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 ...
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.
[Whitburn 1988, p. 584.] Jordan had eighteen No. 1 hits, which places him as the third most successful singles artist in
''Billboard'' R&B charts history.
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Referred to as the " Queen of Soul", she has twice been placed ninth in ''Rolling Stone''s "100 Greatest Artists of All Time". With ...
and Stevie Wonder
Stevland Hardaway Morris ( Judkins; May 13, 1950), known professionally as Stevie Wonder, is an American singer-songwriter, who is credited as a pioneer and influence by musicians across a range of genres that include rhythm and blues, Pop musi ...
are tied for first with twenty each. His 1946 recording of "
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is tied for second place for spending the most weeks (eighteen) at No. 1.
Joe Liggins
Joseph Christopher Liggins, Jr. (born Theodro Elliott; July 9, 1916 – July 26, 1987) was an American R&B, jazz and blues pianist and vocalist who led Joe Liggins and his Honeydrippers in the 1940s and 1950s. His band appeared often on the ''B ...
's " The Honeydripper" was also No. 1 for eighteen weeks. Jordan's success was not limited to the R&B market — he also had No. 1 hits on the Billboard
Pop
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* POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade
* Pop!, a UK pop group
* Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band
Albums
* ''Pop'' (G ...
and
Country charts.
The peak of Jordan's popularity occurred when the two-song record
single
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* Single (music), a song release
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* "Single" (New Kids on the Block and Ne-Yo song), 2008
* "Single" (William Wei song), 2016
* "Single", by ...
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
1940s
V-Discs
1950s
1960s
Albums
Studio albums
*''Somebody Up There Digs Me'' (
Mercury
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* Mercury (planet), the nearest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a metallic chemical element with the symbol Hg
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman god
Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:
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* Merc ...
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
Bear Family Records is a Germany-based independent record label, that specializes in reissues of archival material, ranging from country music to 1950s rock and roll to old German movie soundtracks.
History
The label has been in existence since ...
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)
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