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Louis Jordan (08 Jul 1908 - 04 Feb 1975)

Male Person - United States US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter

 Also known as (1)

Releases (64)

Official

Album

  1. Man, We're Wailin' 1958
  2. Somebody Up There Digs Me 1962
  3. Hallelujah... Louis Jordan Is Back! 1964
  4. Rock 'n Roll Call 1985
  5. How 'Bout That 1998
  6. Is You Or Is You Ain't 1999
  7. BD JAZZ : Louis Jordan 2005
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Album - Compilation

  1. Greatest Hits Volume 2 (1941-1947) 1975
  2. The Best of Louis Jordan 1975
  3. Prime Cuts 1978
  4. Louis Jordan Collates 1979
  5. Go Blow Your Horn (Part ll) 1983
  6. Rockin’ & Jivin’ 1956/57, Volume 1 1986
  7. Rockin' & Jivin' 1956/57, Volume 2 1986
  8. V-Disc Recordings 1986
  9. World Transcriptions 1989
  10. Rock ’n’ Roll 1989
  11. Five Guys Named Moe - Louis Jordan's Golden Greats 1991
  12. At the Swing Cat's Ball: The Early Years, 1937-1939 1991
  13. The Complete Recordings 1938-1941 1992
  14. One Guy Named Louis - Complete Aladdin Sessions 1992
  15. Jump Jive! The Very Best of Louis Jordan 1992
  16. Five Guys Named Moe: Original Decca Recordings, Volume 2 1992
  17. Let the Good Times Roll (1938-1954) 1992
  18. I Believe in Music 1992
  19. Just Say Moe!: Mo' of the Best of Louis Jordan 1992
  20. No Moe! Louis Jordan: The Greatest Hits 1992
  21. Five Guys Named Moe 1993
  22. The Blues Collection: Louis Jordan, Caldonia 1993
  23. Louis Jordan 1994
  24. Jazz & Blues Collection 18: Louis Jordan 1995
  25. The Very Best of Louis Jordan 1995
  26. Jazz Greats, Volume 9: Louis Jordan: Saxa-Woogie 1996
  27. Louis Jordan on Film 1942-1948 1996
  28. Five Guys Named Moe 1998
  29. Let the Good Times Roll: The Anthology (1938-1953) 23 Feb 1999
  30. Swingsation 1999
  31. At The Swing Cat's Ball 1999
  32. The 'V' Discs & More 31 Jul 2000
  33. The Essential Collection 09 Jun 2001
  34. Jivin’ With Jordan 08 Jul 2002
  35. Jumpin' and Jivin' at Jubilee 21 Jan 2003
  36. Les Triomphes du rhythm'n'blues, Volume 1: Let the Good Times Roll 2004
  37. Number Ones 19 Jul 2005
  38. “Rocks”, Keep a Knockin’ 02 Feb 2006
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. Five Guys Named Moe (1990 original London cast) 1991
  2. Five Guys Named Moe (1992 original Broadway cast) 1992
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Album - Live

  1. Live Jive 1992
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Promotion

Album - Compilation

  1. Jump - Blues 01 Dec 1993
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Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. Louis Jordan’s Elks Rendezvous Band (04 Aug 1938 - Feb 1939) original
  2. Louis Jordan and His Orchestra original
  3. Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five original
  4. Chick Webb and His Orchestra alto saxophone

Married

  1. Fleecie Moore

Recordings by (561)

  1. Saturday Night Fish Fry ?:?? (1958)
  2. Sunday ?:?? (1958)
  3. The Nearness of You ?:?? (1958)
  4. I've Found My Peace of Mind ?:?? (1958)
  5. I Never Had a Chance ?:?? (1958)
  6. Got My Mo-Jo Working ?:?? (1958)
  7. A Man Ain't a Man ?:?? (1958)
  8. The Slop ?:?? (1958)
  9. Sweet Lorraine ?:?? (1958)
  10. Route 66 ?:?? (1958)
  11. The Jamf ?:?? (1958)
  12. I Hadn't Anyone Till You ?:?? (1958)
  13. Caldonia 2:41 (1962)
  14. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby ?:?? (1962)
  15. Run Joe ?:?? (1962)
  16. Early in the Morning ?:?? (1962)
  17. Choo Choo Ch Boogie ?:?? (1962)
  18. Knock Me A Kiss 2:19 (1962)
  19. Let the Good Times Roll ?:?? (1962)
  20. Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’ ?:?? (1962)
  21. Beware Brother Beware ?:?? (1962)
  22. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town ?:?? (1962)
  23. Salt Pork West Virginia ?:?? (1962)
  24. Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens ?:?? (1962)
  25. The Troubadour (Poor Willie) 3:05 (1964)
  26. Don't Wait Too Long 3:15 (1964)
  27. Saturday Nite Fish Fry 2:28 (1964)
  28. September Song 2:16 (1964)
  29. Honey Bee 2:15 (1964)
  30. My Friends 3:00 (1964)
  31. Cole Slaw 2:10 (1964)
  32. Time Is Running Out 2:40 (1964)
  33. El Camino Real 2:24 (1964)
  34. My Love and Devotion 2:50 (1964)
  35. Hop, Skip and Jump 2:35 (1964)
  36. You Can Depend on Me 2:08 (1964)
  37. Sakatumi 3:10 (1968)
  38. Santa Claus, Santa Claus 3:20 (1968)
  39. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby? 2:42 (1970)
  40. Reet, Petite, and Gone ?:?? (1975)
  41. Rusty Dusty Blues ?:?? (1975)
  42. Is You Is or Is You Ain't (My Baby) ?:?? (1975)
  43. Salt Pork, West Virginia ?:?? (1975)
  44. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate ?:?? (1975)
  45. Buzz Me 2:46 (1975)
  46. Open the Door, Richard ?:?? (1975)
  47. Texas and Pacific ?:?? (1975)
  48. What's the Use of Gettin' Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again) ?:?? (1975)
  49. I Like 'em Fat Like That ?:?? (1975)
  50. Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door 3:14 (1975)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Jungle Mamma 3:10 The Jungle Band (1929) reeds
  2. Dog Bottom 2:39 The Jungle Band (1929) reeds
  3. Medley of Armstrong Hits, Part I: I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You / When It's Sleepy Time Down South / Nobody's Sweetheart 4:22 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Jan 1933) alto saxophone
  4. Medley of Armstrong Hits, Part 2: When You're Smiling / St. James Infirmary / Dinah 4:34 Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra (Jan 1933) alto saxophone
  5. Vote for Mister Rhythm 2:27 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1936) alto saxophone
  6. Cryin’ Mood 2:37 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (May 1937) alto saxophone
  7. Holiday in Harlem 3:12 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Nov 1937) alto saxophone
  8. Just a Simple Melody 2:58 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Nov 1937) alto saxophone
  9. Midnite in a Madhouse 2:34 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Dec 1937) alto saxophone
  10. The Dipsy Doodle 3:13 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (Dec 1937) alto saxophone
  11. If You Ever Should Leave 3:14 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1937) alto saxophone
  12. Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley! 2:31 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone, clarinet
  13. That Naughty Waltz 3:00 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  14. Strictly Jive 3:19 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  15. Deep in the Heart of the South 3:16 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1937) alto saxophone
  16. All Over Nothing at All 2:41 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1937) alto saxophone
  17. Love Is the Thing So They Say 2:51 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937) alto saxophone
  18. Everyone’s Wrong but Me 3:07 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1937) alto saxophone
  19. I Was Doing All Right 2:55 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1938) alto saxophone
  20. Azure 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) alto saxophone
  21. Bei mir bist Du schoen 3:03 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1938) alto saxophone
  22. If You Only Knew 2:46 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1938) alto saxophone
  23. It's My Turn Now 2:56 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1938) alto saxophone
  24. I Got a Guy 3:22 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) alto saxophone
  25. Squeeze Me 3:11 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) alto saxophone
  26. Spinnin’ the Webb 3:04 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) alto saxophone
  27. Harlem Congo 3:16 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1938) alto saxophone, alto saxophone
  28. It’s Wonderful 2:58 Ella Fitzgerald and Her Savoy Eight (1938) alto saxophone
  29. A‐Tisket, A‐Tasket 2:39 Chick Webb and His Orchestra, vocal chorus by Ella Fitzgerald (1938) alto saxophone
  30. Barnacle Bill the Sailor 2:46 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Jan 1939) baritone saxophone, alto saxophone, clarinet
  31. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Dec 1941) saxophone
  32. Knock Me a Kiss ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Dec 1941) saxophone
  33. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Nov 1942) alto saxophone
  34. What’s the Use of Gettin’ Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again)? 2:55 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Nov 1942) tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  35. G.I. Jive 2:59 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Apr 1944) saxophone, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone
  36. Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby? 2:44 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Apr 1944) tenor saxophone, alto saxophone

Vocals

  1. Rusty Hinge 3:07 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (May 1937)
  2. Wake Up and Live 2:40 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937)
  3. Gee! But You’re Swell 2:38 Chick Webb and His Orchestra (1937)
  4. Barnacle Bill the Sailor 2:46 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Jan 1939) lead vocals
  5. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Dec 1941) lead vocals
  6. Knock Me a Kiss ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Dec 1941) lead vocals
  7. The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Nov 1942)
  8. What’s the Use of Gettin’ Sober (When You’re Gonna Get Drunk Again)? 2:55 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Nov 1942)
  9. Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby? ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Orchestra (Mar 1944)
  10. Knock Me a Kiss ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Orchestra (Mar 1944)
  11. (I’m Gonna Move to the) Outskirts of Town ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Apr 1944)
  12. G.I. Jive 2:59 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Apr 1944) lead vocals
  13. Is You or Is You Ain’t My Baby? 2:44 Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (Apr 1944)
  14. Five Guys Named Moe ?:?? Louis Jordan and His Orchestra (May 1944)

Credited as (35)

  1. Louis Jordan
  2. Louis Jordan & Ella Fitzgerald
  3. Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan
  4. Louis Armstrong with Louis Jordan
  5. Bing Crosby feat. Louis Jordan
  6. Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan
  7. Bing Crosby and Louis Jordan
  8. Louis Jordan & Chris Barber
  9. Ennio Morricone feat. Louis Jordan
  10. Ennio Morricone feat. Louis Jordan & Louis Armstrong
  11. Louis Armstrong feat. Louis Jordan
  12. Maurice Chevalier & Louis Jordan
  13. Louis Jordan feat. Louis Armstrong
  14. Louis Jordan with Bing Crosby
  15. Louis Jordan with Ella Fitzgerald
  16. Louis Jordan with Martha Davis
  17. Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra with Louis Jordan
  18. Louis Jordan with The Chris Barber Band
  19. Louis Jordan & Louis Armstrong
  20. Louis Jordan, Johnny Otis & Shuggie Otis
  21. Ella Fitzgerald with Louis Jordan
  22. Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan
  23. Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
  24. Louis Armstrong, Louis Jordan
  25. Louis Jordan arr. James Oxley
  26. Louis Armstrong und Louis Jordan
  27. Billy Austin & Louis Jordan
  28. Billy Austin & Louis Jordan, arr. Eddie Harvey
  29. Judy Garland & Louis Jordan
  30. Chick Webb and His Orchestra, vocal chorus by Louis Jordan
  31. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan with Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five
  32. Louis Jordan and The Nelson Riddle Orchestra
  33. Chick Webb Feat. Louis Jordan
  34. Ottilie Patterson with Louis Jordan
  35. Ella Fitzgerald duet with Louis Jordan

Works (68)

Arranged

  1. Keep A‐Knockin’ (but You Can’t Come In)
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Wrote

  1. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (1944)
  2. Run Joe
  3. Onion
  4. Psycho-Loco
  5. Blue Light Boogie
  6. Lemonade
  7. It's a Great, Great Pleasure
  8. You Will Always Have a Friend
  9. No Sale
  10. That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
  11. Ration Blues
  12. I Like 'em Fat Like That
  13. You Can’t Get That No More
  14. Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
  15. If You Can’t Smile and Say Yes
  16. Friendship
  17. Barnyard Boogie
  18. Every Man to His Own Profession
  19. Look Out
  20. We Can't Agree
  21. Chicky-Mo, Craney-Crow
  22. Roamin' Blues
  23. You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
  24. Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
  25. Saturday Night Fish Fry
  26. Never Trust a Woman
  27. Safe, Sane, and Single
  28. Push-Ka Pee-She Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)
  29. Boogie Woogie Came to Town
  30. Small Town Boy
  31. 'Fore Day Blues
  32. You Ain't Nowhere
  33. Inflation Blues
  34. After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony, Sid)
  35. Saxa-Woogie
  36. How 'Bout That
  37. It’s Hard to Be Good
  38. Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)
  39. Reet Petite and Gone
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Composed

  1. Pettin' and Pokin' (01 Dec 1947)
  2. I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
  3. Caldonia
  4. But I'll Be Back
  5. Sophie and the Hacker additional
  6. Heed My Warning
  7. I'm in a Low Down Groove
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Lyrics

  1. I'm in a Low Down Groove
  2. But I'll Be Back
  3. Doug the Jitterbug
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Links (22)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.louisjordan.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://ibdb.com/person.php?id=11964
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/louis_jordan
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no91029594
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6902m2q
  5. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1051038
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13895759m
  7. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no91029594
  8. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/109210
  9. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118985388

Lyrics Page

  1. https://genius.com/artists/Louis-jordan

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/253475

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000287604

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0430081/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/196653

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q461011

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/11061

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/2587

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/32924

Biographies

  1. http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/louis-jordan

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Louis_Jordan%2C_New_York%2C_N.Y.%2C_ca._July_1946_(William_P._Gottlieb_04721).jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/b8b30699-7814-4fd1-ab75-6f22f5da0fac