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Big Joe Turner

1911 - 1985

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Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Big Joe Turner has received more than 685,425 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Big Joe Turner is the 968th most popular musician (down from 783rd in 2019), the 4,766th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,948th in 2019) and the 343rd most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 690k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Big Joe Turner ranks 968 out of 2,662Before him are Jóhann Jóhannsson, Donald "Duck" Dunn, Lennie Tristano, Pharoah Sanders, Art Farmer, and Mantovani. After him are Yuki Kajiura, Tyler, the Creator, Ingo Schwichtenberg, Klaus Doldinger, Sylvester Levay, and Henry Cowell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Big Joe Turner ranks 172Before him are Faiz Ahmad Faiz, Millosh Gjergj Nikolla, Louis Dumont, Rafael Arnaiz Barón, Broderick Crawford, and Robert Marchand. After him are Lee Falk, Viktor Nekrasov, Willem Johan Kolff, Amir Hamzah, Roy Rogers, and Floyd Council. Among people deceased in 1985, Big Joe Turner ranks 123Before him are Gale Sondergaard, Sergei Gerasimov, Clarence Nash, Michel Audiard, Sanjeev Kumar, and Helene Engelmann. After him are Ernest Nagel, E. B. White, Alexander Mikulin, Viorica Ursuleac, Penn Nouth, and Henry Hansen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Big Joe Turner ranks 4,766 out of 18,182Before him are Megan Thee Stallion (1995), Steve Kanaly (1946), Claudette Colvin (1939), Carl Spaatz (1891), Steven Zaillian (1953), and Charles Dillon Perrine (1867). After him are Muse Watson (1948), George Kingsley Zipf (1902), Morris Swadesh (1909), Jerry Hall (1956), Joe Dallesandro (1948), and Elvin Hayes (1945).

Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Big Joe Turner ranks 343Before him are Layne Staley (1967), Zakk Wylde (1967), Donald "Duck" Dunn (1941), Lennie Tristano (1919), Pharoah Sanders (1940), and Art Farmer (1928). After him are Tyler, the Creator (1991), Henry Cowell (1897), Johnny Thunders (1952), Travis Barker (1975), Son House (1902), and Larry Carlton (1948).