The Essential Collection

~ Release by Louis Jordan (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▶ CD 1
▼ CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Ain't That Just Like a Woman?
2:53
2Look Out!
2:59
3It's So Easy
recording of:
It's So Easy
writer:
Allan Roberts (songwriter) and Doris Fisher
2:54
4How 'Bout That?
2:57
5Five Guys Named Moe
3:01
6Reconversion Blues
2:25
7A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
recording of:
A Chicken Ain’t Nothing but a Bird
lyricist and composer:
Emmett “Babe” Wallace
publisher:
EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
2:37
8I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
recording of:
I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
lyricist and composer:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:33
9Your Socks Don't Match
vocals:
Bing Crosby (on 1945-01-19) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
orchestra:
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five (on 1945-01-19)
conductor:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1945-01-19)
recording of:
Your Socks Don't Match (on 1945-01-19)
lyricist:
Leo Corday
composer:
Leon Carr
recording of:
Your Socks Don't Match (in 1945)
lyricist:
Leo Corday
composer:
Leon Carr
3:00
10Let the Good Times Roll
2:53
11I Know What You're Puttin' Down
recording of:
I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down
writer:
Bud Allen and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
publisher:
Cherio Corp.
3:10
12Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches
2:43
13Swingin' in the Coconut Trees
2:46
14Keep A-Knockin'
alto saxophone, baritone saxophone and clarinet:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1939-03-29)
double bass:
Charlie Drayton (1930s-50s blues bassist) (on 1938-03-29)
drums (drum set):
Walter Martin (1930-40s drummer) (on 1939-03-29)
piano:
Clarence Johnson (1930s jazz & blues pianist) (on 1939-03-29)
tenor saxophone:
Lemuel Johnson (on 1939-03-29)
trumpet:
Courtney Williams (1930-40s trumpeter) (on 1939-03-29)
vocals:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (on 1939-03-29)
recording of:
Keep A‐Knockin’ (but You Can’t Come In) (Louis Jordan’s version) (on 1939-03-29)
lyricist and composer:
John Henry ‘Perry’ Bradford and Bert M. Mays
arranger:
Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
version of:
You Can't Come In
2:35
15Deacon Jones
2:58
16Doug the Jitterbug
2:33
17At the Swing Cat's Ball
2:31
18That Chick's Too Young to Fry
recording of:
That Chick's Too Young to Fry
writer:
Tommy Edwards and Jimmy Hilliard
2:26
19G.I. Jive
recording of:
G.I. Jive (on 1944-03-15)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Mercer
publisher:
WC Music Corp.
3:01
20Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
recording of:
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
writer:
Wild Bill Davis, Duke Groaner, Fleecie Moore and Charlie Stewart
2:31
21Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
recording of:
Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens
writer:
Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney
3:09
22Jack, You're Dead
2:37
23I Like 'Em Fat Like That
recording of:
I Like 'em Fat Like That
writer:
Claude Demetrius, Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) and J. Mayo ‘Ink’ Williams
2:38
24All for the Love of Lil
2:55
25Petootie Pie
recording of:
Petootie Pie
writer:
Raymond Leveen, Lorenzo Pack and Frank Paparelli
2:37

Credits

Release

ASIN:US: B000N4SM5S [info]