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Rock Doc! Louis Jordan on Mercury 1956-57
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Big Bess
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
Ain't Nobudy Here But Us Chickens
Choo Choo Ch'boogie
Knock Me A Kiss
Caldonia
Let The Good Times Roll
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't, My Baby?
Beware, Brother, Beware
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Salt Pork, West Virginia
Run, Joe
Early In The Morning
Cat Scratchin'
Rock, Doc!
Ella Mae
Fire
Saturday Night Fish Fry
The Jamf
Got My Mo-Jo Working
I Hadn't Anyone Till You
Sweet Lorraine
The Nearness Of You
Sunday
I've Found My Peace Of Mind
A Man Ain't A Man
Route 66
The Slop |
The legendary Louis Jordan was as vulnerable as anybody else to changing fashions in the 1950s as Rock n Roll arose, bookings reduced.His longstanding deal with DECCA Records was unbelievably not renewed. Louis' former manger had founded soon to be major Chicago label Mercury Records, and had the idea of not recording new material, but re-recording Louis' greatest songs for the new microgroove album market with a new Tympany 5 made up of top New York, Chicago and Hollywood session men, not the odd idea it sounds nowadays, as this would not only capture a potential new market of youngsters, but recapture older fans who wanted the best of Louis on the new-fangled LP format. If Louis Jordan had harboured any reservations about the use of session musicians on these initial recordings, these were soon blown away by the new life injected into his familiar old songs by the likes of Sam The Man Taylor on tenor sax, pianist Ernie Hayes, Mickey Baker on guitar and young Quincy Jones s sympathetic arrangements. The optimism was infectious: Mercury marketed the new recordings in the trade paper ads by billing Jordan as The Original Rock And Roller , making an astute reference to his place among the progenitors of R&B and, therefore, rock n roll.
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The Aladdin, "X" and Vik Recordings 1953-55
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Whiskey Do Your Stuff
Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy!
Ooo-Wee
I'll Die Happy
A Dollar Down
Hurry Home
I Seen What'cha Done
Messy Bessy
Louie's Blues
If I Had Any Sense, I'd Go Back Home
Put Some Money In The Pot, Boy!
Yeah, Yeah, Baby!
Fat Back And Corn Liquor
The Dripper
Times A-Passin'
Gal, You Need A Whippin'!
It's Hard To Be Good Without You
Gotta Go
Private Property (No Trespassing)
It's Been Said
Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets
Baby, Let's Do It Up!
Bananas
Chicken Back
Where Can I Go?
Baby, You're Just Too Much!
Rock 'n' Roll Call
Slo', Smooth And Easy |
One of the biggest RnB recording stars of the 1940s.... due to his having spent a still unbeaten 113 weeks at the #1 spot - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five had scored 57 national R&B chart hits between 1942 and 1951, including chart-toppers such as "Choo Choo Ch'boogie", "Caldonia", "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chicken", "Jack, You're Dead!", "Saturday Night Fish Fry", "Buzz Me", "Ain't That Just Like A Woman", "G I Jive" and others.Ironically, Jordan was dropped from his label, Decca, just as he had been ranked in the 1953 Down Beat magazine popularity poll for his alto saxophone playing, while the Tympany Five appeared in the 'Best Combo' section for the first time and, to add insult to injury, his latest single was selling better than any other from the past three years . It looked like all the new developments in music of the early 1950's had left Louis behind... but NO! Here, all in one place, are his 1953-1955 challenges to the emerging RocknRoll, and you know what? Louis had 'em on the ropes! 28 great rockin' slabs of crazy jump blues from the master is what we have here... tunes you'll love! Just try and keep from dancing to these!!! Louis Jordan's legacy lives on in the smash hit musical "5 Guys Named Moe", based on his work and unique style... the heppest cat of all remains timeless!
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