by Robert Wilkinson We kick off our musical birthday weekend featuring two Taurus greats who had birthdays a short time ago. Big Joe Turner and producer Erik Jacobson, the man behind the Lovin' Spoonful, Tim Hardin, Sopwith Camel, and "Spirit in the Sky!" First, the “Boss of the Blues!” From Wikipedia, "Big Joe" Turner, Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. According to the songwriter Doc Pomus, "Rock and roll would have never happened without him." His 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. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987, with the Hall lauding him as "the brawny voiced 'Boss of the Blues'". From another era, here’s the shouting blues of Big Joe Turner! First, a live tv performance at Showtime at th...