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Louis Jordan - Buzz me Baby

Louis Jordan - Buzz me Baby (02:54)

Tribute to Louis Jordan

Caldonia / Louis Jordan

Caldonia / Louis Jordan (02:54)

ロックンロールの源流の一つ、ブギウギの名曲です。 1959年にビル・ヘイリーもカバーして歌っています。

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five--Is You Is Or Is You Ain't

Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five--Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (02:07)

Is You Is or Is you Ain't my Baby from the Movie Follow The Boys--1944

Louis Jordan Let The Good Times Roll

Louis Jordan Let The Good Times Roll (02:51)

Louis Jordan Let The Good Times Roll

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Louis Jordan Biography

Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader 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. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #59 on their list of the [http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/ 100 Greatest Artists of All Time].

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Louis Jordan's Best Songs

  • 1. Caldonia
  • 2. Knock Me a Kiss
  • 3. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
  • 4. Let the Good Times Roll
  • 5. Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
  • 6. Saturday Night Fish Fry
  • 7. Five Guys Named Moe
  • 8. Beans And Cornbread
  • 9. Early in the Morning
  • 10. Run Joe
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Louis Jordan Discography

Louis Jordan albums.

  • How 'Bout That - 1998 (Hallmark/GB)
  • The 'V' Discs & More - 31/07/2000 (Zircon Bleu/GB)

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