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Louis Jordan

Blues
Early R&B
Soul music
A trailblazing jazz singer who habitually added comedy to his stirring vocals, Louis Jordan was "king of the juke box" and became one of the biggest American stars of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s with a style that became known as jump blues. His father was a music teacher in Brinkley, Arkansas who taught his son to play, his first instrument being clarinet. Jordan went on to perform with various local bands and in 1946 he was invited to join one of the best bands of the day, New York's Savoy Ballroom orchestra, led by drummer Chick Webb; and with his energetic stage presence and gi...
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CaldoniaLouis Jordan
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Baby, It's Cold OutsideLouis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
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Baby, It's Cold OutsideElla Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
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Baby, It's Cold OutsideElla Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan
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Choo Choo Ch'BoogieLouis Jordan and Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5
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Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?Louis Jordan
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CaldoniaLouis Jordan

Those Fabulous Forties Vol 6 1945

2:44

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Baby, It's Cold OutsideLouis Armstrong, Louis Prima, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan

Ain't She Sweet

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Baby, It's Cold OutsideElla Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan

Ella And Her Fellas

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Baby, It's Cold OutsideElla Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan

Ella And Her Fellas

2:43

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Choo Choo Ch'BoogieLouis Jordan and Louis Jordan & His Tympany 5

Our Song

2:44

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Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan & Chris Barber

4:05

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