Volume One 1939-1947

Compilation by Louis Jordan

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Toodle-Loo On Down
    3:14
  • 2
    So Good
    3:07
  • 3
    Away From You
    2:47
  • 4
    Honey In The Bee Ball
    3:09
  • 5
    Barnacle Bill The Sailor
    2:45
  • 6
    Flat Face
    2:43
  • 7
    Keep-A-Knockin' (But You Can't Come In)
    2:36
  • 8
    Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On
    2:45
  • 9
    Swinging On a Cocoanut Tree
    2:46
  • 10
    Doug The Jitterbug
    2:34
  • 11
    At The Swing Cat's Ball
    2:32
  • 12
    Honeysuckle Rose
    3:09
  • 13
    'Fore Day Blues
    2:38
  • 14
    But I'll Be Back
    2:38
  • 15
    You Ain't Nowhere
    2:42
  • 16
    Jake, What A Snake
    2:34
  • 17
    You're My Meat
    3:00
  • 18
    June Tenth Jamboree
    2:42
  • 19
    You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business
    2:37
  • 20
    I'm Alabama Bound
    2:58
  • 21
    Hard Lovin' Blues
    3:12
  • 22
    You Got To Go When The Wagon Comes
    2:26
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Lovie Joe
    2:45
  • 2
    Somebody Done Hoodooed The Hoodoo Man
    2:40
  • 3
    Bounce the Ball (Do Da Dittle Um Day)
    2:43
  • 4
    Penthouse In The Basement
    2:34
  • 5
    After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony Sid)
    2:37
  • 6
    Oh Boy, I'm In The Groove
    2:48
  • 7
    Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doin'
    3:03
  • 8
    Don't Come Crying On My Shoulder
    2:31
  • 9
    Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee
    2:32
  • 10
    A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird
    2:36
  • 11
    Pompton Turnpike
    3:09
  • 12
    Do You Call That A Buddy (Dirty Cat)
    3:15
  • 13
    I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do
    2:31
  • 14
    Pinetop's Boogie Woogie
    2:56
  • 15
    The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You)
    2:26
  • 16
    T-Bone Blues
    3:09
  • 17
    Pan Pan
    2:53
  • 18
    Saint Vitus Dance
    2:51
  • 19
    Saxa Woogie
    2:39
  • 20
    Brotherly Love
    2:59
  • 21
    Boogie Woogie Came To Town
    3:05
  • CD 3
  • 1
    How 'Bout That
    2:56
  • 2
    Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)
    3:07
  • 3
    Knock Me A Kiss
    2:49
  • 4
    The Green Grass Grows All Around
    2:52
  • 5
    Small Town Boy
    2:50
  • 6
    I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
    2:53
  • 7
    What's The Use of Gettin' Sober
    2:52
  • 8
    The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall
    2:29
  • 9
    I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
    3:07
  • 10
    That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
    3:10
  • 11
    It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
    2:50
  • 12
    Five Guys Named Moe
    3:02
  • 13
    Ration Blues
    3:09
  • 14
    Is You Or Is You Ain't My Baby
    2:45
  • 15
    Deacon Jones
    2:58
  • 16
    Mop-Mop
    2:57
  • 17
    G.I. Jive
    3:01
  • 18
    You Can't Get That No More
    3:20
  • 19
    My Baby Said Yes (Yip Yip De Hoodie)
    2:49
  • 20
    Your Socks Don't Match
    3:00
  • 21
    Buzz Me
    2:52
  • 22
    Caldonia Boogie
    2:40
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Somebody Done Changed That Lock On Your Door
    3:15
  • 2
    Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
    2:30
  • 3
    Salt Pork, West Virginia
    3:01
  • 4
    Reconversion Blues
    2:21
  • 5
    Beware
    2:51
  • 6
    Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
    2:59
  • 7
    Choo-Choo Ch Boogie
    2:43
  • 8
    Ain't That Just Like a Woman
    2:52
  • 9
    That Chick's Too Young To Fry
    2:25
  • 10
    If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me
    2:49
  • 11
    Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
    3:04
  • 12
    Stone Cold Dead In The Market
    2:41
  • 13
    Petootie Pie
    2:36
  • 14
    I Like 'Em Fat Like That
    2:40
  • 15
    It's So Easy
    2:52
  • 16
    Texas And Pacific
    3:04
  • 17
    Jack, You're Dead
    2:33
  • 18
    Sure Had A Wonderful Time
    3:00
  • 19
    I Know What You're Puttin' Down
    3:06
  • 20
    Open The Door Richard
    3:02
  • 21
    Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
    2:46
  • 22
    Early In The Morning
    3:22
  • 23
    Look Out
    2:50

More by Louis Jordan

Release credits

  • double bass [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
  • piano [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
  • trumpet [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
  • clarinet [10-11], tenor saxophone [5, 8, 10-11]
  • alto saxophone [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20], baritone saxophone [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20], clarinet [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20], lead vocals [5], vocal [8, 10-11, 20]
  • lead vocals [1], tenor saxophone [5]
  • clarinet [13-14, 16, 20], flute [13-14, 16, 20], tenor saxophone [13-14, 16, 20]
  • drums (drum set) [1, 5, 8, 10-11, 13-14, 16, 20]
  • vocal [20]

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