Louis Jordan (8 de julho de 1908 - 4 de fevereiro de 1975) foi um pioneiro americano de jazz, blues e rhythm & blues. Músico, compositor e líder de banda que teve uma enorme popularidade desde o final dos anos 1930 ao início dos anos 1950. Conhecido como "O Rei da Jukebox", vendeu mais de 4 milhões de singles.
Discografia parcial Lançamentos pela Decca Records Matriz Lançamento Faixas760929 de Março de 1939 Keep A-Knockin At the Swing Cats' Ball85602 de Abril de 1941 Brotherly Love Saxa-Woogie8593
2362822 de Novembro de 1941
15 de Novembro de 1941 I'm Gonna Move To The Ooutskirts Of Town Knock Me Kiss860522 de Novembro de 1941 The Green Grass Grows All Around862715 de Novembro de 1941
22 de Novembro de 1941 Small Town Boy Mama Mama Blues863821 de Julho de 1942 I'm gonna leave you on the outskirts of town It's a low down dirty shame8645
2362921 de Julho de 1942 What's The Use of Getting Sober The Chicks I Pick Are Slender And Tender And Tall865321 de Julho de 1942 That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out Five Guys Named Moe86544 de Outubro de 1943 Ration Blues Deacon Jones86594 de Outubro de 1943 G.I.Jive Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)8668 You Can't Get That No More Mop! Mop!867019 de Abril de 1945 Caldonia Somebody Done Changed The Lock on My Door18734 Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule Buzz Me18762 Reconversion Blues Salt Pork, West Virginia18818
23931 Beware Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'235469 de Outubro de 1945 Stone Cold Dead In The Market (com Ella Fitzgerald) Petootie Pie (com Ella Fitzgerald)23610 That's Chick's Too Young To Fry Choo Choo Ch'Boogie2363021 de Julho de 1942 Is You Is or Is You Ain't Five Guys Named Moe2363121 de Julho de 1942
15 de Novembro de 1941 It's A Low Down Dirty Shame Mama Mama Blues23669 Ain't That Just Like A Woman If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me237411946 Let The Good Times Roll Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens238101947 Texas And Pacific I Like 'Em Fat Like That2384123 de Janeiro de 1947 Open the Door Richard! It's So Easy23901 I Know What You're Puttin' Down Jack, You're Dead24108 Boogie Woogie Blue Plate Sure Had a Wonderful Time24155 Look Out Early In The Mornin'24300 Barnyard Boogie How Long Must I Wait For You243811 de Dezembro de 1947 Reet, Petite and Gone Inflation Blues24448 Run Joe All For The Love of Lil2448318 de Dezembro de 1947
24 de novembro de 1947 Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends We Can't Agree2450218 de Dezembro de 1947 You're On The Right Track Baby Daddy-O245271 de Dezembro de 1947
18 de Dezembro de 1947 Pettin' and Pokin' Why'd You Do It Baby2457124 de novembro de 1947 Have You Got The Gumption Roamin' Blues245872 de Julho de 1949 You Broke Your Promise Safe, Sane And Single24633 Every Man To His Own Profession Cole Slow2467324 de novembro de 1947 Bean And Cone Bread Chicky-Mo, Craney-Cro24725 Saturday Night Fish Fry24815 School Days24877 Push Ka Pee She Pie Hungry Man2539424 de Janeiro de 1941
2 de Abril de 1941 Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Saxa-Woogie27058 Onions27114 Blue Light Boogie27129 I Want A Roof Over My Head (And Bread on My Table) Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)27203 Tambouritza Boogie Trouble Then Satisfaction27324 (You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse Lemonade27428 It's A Great Great Pleasure Tear Drops From My Eyes27547 Weak Minded Blues Is My Pop In There27620 I Can't Give You Anything But Love You Will Always Have A Friend27694 Please Don't Leave Me Three Handed Woman27784 Trust In Me Cook-A-Doodle Doo27806 May Every Day Be Christmas Bone Dry27898 Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbows)27969 Louisville Lodge Meeting Work Baby Work28088 Slow Down Never Trust A Woman28211 Junco Partner Azure-Te28225 Oil Well Texas Jordan For President28335 All of Me There Goes My Heart2844420 de Janeiro de 1947
1 de Dezembro de 1947 Friendship You're Much Too Fat28543 You Didn't Want Me Baby A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed28664 It's Better To Wait For Love Just Like A Butterfly28756 Hog Wash House Party28820 There Must Be A Way Time Marches On28883 I Want You To Be My Baby You Know It Too28983 Fat Sam From Birmingham The Soona Baby29018 Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Lollypop29166 Only Yesterday I Didn't Know What Time It Was29263 If It's True Wake Up Jacob29424 Locked-Up Perdido29655 Come And Get It I Want You To Be My Baby29860 Everything That's Made of Wood I Gotta Move30223 I Want You To Be My Baby Run Joe
Lançamentos pela Navy V-disc Matriz Faixas17B You Can't Get That No More The End of My Worries258A Deacon Jones I Like 'Em Fat Like That273 Bahama Joe Nobody But Me
Lançamentos pela V-disc Matriz Faixas158B Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby Knock Me A Kiss175A I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town I've Found A New Baby196B Five Guys Named Moe Jumpin' At The Jubilee237B You Can't Get That No More The End of My Worries376A How High Am I Hey Now Let's Jive478A Deacon Jones I Like 'Em Fat Like That513B Bahama Joe Nobody But Me
Lançamentos pela Alladin records Matriz Faixas3223 Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy Whiskey Do Your Stuff3227 Ooo-Wee I'll Die Happy3243 Hurry Home A Dollar Down3246 I Seen What'cha Done Messy Bessy3249 Louis Blues If I Had Any Sence I'd Go Back Home3264 Put Some Money In The Pot Boy 'Cause That Juice Is Runnin' Low Yeah Yeah Baby3270 The Dripper Fat Back And Corn Liquor3279 Gal You Need A Whippin' Time Is A-Passin'3295 It's Hard To Be Good Gotta Go513B Bahama Joe Nobody But Me
Lançamentos pela Tangerine Hallejuah...LJ is back! (Versão americana) The Troubador Don' Wait Too Long (somente nos EUA) Saturday Night Fish Fry September Song (somente nos EUA) Honey Bee My Friends Cole Slaw Time is Running Out El Camino Real (somente nos EUA) My Love and Devotion You Can Depend on Me (somente nos EUA)
Hallelujah...LJ is back! (Versão britânica) Hard Head (somente no Reino Unido) What I'd Say (somente no Reino Unido) You're My Mule (somente no Reino Unido) Don't Send Me Flowers (somente no Reino Unido) The Troubador Saturday Night Fish Fry Honey Bee My Friends Cole Slaw Time is Running Out El Camino Real Hop, Skip and Jump
Outros Lançamentos Matriz Faixas924 Texarkana Twist You're My Mule926 Working Man The Meeting930 Hard Head Never Know When a Woman Changes Her Mind933 Point of No Return Don't Send Me Flowers937 Old Age What I'd Say942 The Troubador Time is Running Out947 Saturday Night Fish Fry Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens958 65 Bars Coming Home
Singles de sucesso Lançamento Título Paradas de Sucesso Notas US R&B/Race Charts US Charts 1942"I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town"3 1942"What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)"1 1943"The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall"10 1943"Five Guys Named Moe"3 1943"That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out"8 1943"Ration Blues"111Primeiro sucesso "crossover" de Jordan, ou seja, atingiu tanto as paradas negras e brancas quando havia segregação racial nas radios americanas 1944"G.I. Jive"11 1944"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"32 1945"Mop! Mop!"1 1945"You Can't Get That No More"211 1945"Caldonia"16Renomeado para "Caldonia Boogie" para as parada dos Estados Unidos 1945"Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door"3 1945"My Baby Said Yes"14Dueto com Bing Crosby 1946"Buzz Me"19 1946"Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule"1 1946"Salt Pork, West Virginia"2 1946"Reconversion Blues"2 1946"Beware (Brother, Beware)"220 1946"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'"3 1946"Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)"17Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald 1946"Petootie Pie"3Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald 1946"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"17 1946"That Chick's Too Young to Fry"3 1946"Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)"117 1946"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"16 1946"Let The Good Times Roll"2 1947"Texas and Pacific"120 1947"I Like 'Em Fat Like That"5 1947"Open the Door, Richard!"26 1947"Jack, You're Dead"121 1947"I Know What You're Puttin' Down"3 1947"Boogie Woogie Blue Plate"121 1947"Early in the Mornin'"3 1947"Look Out"5 1948"Barnyard Boogie"2 1948"How Long Must I Wait for You"9 1948"Reet, Petite and Gone"4 1948"Run Joe"123 1948"All for the Love of Lil"13 1948"Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"14 1948"Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends"4 1948"We Can't Agree"14 1948"Daddy-O"7Dueto com Martha Davis 1948"Pettin' and Pokin'"5 1949"Roamin' Blues"10 1949"You Broke Your Promise"3 1949"Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)"7 1949"Every Man to His Own Profession"10 1949"Baby, It's Cold Outside"69Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald 1949"Beans and Corn Bread"1 1949"Saturday Night Fish Fry (Partes 1 e 2)"121 1950"School Days"5 1950"Blue Light Boogie (Partes 1 e 2)"1 1950"I'll Never Be Free"7Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald 1950"Tamburitza Boogie"10 1951"Lemonade"5 1951"Tear Drops from My Eyes"4 1951"Weak Minded Blues"5
Coletâneas Há uma quantidade muito grande de coletâneas de Louis Jordan disponíveis no mercado altualmente, algumas das mais famosas são:
A gravadora Bear Family da Alemanha lançou uma vasta coleção de nove CDs em 1994 com os trabalhos completos de Jordan em sua estadia na Decca Records, chamado "Let the Good Times Roll: the Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954""Let the Good Times Roll: the Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954" no allmusic.com..
A Proper Records do Reino Unido também lançou uma coleção de 4 CDs, contendo 102 faixas chamada "Jivin' With Jordan" que inclui os trabalhos essenciais de Jordan na época da Decca Records."Jivin' With Jordan" no allmusic.com
Uma das mais abrangentes coletâneas de singles de Jordan foi lançada em 1975 pela MCA Records com o titulo de "The Best of Louis Jordan"The Best of Louis Jordan no allmusic.com.
Discografia Parcial de Louis Jordan Discografia de Louis Jordan no allmusic.com
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