Joe Turner
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- 8
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- High JOEltage! (101 JOElts for Becoming Amazingly Effective)
- Book of Cold Case Files : Part 2
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- Education for the 21st Century - Impact of ICT and Digital Resources
- Cocktails
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Female
- Origin
- Switzerland
- Active from
- 1939-11-26
- Active to
- 2023-05-24
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Discography
- Tina Turns The Country On!1974
- Acid Queen1975
- Rough1978
- Love Explosion1979
- The Edge1980
- Private Dancer1984
- Break Every Rule1986
- Foreign Affair1989
- Wildest Dreams1996
- Twenty Four Seven1999
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Joseph H. Turner (3rd November 1907-21st July 1990) was an American jazz pianist. Born in Baltimore, Turner was first taught piano by his mother when he was five. He moved to New York around 1925 and enjoyed much popularity among musicians in Harlem, working with June Clark (1927-1928), Benny Carter (1929), and Louis Armstrong (1930). He accompanied the singer Adelaide Hall in a piano duo with Alex Hill and then with Francis Carter; he and Carter toured Europe with Hall in 1931. <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Turner
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Essex County
- Place of death
- Montreuil
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- voice
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- date of birth
- 1907-11-03
- date of death
- 1990-07-21
- significant person
- Benny Carter
- ethnic group
- African Americans
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