Simplify the following text for a Grade 6 native English-speaking person.
Original: Big Joe Turner ( born Joseph Vernon Turner Jr. , May 18 , 1911 -- November 24 , 1985 ) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City , Missouri .
Simplified: Joseph Vernon `` Big Joe '' Turner ( May 18 , 1911 -- November 24 , 1985 ) was an American blues singer . He was born in Kansas City , Missouri .