Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five

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1939 – 1951 (12 years)
Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter 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. Jordan was one of the first black recording artists whose popularity crossed over into the mainstream white audience and who scored hits on both the "race" charts and the mainstream white pop charts. He is now acknowledged as… read more
Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter 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 bl… read more
Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 - February 4, 1975) was a pioneering African-American jazz and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter 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. Jordan was … read more

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1 Play track At The Swing Cat's Ball Keep A Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)
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2 Play track Jukebox Hits Volume 1 1942-1947 Salt Pork, West Virginia
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3 Play track The Best Of Louis Jordan Let The Good Times Roll
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4 Stardust: Forties Classics Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
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5 Play track Disc A: 1938-1940 Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In
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6 Play track Saturday Night Fish Fry - Pts. 1 & 2 Saturday Night Fish Fry - Pts. 1 & 2
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7 Play track The Best Of Louis Jordan Caldonia - Single Version
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8 Play track The Best Of Louis Jordan Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
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9 Play track The Best Of Louis Jordan Saturday Night Fish Fry
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10 Play track The Best Of Louis Jordan Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
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  1. 10,995 listeners

    31 Dec 2000 · 29 tracks

    Disc A: 1938-1940
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  2. 8,350 listeners

    21 Jun 2005 · 27 tracks

    Jukebox Hits Volume 1 1942-1947
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  3. 3,406 listeners

    31 Dec 2000 · 27 tracks

    Disc B: 1941-1944
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  4. 2,638 listeners

    31 Dec 2000 · 25 tracks

    Disc D: 1947-1949
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