"Jack, You're Dead" is a song written by Dick Miles and Walter Bishop. It was performed by

Louis Jordan Louis Thomas Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as " the King of the Jukebox", he earned his high ...

and his

Tympany Five Tympany Five was a successful and influential American rhythm and blues and jazz dance band founded by Louis Jordan in 1938. The group was composed of a horn section of three to five different pieces and also drums, double bass, guitar and pian ...

, recorded in October 1946, and released on the

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label (catalog no. 23901-B). The song describes a man's physical state if he fails to respond to romance. The song peaked at No. 1 on ''

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''s race record chart and remained on the chart for 20 weeks. It also reached No. 21 on the pop chart. It was ranked No. 4 on the magazine's list of the most played race records of 1947. Jordan plays alto saxophone and sings on the record. The "A" side of the record was "I Know What You're Puttin' Down". On its release, ''Billboard'' described the song as "dandy", "jivey", and "solid". Jordan and the Tympany Five also performed the song in the 1947 motion picture, "Look-Out Sister".

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