A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird

Name: A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird
Duration: 2 min 38 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track Artist	Release Title	Release Artist	Release Group Type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.11	A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird	2:38	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	The Chronological Classics: Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five 1940-1941	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Album + Compilation	FR1992	Classics Records (compilations of the Chronological Series)	663
1.15	A Chicken Ain't Nothing but a Bird	2:39	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Jazz & Blues Collection 18: Louis Jordan	Louis Jordan	Album + Compilation	FR1995	Éditions Atlas	WIS CD 618
1.10	A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird	2:37	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Jazz Greats, Volume 9: Louis Jordan: Saxa-Woogie	Louis Jordan	Album + Compilation	GB1996	Marshall Cavendish Partworks Limited (Publishing company)	JAZZCD 009
1.26	A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird	2:38	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Album + Compilation	GB2001	JSP Records	JSPCD905A, JSPCD905B, JSPCD905C, JSPCD905D, JSPCD905E
1.14	A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird	2:37	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	Jivin’ With Jordan	Louis Jordan	Album + Compilation	GB2002-07-08	Proper Records	PROPERBOX 47

alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:	Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1940-09-30)
clarinet and tenor saxophone:	Kenneth Hollon (on 1940-09-30)
double bass:	Charlie Drayton (1930s-50s blues bassist) (on 1940-09-30)
drums (drum set):	Walter Martin (1930-40s drummer) (on 1940-09-30)
piano:	Arnold Thomas (on 1940-09-30)
trumpet:	Courtney Williams (1930-40s trumpeter) (on 1940-09-30)
vocals:	Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1940-09-30)

recording of:	A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird (on 1940-09-30)

lyricist and composer:	Emmett “Babe” Wallace

publisher:	EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)