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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Let The Good Times Roll: The Anthology 1938 - 1953
Louis Jordan Lyrics
Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens One night farmer Brown was takin' the airs Locked up the…
Ain't That Just Like a Woman There was Adam, happy as a man could be, Till Eve…
At the Swing Cat's Ball Come on, get set for the party, Tomorrow night at the…
Barnacle Bill The Sailor Who's that knocking at my door? Who's that knocking at my…
Beans and Cornbread Beans and Cornbread Beans and Cornbread had a fight Beans kn…
Beware Hey, fellas, yes, you, fellas, listen to me, i got…
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate There's a gal at the local beanery, She's a pretty hunk…
Choo Choo Ch 'Boogie Heading for the station with a pack on my back I'm…
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule Everybody's got a thing But some don't know how to…
Doug The Jitterbug Doug the jitterbug, Just a silly lug, Young and wild…
Fat Sam From Birmingham Birmingham! There's Sam! If you ever get down to Birming…
G.I. Jive This is the G. I. Jive Man alive It starts with the…
Honeysuckle Rose Every honey bee fills with jealousy When they see you out…
I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town Oh, life (Is so peculiar) (You get so wet in the rain) You…
Let The Good Times Roll Hey, everybody, let's have some fun You only live but once A…
Life Is So Peculiar Oh life (is so peculiar), (you get so wet in…
Mop! Mop! Mop mop, a thousand years ago Mop mop, a guy named…
Open the Door, Richard open the door, Richard open the door and let me in open…
Pan Pan Pan pan, looks like a dish pan Pan pan, must be…
Ration Blues Baby baby baby, what's wrong with Uncle Sam? He's cut down…
Run Joe Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey (Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey, Loey)…
Stone Cold Dead In The Market He's stone-cold dead in de market He's stone-cold dead in de…
Teardrops From My Eyes Come back to me, baby I feel so all alone It rained…
Texas and Pacific I know you heard of the Chattanooga Choo Choo The Rock…