Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-Ame… Read Full Bio ↴Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.
Jordan was one of the first black recording artists whose popularity crossed over into the mainstream white audience and who scored hits on both the "race" charts and the mainstream white pop charts. He is now acknowledged as one of the most successful African-American musicians of the 20th century, ranking fifth in the list of the all-time most successful black recording artists.
Jordan scored at least four million-selling hits during his career, regularly topping the "race" charts, as well as scoring simultaneous Top Ten hits on the white pop charts on several occasions. Many of the songs he wrote or co-wrote have become 20th century popular music classics.
With his dynamic Tympany Five bands (which also pioneered the use of electric guitar and electric organ) Jordan largely mapped out the main parameters of the classic R&B, urban blues and early rock'n'roll genres with a series of hugely influential 78 rpm discs for the Decca label that presaged virtually all of the dominant black music styles of the 1950s and 1960s and which exerted a huge influence on many leading performers in these genres.
Jordan was one of the first black recording artists whose popularity crossed over into the mainstream white audience and who scored hits on both the "race" charts and the mainstream white pop charts. He is now acknowledged as one of the most successful African-American musicians of the 20th century, ranking fifth in the list of the all-time most successful black recording artists.
Jordan scored at least four million-selling hits during his career, regularly topping the "race" charts, as well as scoring simultaneous Top Ten hits on the white pop charts on several occasions. Many of the songs he wrote or co-wrote have become 20th century popular music classics.
With his dynamic Tympany Five bands (which also pioneered the use of electric guitar and electric organ) Jordan largely mapped out the main parameters of the classic R&B, urban blues and early rock'n'roll genres with a series of hugely influential 78 rpm discs for the Decca label that presaged virtually all of the dominant black music styles of the 1950s and 1960s and which exerted a huge influence on many leading performers in these genres.
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At The Swing Cat's Ball
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five Lyrics
At the Swing Cat's Ball Come on, get set for the party, Tomorrow night at the…
Barnyard Boogie Oink oink! Moo moo! Oink oink moo! Oink oink moo moo! Q-q-q…
Beans And Cornbread Beans and Cornbread Beans and Cornbread had a fight Beans kn…
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Heading for the station with a pack on my back I'm…
Doug the Jitterbug Doug the jitterbug, Just a silly lug, Young and wild…
Reet Petite And Gone I found a gal that beats 'em all She isn't too…
We also have lyrics for these tracks by Louis Jordan:
All for the Love of Lil I've got plenty money in my jeans Feelin' like a man…
At the Swing Cat's Ball Come on, get set for the party, Tomorrow night at the…
Barnyard Boogie Oink oink! Moo moo! Oink oink moo! Oink oink moo moo! Q-q-q…
Beans and Cornbread Beans and Cornbread had a fight Beans knocked Cornbread outt…
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Headin' for the station with a pack on my back I'm…
Doug The Jitterbug Doug the jitterbug, Just a silly lug, Young and wild…
Reet Petite and Gone I found a gal that beats 'em all She isn't too…