Louis Jordan discography
Louis Jordan was an American popular music innovator who recorded from the 1930s until the 1970s. During the 1940s, he was the most popular recording artist of the soon-to-be-called rhythm and blues music.[note 1] Jordan had eighteen No. 1 hits, which places him as the third most successful singles artist in Billboard R&B charts history.[note 2] His 1946 recording of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is tied for second place for spending the most weeks (eighteen) at No. 1.[note 3] Jordan's success was not limited to the R&B market — he also had No. 1 hits on the Billboard Pop and Country charts.
| Louis Jordan discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 10 |
| Live albums | 1 |
| Compilation albums | 10+ |
| Singles | 125 |
The peak of Jordan's popularity occurred when the two-song record single was the typical format, before the emergence of the long-playing record album. As a result, although he recorded prolifically, he had relatively few albums until compilations began appearing after his death in 1975. Listed here are the singles and albums Jordan recorded during his career, as well as the more current and notable compilations.
Singles
1930s
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| 1939 | "Honey in the Bee Ball" |
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| 1939 | "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" |
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| 1939 | "Flat Face" |
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| 1939 | "Doug the Jitterbug" |
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| 1939 | "Keep a-Knockin’" |
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| 1939 | "At the Swing Cat’s Ball" |
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| 1939 | "Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches" |
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| 1939 | "Swinging in a Cocoanut Tree" |
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| 1939 | "Honeysuckle Rose"[note 5] |
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| 1939 | "But I’ll Be Back" |
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| 1939 | "‘Fore Day Blues" |
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| 1939 | "You Ain’t Nowhere" |
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| 1939 | "You’re My Meat" |
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| 1939 | "Jake, What a Snake" |
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1940s
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions[note 6] | ||
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| 1940 | "Hard Lovin’ Blues"[note 7] |
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| 1940 | "You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business"[note 8] |
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| 1940 | "I'm Alabama Bound" |
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| 1940 | "June Teenth Jamboree" |
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| 1940 | "You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes"[note 9] |
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| 1940 | "After School Swing Session (Swinging with Symphony Sid)" |
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| 1940 | "Lovie Joe"[note 10] |
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| 1940 | "Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man" |
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| 1940 | "Bounce the Ball (Do Da Little Um Day)" |
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| 1940 | "Don’t Come Crying on My Shoulder" |
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| 1940 | "Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand’s Doin’" |
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| 1940 | "Penthouse in the Basement" |
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| 1940 | "Oh Boy, I’m in the Groove |
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| 1940 | "Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee" |
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| 1940 | "Do You Call that a Buddy? (Dirty Cat)" |
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| 1940 | "Pompton Turnpike" |
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| 1940 | "I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)" |
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| 1940 | "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird" |
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| 1941 | "T-Bone Blues" |
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| 1941 | "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"[note 11] |
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| 1941 | "The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)" |
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| 1941 | "Pan-Pan" |
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| 1941 | "Saxa-Woogie" |
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| 1941 | "Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)" |
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| 1941 | "Boogie Woogie Came to Town" |
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| 1941 | "Saint Vitus Dance" |
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| 1942 | "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town"[note 12] |
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| 1942 | "Knock Me a Kiss" |
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| 1942 | "How 'Bout That?" |
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| 1942 | "The Green Grass Grows All Around" |
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| 1942 | "Mama Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)"[note 13] |
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| 1942 | "Small Town Boy" |
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| 1942 | "I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town" |
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| 1942 | "It's a Low Down Dirty Shame" |
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| 1942 | "What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)"[note 14] |
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| 1943 | "The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall" |
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| 1943 | "Five Guys Named Moe"[note 15] |
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| 1943 | "That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out" |
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| 1943 | "Ration Blues"[note 16] |
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| 1944 | "Deacon Jones" |
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| 1944 | "G.I. Jive" |
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| 1944 | "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)" |
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| 1945 | "Mop! Mop!" |
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| 1945 | "You Can't Get That No More" |
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| 1945 | "Caldonia"[note 17][note 18] |
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| 1945 | "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door" |
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| 1945 | "My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)"[note 19] |
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| 1945 | "Your Socks Don't Match" |
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| 1946 | "Buzz Me" |
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| 1946 | "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule" |
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| 1946 | "Salt Pork, West Virginia" |
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| 1946 | "Reconversion Blues" |
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| 1946 | "Beware"[note 20] |
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| 1946 | "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" |
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| 1946 | "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)"[note 21] |
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| 1946 | "Petootie Pie" |
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| 1946 | "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" |
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| 1946 | "That Chick's Too Young to Fry" |
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| 1946 | "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" |
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| 1946 | "If It's Love You Want, Baby That's Me" |
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| 1946 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" |
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| 1946 | "Let the Good Times Roll" |
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| 1947 | "Texas and Pacific" |
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| 1947 | "I Like 'Em Fat Like That" |
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| 1947 | "Open the Door, Richard!" |
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| 1947 | "It's So Easy" |
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| 1947 | "Jack, You're Dead" |
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| 1947 | "I Know What You're Puttin' Down" |
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| 1947 | "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" |
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| 1947 | "Sure Had a Wonderful Time" |
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| 1947 | "Look Out" |
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| 1947 | "Early in the Mornin'" |
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| 1948 | "Barnyard Boogie" |
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| 1948 | "How Long Must I Wait for You" |
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| 1948 | "Reet, Petite and Gone" |
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| 1948 | "Inflation Blues" |
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| 1948 | "Run Joe" |
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| 1948 | "All for the Love of Lil" |
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| 1948 | "Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends" |
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| 1948 | "We Can't Agree" |
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| 1948 | "Daddy-O"[note 22] |
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| 1948 | "You're on the Right Track, Baby" |
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| 1948 | "Pettin' and Pokin'" |
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| 1948 | "Why'd You Do It, Baby?" |
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| 1949 | "Roamin' Blues" |
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| 1949 | "Have You Got the Gumption?" |
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| 1949 | "You Broke Your Promise" |
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| 1949 | "Safe, Sane and Single" |
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| 1949 | "Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)" |
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| 1949 | "Every Man to His Own Profession" |
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| 1949 | "You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business"[note 23] |
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| 1949 | "A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird"[note 24] |
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| 1949 | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" |
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| 1949 | "Don't Cry, Cry Baby" |
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| 1949 | "Beans and Corn Bread" |
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| 1949 | "Chicky-Mo, Craney-Cro" |
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| 1949 | "Saturday Night Fish Fry (Pts. 1 & 2)" |
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V-Discs
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | ||
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| 1943 | "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" |
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| 1943 | "Knock Me a Kiss" |
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| 1942 | "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" |
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| 1943 | "I've Found a New Baby" |
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| 1943 | "Five Guys Named Moe" |
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| 1943 | "Jumpin' at the Jubilee" |
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| 1943 | "You Can't Get That No More" |
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| 1943 | "The End of My Worry" |
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| 1944 | "How High Am I" |
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| 1944 | "Hey Now Let's Live" |
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| 1944 | "Deacon Jones" |
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| 1944 | "I Like 'Em Fat Like That" |
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| 1944 | "Bahama Joe" |
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| 1944 | "Nobody but Me" |
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1950s
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions[note 26] | ||
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| 1950 | "School Days" |
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| 1950 | "I Know What I've Got" |
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| 1950 | "Push-Ka-Pee Shee Pie" |
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| 1950 | "Hungry Man" |
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| 1950 | "Baby's Gonna Go Bye Bye" |
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| 1950 | "Heed My Warning" |
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| 1950 | "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"[note 27] |
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| 1950 | "Saxa-Woogie"[note 28] |
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| 1950 | "Honeysuckle Rose"[note 29] |
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| 1950 | "T-Bone Blues" |
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| 1950 | "Onion" |
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| 1950 | "Psycho-Loco" |
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| 1950 | "Blue Light Boogie (Pts. 1 & 2)" |
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| 1950 | "I Want a Roof Over My Head" |
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| 1950 | "Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)" |
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| 1950 | "I'll Never Be Free" |
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| 1950 | "Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own" |
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| 1950 | "Tamburitza Boogie" |
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| 1950 | "Trouble Then Satisfaction" |
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| 1950 | "Life Is So Peculiar"[note 30] |
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| 1950 | "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You, Rascal You"[note 31] |
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| 1951 | "Lemonade" |
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| 1951 | "(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse" |
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| 1951 | "Tear Drops from My Eyes" |
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| 1951 | "It's a Great, Great Pleasure" |
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| 1951 | "Weak Minded Blues" |
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| 1951 | "Is My Pop in There?" |
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| 1951 | "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" |
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| 1951 | "You Will Always Have a Friend" |
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| 1951 | "If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich" |
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| 1951 | "How Blue Can You Get?" |
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| 1951 | "Please Don't Leave Me" |
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| 1951 | "Three-Handed Woman" |
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| 1951 | "Trust in Me" |
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| 1951 | "Cock-a-Doodle Doo" |
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| 1951 | "May Every Day Be Christmas" |
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| 1951 | "Bone Dry" |
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| 1952 | "Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbows)" |
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| 1952 | "No Sale" |
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| 1951 | "Louisville Lodge Meeting" |
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| 1951 | "Work Baby Work" |
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| 1952 | "Slow Down" |
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| 1952 | "Never Trust a Woman" |
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| 1952 | "Junco Partner" |
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| 1952 | "Azure-Te" |
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| 1952 | "Oil Well, Texas" |
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| 1952 | "Jordan for President" |
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| 1952 | "Friendship" |
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| 1952 | "You're Much Too Fat" |
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| 1953 | "You Didn't Want Me Baby" |
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| 1953 | "A Man's Best Friend" |
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| 1953 | "It's Better to Wait for Love" |
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| 1953 | "Just Like a Butterfly" |
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| 1953 | "Hog Wash" |
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| 1953 | "House Party" |
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| 1953 | "Time Marches On"[note 32] |
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| 1953 | "There Must Be a Way" |
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| 1953 | "I Want You to Be My Baby" |
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| 1953 | "You Know It Too" |
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| 1953 | "The Soona Baby" |
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| 1953 | "Fat Sam from Birmingham" |
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| 1954 | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" |
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| 1954 | "Lollypop" |
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| 1954 | "Only Yesterday" |
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| 1954 | "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" |
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| 1954 | "If It's True" |
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| 1954 | "Wake Up Jacob" |
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| 1954 | "Locked Up" |
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| 1954 | "Perdido" |
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| 1954 | "I Want You To Be My Baby"[note 33] |
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| 1954 | "Come And Get It" |
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| 1954 | "I Gotta Move" |
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| 1954 | "Everything That's Made of Wood (Was Once a Tree)" |
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| 1954 | "Time Marches On"[note 34] |
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| 1954 | "Run Joe"[note 35] |
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| 1954 | “Whiskey Do Your Stuff” |
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| 1954 | “Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy” |
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| 1954 | “I’ll Die Happy” |
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| 1954 | “Ooo-Wee” |
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| 1954 | “A Dollar Down” |
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| 1954 | “Hurry Home” |
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| 1954 | “I Seen Watcha Done” |
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| 1954 | “Messy Bessy” |
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| 1954 | “Louie's Blues” |
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| 1954 | “If I Had Any Sense, I’d Go Back Home” |
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| 1954 | “Yeah, Yeah Baby!” |
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| 1954 | “Put Some Money in the Pot, Boy (‘Cause the Juice is Running Low)” |
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| 1954 | “Fat Back and Corn Liquor” |
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| 1954 | “The Dripper” |
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| 1954 | “Gal, You Need a Whippin’” |
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| 1954 | “Time is a Passin’” |
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| 1954 | “Gotta Go” |
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| 1954 | “It’s Hard to be Good Without You” |
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| 1955 | “Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)” |
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| 1955 | “It’s Been Said” |
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| 1955 | “Bananas” |
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| 1955 | “Baby Let’s Do It Up” |
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| 1955 | “Chicken Back” |
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| 1955 | “Where Can I Go?” |
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| 1955 | “Rock 'n Roll Call” |
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| 1955 | “Baby, You’re Just Too Much” |
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| 1956 | “Big Bess” |
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| 1956 | “Cat Scratchin’” |
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| 1956 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens (remake) |
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| 1956 | "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (remake) |
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| 1957 | “Rock Doc” |
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| 1957 | “Morning Light” |
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| 1957 | “Fire” |
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| 1957 | “Ella Mae” |
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| 1957 | "I Found My Piece of Mind" |
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| 1957 | "I Never Had a Chance" |
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| 1958 | “Sweet Hunk of Junk” |
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| 1958 | “Wish I Could Make Some Money” |
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1960s
| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions[note 36] | ||
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| 1960 | "Bills" |
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| 1960 | "Fifty Cents" |
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| 1962 | "You're My Mule" |
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| 1962 | "Texarkana Twist" |
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| 1962 | "Workin' Man" |
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| 1962 | "The Meeting" |
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| 1963 | "Hardhead" |
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| 1963 | "Never Know When a Cheating Woman Changes Her Mind" |
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| 1963 | "Don't Send Me Flowers When I'm in the Graveyard" |
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| 1963 | "Point of No Return" |
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| 1964 | "What I Say"[note 37] |
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| 1964 | "Old Age" |
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| 1964 | "Time Is Running Out" |
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| 1964 | "Troubadour" |
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| 1964 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (remake) |
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| 1964 | "Saturday Nite Fish Fry" (remake) |
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| 1965 | "Comin' Down" |
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| 1965 | "65 Bars" |
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| 1968 | "Amen Corner" |
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| 1968 | "Watch The World" |
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| 1968 | "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" |
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| 1968 | "Sakatumi" |
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Albums
Studio albums
- Somebody Up There Digs Me (Mercury MG-20242, 1957)
- Man, We're Wailin' (Mercury MG-20331, 1958)
- One Sided Love – Then Sakatumi (Pzazz LP-321, 1968)
- I Believe in Music (Disques Black And Blue 33.059, 1973; CD reissue: Black & Blue BB-876, 1996)
Live albums
- Live Jive (A Touch of Magic 4, 1994)
Compilation albums
- The Best of Louis Jordan (MCA 2-4079, 1975; CD reissue: 1989)
- Five Guys Named Moe (Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2) (MCA 10503, 1992)
- Let the Good Times Roll (The Complete Decca Recordings 1938–1954) (Bear Family BCD-15557, 1992) 9-CD
- Louis Jordan on Film 1942–1948 (Krazy Kat KKCD-17, 1996)
- Let the Good Times Roll (The Anthology 1938–1954) (MCA/Decca 2-11907, 1999) 2-CD
- Jivin' with Jordan (Proper BOX 47, 2002) 4-CD
- The Aladdin, "X" & Vik Recordings 1953–1955 (Rev-Ola CRBAND-2, 2006)
- Roc Doc! Louis Jordan on Mercury 1956–1957 Rev-Ola CRREV-244, 2008)
Notes
- Whitburn 1988, p. 584.
- Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder are tied for first with twenty each.
- Joe Liggins's "The Honeydripper" was also No. 1 for eighteen weeks.
- 1930s chart information is not available.
- Reissued in 1950 on 25473.
- Whitburn 1988, pp. 229–230.
- Vocals by Yack Taylor.
- Reissued in 1949 on 24643.
- Vocal by Daisy Winchester.
- Vocal by Mabel Robinson.
- Reissued in 1950 on 25394.
- Reissued in 1946 on 23628.
- Reissued in 1946 on 23631.
- Reissued in 1946 on 23629.
- Reissued in 1946 on 23630.
- First crossover hit.
- Retitled "Caldonia Boogie" for national chart.
- Reissued in 1947 on 23932.
- Duet with Bing Crosby.
- Reissued in 1947 on 23931.
- Duet with Ella Fitzgerald.
- Duet with Martha Davis.
- Reissue of 7705.
- Reissue of 8501.
- Not applicable.
- Whitburn 1988, pp. 230
- Reissue of 8525.
- Reissue of 8560.
- Reissue of 7675.
- Duet with Louis Armstrong.
- Duet with Louis Armstrong.
- Reissued as 30223.
- Reissue of 28883.
- Reissue of 28820.
- Reissue of 24448.
- Whitburn 1988, p. 230
- Ray Charles' "What'd I Say" with different lyrics.
References
- Dahl, Bill (1996). "Lois Jordan". In Erlewine, Michael (ed.). All Music Guide to the Blues. Miller Freeman Books. pp. 144–145. ISBN 0-87930-424-3.
- Herzhaft, Gerard (1992). "Louis Jordan". Encyclopedia of the Blues. University of Arkansas Press. p. 180. ISBN 1-55728-252-8.
- Shadwick, Keith (2001). "Louis Jordan". The Encyclopedia of Jazz & Blues. Oceana. p. 329. ISBN 978-0-681-08644-9.
- Whitburn, Joel (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. pp. 299–230. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- "Louis Jordan – Singles & EPs". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved May 29, 2013.
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