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- Artist: Big Joe Turner
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- Release Date: March 21, 2000
- Total Time: 62:43
- Type: Compilation (best of)
- Genre: Rhythm & Blues
Review
Big Joe Turner, whose early trademark mix of jump blues and jazz-inflected R&B still sounds alive and vital some seventy years later, was arguably at his best when the vocalist was paired with veteran stride pianist Pete Johnson. This set features the Turner/Johnson team on their first big hit, 1938's "Roll 'Em Pete," and the fully realized "Cherry Red" that came a year later and featured trumpeter Hot Lips Page. There are some small combo tracks here as well, and all of it is quite good, but Turner's most memorable years came in the '50s while he was signed to Atlantic Records. His signature "Shake, Rattle and Roll" came out in 1954, and it remains the track that will forever be attached to his name. That the song, along with his other '50s hits, is absent here means this compilation, while all good and fine, only tells the very beginning of the story. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Roll 'Em Pete (Lyrics) | Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson | Joe Turner | (2:51) |
| Goin' Away Blues | Pete Johnson, Joe Turner | Pete Johnson, Joe Turner | (2:37) |
| Cherry Red | Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson | Big Joe Turner | (2:54) |
| Piney Brown's Blues | Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson | Joe Turner | (2:54) |
| It's the Same Old Story | Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (3:01) |
| Rebecca | Big Joe Turner, Pete Johnson | Joe Turner | (2:45) |
| Little Bitty Gal's Blues | Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (3:21) |
| I Got a Gal (For Every Day in the Week) | Joe Turner | Pete Johnson, Joe Turner | (3:02) |
| S.K. Blues, Pt. 1 | Saunders King | Pete Johnson, Joe Turner | (3:00) |
| My Gal's a Jockey | Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (3:13) |
| Miss Brown Blues | Joe Turner | Big Joe Turner | (2:55) |
| That's When It Really Hurts | Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (2:51) |
| Sally Zu-Zazz | Big Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (2:56) |
| Morning Glory | Joe Turner | (2:27) | |
| Low Down Dog | Leroy Carr | Joe Turner | (2:33) |
| Tell Me Pretty Baby (Howdy 'Ya Want Your Rollin' Done) | Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (2:47) |
| Wine-O-Baby Boogie | Joe Turner | Joe Turner | (2:34) |
| Radar Blues | Joe Turner | (2:44) | |
| I Don't Dig It | Clarence Williams, |
Joe Turner, |
(2:15) |
| Born to Gamble | Clarence Williams | Joe Turner | (2:56) |
| Ooo-Ouch-Stop | Joe Turner | (2:34) | |
| Around the Clock Blues, Pt. 1 | Joe Turner | (1:50) | |
| Around the Clock Blues, Pt. 2 | Joe Turner | (1:43) |
