The Essential Collection

Compilation by Louis Jordan

Released 19 February 2007

blues jazz jump blues

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Tracklist

CD 1
1
Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
2:47
2
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on That Door
3:17
3
Salt Pork, West Virginia
3:02
4
Open the Door, Richard
3:04
5
Run Joe
3:24
6
Small Town Boy
2:52
7
The Green Grass Grows All Around
2:56
8
Early in the Mornin'
3:25
9
Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
2:46
10
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
2:49
11
Beware!
2:54
12
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
3:02
13
Texas and Pacific
3:08
14
It's a Low-Down, Dirty Shame
2:48
15
Why'd You Do It, Baby?
3:22
16
Pettin' and Pokin'
2:35
17
Daddy-O
3:18
18
The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
2:28
19
We Can't Agree
2:55
20
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
2:45
21
Flat Face
2:44
22
My Baby Said 'Yes"
2:56
23
You're on the Right Track, Baby
3:05
24
Barnyard Boogie
2:49
25
How Long Must I Wait for You?
2:40
26
Stone Cold Dead in de Market
2:41
CD 2
1
Ain't That Just Like a Woman?
2:53
2
Look Out!
2:59
3
It's So Easy
2:54
4
How 'Bout That?
2:57
5
Five Guys Named Moe
3:01
6
Reconversion Blues
2:25
7
A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But a Bird
2:37
8
I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)
2:33
9
Your Socks Don't Match
3:00
10
Let the Good Times Roll
2:53
11
I Know What You're Puttin' Down
3:10
12
Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches
2:43
13
Swingin' in the Coconut Trees
2:46
14
Keep A-Knockin'
2:35
15
Deacon Jones
2:58
16
Doug the Jitterbug
2:33
17
At the Swing Cat's Ball
2:31
18
That Chick's Too Young to Fry
2:26
19
G.I. Jive
3:01
20
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
2:31
21
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
3:09
22
Jack, You're Dead
2:37
23
I Like 'Em Fat Like That
2:38
24
All for the Love of Lil
2:55
25
Petootie Pie
2:37

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Release credits

Bing Crosby
vocal [9]
Charlie Drayton
double bass [14]
Clarence Johnson
piano [14]
Courtney Williams
trumpet [14]
Ella Fitzgerald
vocal [26]
Lemuel Johnson
tenor saxophone [14]
Louis Jordan
alto saxophone [14], baritone saxophone [14], clarinet [14], conductor [9], vocal [9, 14]
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
performing orchestra [1.26, 2.9]
Walter Martin
drums (drum set) [14]

Issues

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The Essential Collection
2x CD
19 February 2007