was billed as jazz, swing, rhythm & blues, or rock & roll, Turner pretty much always did things the same way, rolling with the big beat and shouting with carnal joy on the subjects of wine, women, and song (even his hurtin' songs were pretty lively), and to this day his rollicking Atlantic sides are an ideal way to get the party started. Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits pulls together most of Turner's best-known tunes for Atlantic (fleshed out to a full 21 songs on its CD re-release), and while Turner recorded an awful lot of music over the course of a career that spanned five decades, this CD does a surprisingly good job of serving up the best stuff from his most fruitful and satisfying period, and if you can listen to "Shake, Rattle and Roll," "Flip, Flop and Fly," "Honey Hush," "Boogie Woogie Country Girl," or "Well All Right" without getting up to dance (or at least tapping your foot), maybe you shouldn't be bothering with this music stuff in the first place. Historically invaluable, and more importantly a whole lot of fun, Big Joe Turner's Greatest Hits pretty well lives up to its billing and is a superb place to introduce yourself to the music of one of the great wildmen of the blues. ~ Mark Deming

Product Details

Release Date:	10/25/1990
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0075678175220
Rank:	47223

Tracks

1. The Chill Is On
2. After My Laughter Came the Tears
3. Bump Miss Suzie
4. Chains of Love
5. I'll Never Stop Loving You
6. Sweet Sixteen
7. Baby I Still Want You
8. Honey Hush
9. Crawdad Hole
10. Oke-She-Monke-She-Pop
11. Shake, Rattle & Roll
12. Well All Right
13. Hide and Seek
14. Flip Flop and Fly
15. The Chicken and the Hawk
16. Boogie Woogie Country Girl
17. Corrine Corrina
18. Midnight Special Train
19. Red Sails in the Sunset
20. Feeling Happy
21. Blues in the Night

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Big Joe Turner   Primary Artist,Vocals
Budd Johnson   Guest Artist,Sax (Alto)
Panama Francis   Guest Artist,Drums
Sam "The Man" Taylor   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Johnny Jones   Guest Artist,Piano
Mickey Baker   Guest Artist,Guitar
King Curtis   Guest Artist,Sax (Tenor)
Elmore James   Guest Artist,Guitar
Al Sears   Sax (Tenor)
Haywood Henry   Sax (Baritone)
Alonzo Stewart   Drums
Taft Jordan   Trumpet
Frank Mitchell   Trumpet
Sonny Cohn   Trumpet
Lloyd Trotman   Bass
Red Saunders   Drums
Hilton Jefferson   Sax (Alto)
Rector Bailey   Guitar
Arlem Kareem   Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Frank Henry   Sax (Baritone)
Mack Easton   Sax (Baritone)
Thomas Sheldon   Trumpet
Warren Hebrew   Sax (Tenor)
Kathy Thomas   Piano
Jim Pogo Richardson   Bass
Michael Chimes   Harmonica
Jimmy Richardson   Bass
Grady "Fats" Jackson   Sax (Tenor)
Dimes DuPont   Sax (Alto)
John Fernandez   Bass
William Burchett   Sax (Alto)
The Cookies   Vocals (Background)
Billy Mure   Guitar
Connie Kay   Drums
Freddie Mitchell   Sax (Tenor)
Earle Warren   Sax (Alto)
George Barnes   Guitar
Edgar Blanchard   Guitar
Ernie Hayes   Piano
Wilbur De Paris   Trombone
Joe Morris   Trumpet
Jimmy Nottingham   Trumpet
Leonard Gaskin   Bass
Van "Piano Man" Walls   Piano
Pluma Davis   Trombone
Dick Vance   Trumpet
Jesse Stone   Piano

Technical Credits

Herb Abramson   Producer
Mitchell Parish   Composer
Ahmet Ertegun   Composer,Producer,Executive Producer
Bo Chatmon   Composer
Vince Clarke   Composer
Lou Willie Turner   Composer
Lincoln Chase   Composer
Ahmet Nugetre   Composer
Stephen Innocenzi   Mastering
Chuck Stewart   Photography
Sam Sweet   Composer
Chuck Calhoun   Composer
Bob Defrin   Art Direction
Ethel Byrd   Composer
Paul Winley   Composer
Jimmy Kennedy   Composer
Andy Bell   Composer
B.B. King   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Big Joe Turner   Composer,Producer
Bob Porter   Producer,Reissue Producer
J. Mayo Williams   Composer
Joe Josea   Composer
Doc Pomus   Composer
Nicholas Brodszky   Composer
Charles Tobias   Composer
Charles E. Calhoun   Composer
Joe Turner   Composer
Johnny Mercer   Composer
Van Wells   Composer
Hugh Williams   Composer
Rudy Toombs   Composer
Jesse Stone   Arranger
Roy Turk   Composer
Reginald Ashby   Composer
Mike Stoller   Composer
Nat King Cole   Composer
Jerry Leiber   Composer
Jerry Wexler   Composer,Producer