He is the founder of The Sounds of Purpose and remains on the board of directors of this music-charged charity.īorn and reared in Knoxville, Tennessee, Turner got his early experience in a local band performing on the southeastern college concert and club circuit. He was nominated in 2008 for a Dove Award as a country and gospel singer for his first radio release in the Christian music genre.
Well-known from The Lawrence Welk Show as the country/pop bass baritone from 1979 until its eponymous host retired in 1982, he was earlier cast on Broadway for the original Jesus Christ Superstar, while he was in New York City on a Nashville folk rock tour. James Louis Turner (born September 6, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, who has national credits from Broadway, television, and radio.
