Saturday, June 08, 2002

Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan
Brinkley, Arkansas, United States
Swing, jump blues, jazz, blues, R&B, big band, comedy music

Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American musician, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", he was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.


One Sided Love then Sakatumi (1968) 2000 Rem.
Rock'n'Roll (1989) 1956-1957
Five Guys Named Moe (1992) 1942-1950
The Chronological (1992) 1934-1940, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
The Chronological (1997) 1945-1946, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
The Chronological (1998) 1946-1947, Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five
Jivin' with Jordan (2002) 1939-1951