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  • May 18, 1911
    R&B performer Big Joe Turner is born in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1951, he records "Chains Of Love," destined to become a 1977 country hit for Mickey Gilley
    Apr 19, 1951
    Big Joe Turner records the rhythm & blues hit "Chains Of Love" in New York City. More than 25 years later, it's re-recorded as a country hit by Mickey Gilley
    Nov 24, 1985
    R&B singer Big Joe Turner dies of a heart attack in Inglewood, California. His 1951 hit "Chains Of Love," written by Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun, had been remade for the country charts in 1977 by Mickey Gilley
    Jan 21, 1987
    The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame adds Roy Orbison, Hank Williams, Rick Nelson, Jackie Wilson, Leiber & Stoller, Carl Perkins, Clyde McPhatter, Louis Jordan, Ahmet Ertegun, Jerry Wexler, Joe Turner, Eddie Cochran, B.B. King, Smokey Robinson and Aretha Franklin during a ceremony at New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel

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