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Floyd Turnham
Floyd Turnham is credited on 79 releases across 42 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1952–2020 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
79
Pressings credited
42
Albums
8
Decades active
14
In collections
Biography
Floyd 'Payne' Turnham (January 23, 1909 – May 5, 1991) was an American R&B saxophonist in the 1950s, fronting the Floyd Turnham Combo. Turnham was born in Washington state in 1909. He originally played alto saxophone with the Les Hite and Lionel Hampton bands. After a job offer from bandleader Joe Liggins, Turnham switched to baritone saxophone in 1950. In 1952, Turnham signed with Jake Porter's Combo Records in Los Angeles, where he recorded the first of six singles. Three featured vocals by Cledus Harrison, notably "No Parking After Eight"; and two had vocals by Raymond Odoms: "Heavy Dreams" and "Alibi Baby". Turnham also recorded for Combo the Louis Jordan-esque instrumental "Turnham's Greens", and a final instrumental, "Rocket Ride". He also recorded for the Aladdin and Aries labels before moving to Fort Worth, Texas. He died in 1991.
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Credited work
79 releases · 42 albums · active 1952–2020
- Performance · 106
- Other credits · 1
Studios: Sound Enterprises Studios, Hollywood · Custom Record Manufacturing Co. · The Click, Philadelphia · MPS-Studio, Villingen
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- B.B. King
- T-Bone Walker
- Ben Webster
- Jimmy Witherspoon
- Members Of The Glenn Miller Orchestra
- Googie René
- Little Esther
- Members Of The Lionel Hampton Orchestra
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