Track Listing

1. Whiskey Do Your Stuff
2. Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy!
3. Ooo-Wee
4. I'll Die Happy
5. A Dollar Down
6. Hurry Home
7. I Seen What'cha Done
8. Messy Bessy
9. Louie's Blues
10. If I Had Any Sense, I'd Go Back Home
11. Put Some Money In The Pot, Boy!
12. Yeah, Yeah, Baby!
13. Fat Back And Corn Liquor
14. The Dripper
15. Times A-Passin'
16. Gal, You Need A Whippin'!
17. It's Hard To Be Good Without You
18. Gotta Go
19. Private Property (No Trespassing)
20. It's Been Said
21. Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets
22. Baby, Let's Do It Up!
23. Bananas
24. Chicken Back
25. Where Can I Go?
26. Baby, You're Just Too Much!
27. Rock 'N' Roll Call
28. Slo', Smooth And Easy

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #139277 in Music
• Released on: 2006-08-28
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
One of the biggest R&B recording stars of the 1940s, due to his having spent a still unbeaten 113 weeks at the #1 spot - Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five had scored 57 national R&B chart hits between 942 and 1951, including chart-toppers such as `Choo Choo Ch'boogie', `Caldonia', `Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens', `Jack, You're Dead!', `Saturday Night Fish Fry', `Buzz Me', `Ain't That Just Like A Woman', `G I Jive' and others.

Ironically, Jordan was dropped from his label, Decca, just as he had been ranked in the 1953 Down Beat magazine popularity poll for his alto saxophone playing, while the Tympany Five appeared in the 'Best Combo' section for the first time and, to add insult to injury, his latest single was selling better than any other from the past three years . It looked like all the new developments in music of the early 1950's had left Louis behind... but...NO! Here, all in one place, are his 1953-1955 challenges to the emerging Rock'n'Roll, and you know what? Louis had 'em on the ropes!

28 great rockin' slabs of crazy jump blues from the master is what we have here - tunes you'll love! Just try an' keep from dancing to these!!!

Louis Jordan's legacy lives on in the smash hit musical "5 Guys Named Moe", based on his work and unique style; the heppest cat of all remains timeless!!!

Oustanding collection of his rockin' 1950's best! Exquisitely remastered and beautifully packaged! An instant party in a box… and a must for all fans of Jazz, Jump Blues, Rock'n'Roll, R&B, and the crazy zoot suited mania of the master!!!