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Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five: Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie | Retrospective RTR4374

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five: Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie

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Label: Retrospective

Cat No: RTR4374

Barcode: 0710357437427

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Jazz

Release Date: 3rd July 2020

Contents

Artists

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
Bing Crosby
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong

Artists

Louis Jordan & his Tympany Five
Bing Crosby
Ella Fitzgerald
Louis Armstrong

About

Here are the 27 finest tracks of vocalist, alto- saxophonist and bandleader, Louis Jordan (1908-1975), more than half of them chart-toppers, and making up the best single-CD selection available of this ebullient artist. Hailed as the “Father of Rhythm & Blues” and the “Grandfather of Rock ’n’ Roll”, Jordan formed his own band in 1938. The Tympany Five was a phenomenal success, notching up a still-unsurpassed record of 113 weeks at No.1 on the R&B charts! His innovative, extremely popular vocal style paved the way not only for the next generation of R&B singers but provided the direct inspiration for Bill Haley and Chuck Berry in founding Rock ’n’ Roll.

Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie was the million-selling hit that topped the R&B chart for 18 weeks – the longest ever. It is also the title and opening track of the Retrospective CD featuring his 27 best from 1939-1950. They include 14 crossover pop hits such as G.I. Jive (No.1 for 6 weeks) and Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby? (No.2) and no fewer than 15 titles that reached the R&B No.1 position: Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens (for 17 weeks), Boogie Woogie Blue Plate (14), Saturday Night Fish Fry (12), Buzz Me (9), Caldonia (7), Jack, You’re Dead (7) and so on. Every number pulsates with life and exhilarating vibrancy – as Jordan’s immortal classic puts it, Let The Good Times Roll!

Five tracks feature Louis Jordan in duet with Ella Fitzgerald (Stone Cold Dead In The Market – another No.1 – plus two more), Bing Crosby (My Baby Said “Yes”) and Louis Armstrong (You Rascal, You).

Tracklisting:
1. Choo Choo Ch’ Boogie
2. Keep A-Knockin’
3. Five Guys Named Moe
4. Ration Blues 3.05
5. Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
6. Mop! Mop!
7. G.I. Jive
8. My Baby Said “Yes” (with Bing Crosby)
9. Buzz Me
10. Caldonia
11. Don’t Worry ’Bout That Mule
12. Stone Cold Dead In The Market (with Ella Fitzgerald)
13. Petootie Pie (with Ella Fitzgerald)
14. Don’t Let The Sun Catch You Cryin’
15. Ain’t That Just Like A Woman?
16. That Chick’s Too Young To Fry
17. Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens
18. Let The Good Times Roll
19. Texas And Pacific
20. Jack, You’re Dead!
21. Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
22. Barnyard Boogie
23. Early In The Mornin’
24. Run, Joe
25. Baby, It’s Cold Outside (with Ella Fitzgerald)
26. Saturday Night Fish Fry
27. You Rascal, You (with Louis Armstrong)

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