# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/big-joe-turner
# Generated: 2026-08-14T07:59:39.411Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/big-joe-turner"
name: "Big Joe Turner"
slug: "big-joe-turner"
description: "Joseph Vernon \"Big Joe\" Turner Jr. was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. Turner's greatest fame was due to his rock and roll recordings in the 1950s, particularly \"Shake, Rattle and Roll\", but his career as a performer endured from the 1920s into the 1980s."
tagline: "American singer (1911–1985)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Big_Joe_Turner_Rock_and_Roll_Revue_Apollo_Theater_1955.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1911-05-18"
deathDate: "1985-11-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.27
  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.50465733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0877413/"
    handle:    "nm0877413"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump