Speaking of Turner's claim to have written one of the first rock 'n' roll records, broadcaster Paul Gambaccini said: In musical terms [he was] very important.
Turner's songs began to be sampled by hip hop artists, most notably Salt-n-Pepa sampling I'm Blue for use in their 1994 hit "Shoop"[REF] and Jurassic 5 used "Getting Nasty" from A Black Man's Soul on the 1997 track Concrete Schoolyard.