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| Born | June 22, 1992 (age 32) Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
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| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | Bring Luck |
| Website | www |
Joshua Lee Turner is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and internet personality based in Brooklyn, New York. [1]
Turner began singing at nine years of age and began playing guitar five years later, in January 2006. Over the next few years he became proficient at several other instruments.[ citation needed ]
In July 2007, he created his YouTube channel, where he began posting covers of popular songs. [2] His first viral video was his cover of "Sultans of Swing" by Dire Straits. As of June 2022, the video has 12 million views, [3] and his channel over 700,000 subscribers. [4]
Turner studied music at Butler University, where he also participated in the Butler Chorale, and was music director for the a cappella group Out of the Dawg House. [5] [6] In 2014, his senior year, he appeared on Good Morning America to perform segments of his cover of Paul Simon's song "Graceland," which became popular on YouTube. [7] [8]
In 2018 and 2019 Turner was a cast member in the touring show The Simon & Garfunkel Story [9] and in 2019 starred as Paul Simon in Graceland Live. [2]
Turner released his first full-length solo album, As Good a Place as Any, in April 2019, [2] and his second album, Public Life, on August 7, 2020. [1]
In addition to his solo work, Turner is part of the folk duo The Other Favorites alongside Carson McKee. They released an EP, Fools, in 2017, an original studio album, Naysayer, in 2018, and a live album, Live in London, in 2019. [10] In 2021, the duo released the album Unamericana. Turner and McKee frequently perform in YouTube videos and on tour with singer-songwriter Elle Cordova and Toni Lindgren.
After meeting Allison Young online in 2017, Turner formed a duo with Young called The Bygones. The Bygones independently funded their debut album and kicked off a subsequent tour via a Kickstarter campaign in less than 48 hours in 2023.[ citation needed ]
| Title | Album details |
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| As Good a Place as Any [11] |
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| Public Life [12] |
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| Novelty Josh Turner, Carson Mckee |
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| The Other Favorites (EP) (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) |
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| Fools (EP) (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) |
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| Naysayer (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) |
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| Live in London (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) |
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| Unamericana (Josh Turner, Carson Mckee) |
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| Josh & Larkin (Josh Turner, Larkin Dodgen) |
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| Armed and Dangerous (Josh Turner, Carson McKee, Bob Barrick) |
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| Song | Release Date | Instrument | Release Channel | Additional Collaborators | Views (mil) | |
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| Sultans of Swing | July 4, 2012 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 12 | [21] |
| Folsom Prison Blues | December 8, 2018 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 6.7 | [22] |
| Stuck in the Middle with You | December 8, 2019 | Bass guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson McKee Reina del Cid Toni Lindgren | 6.7 | [23] |
| Take it Easy | May 13, 2017 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 5 | [24] |
| Don't Think Twice, It's All Right | November 9, 2011 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 4.3 | [25] |
| Acoustic Blues in D | February 3, 2015 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 3.5 | [26] |
| Knockin' on Heaven's Door | April 1, 2013 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 3.1 | [27] |
| Crazy | May 11, 2018 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Allison Young | 4.2 | [28] |
| Harvest Moon | July 7, 2019 | Bass guitar | Reina del Cid | Carson McKee Reina del Cid Toni Lindgren | 5 | [29] |
| Feeling Good | August 23, 2015 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Larkin Dodgen | 2.7 | [30] |
| Eleanor Rigby | February 14, 2017 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 3.1 | [31] |
| Can't Help Falling in Love | July 18, 2017 | Acoustic Guitar | Amber Taylor Music | Amber Ordaz Taylor Neita | 3 | [32] |
| Sloop John B | November 15, 2018 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Alec Hamilton Ben Cooley Taylor Bloom Marc Encabo Bob Sale | 3.9 | [33] |
| Paradise | June 28, 2016 | Banjo | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee Kingdom Jasmine | 2.2 | [34] |
| Honky Tonk Women | October 21, 2016 | Electric guitar Bass guitar Cowbell Drums | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 2.3 | [35] |
| Operator | July 7, 2019 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson McKee Reina del Cid Toni Lindgren | 3.2 | [36] |
| Graceland | February 13, 2013 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 2 | [37] |
| The Times They are a-Changin' | January 30, 2017 | Acoustic Guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson Mckee | 2.1 | [38] |
| Mamma Mia | November 25, 2019 | Banjo | Josh Turner Guitar | Carson McKee Marie [39] | 2.8 | [40] |
| Little Wing | February 3, 2014 | Mandolin Ukulele Bass Cajon | Josh Turner Guitar | - | 1.5 | [41] |
| For What It's Worth | July 2, 2019 | Electric guitar | Josh Turner Guitar | Alec Hamilton Ben Cooley Taylor Bloom Marc Encabo Bob Sale | 2.4 | [42] |
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