Discografia de Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan (8 de julho de 1908 - 4 de fevereiro de 1975) foi um pioneiro americano de jazz, blues e rhythm & blues. Músico, compositor e líder de banda que teve uma enorme popularidade desde o final dos anos 1930 ao início dos anos 1950. Conhecido como "O Rei da Jukebox", vendeu mais de 4 milhões de singles.

Discografia parcial

Lançamentos pela Decca Records

Matriz	Lançamento	Faixas
7609	29 de Março de 1939	Keep A-Knockin At the Swing Cats' Ball
8560	2 de Abril de 1941	Brotherly Love Saxa-Woogie
8593 23628	22 de Novembro de 1941 15 de Novembro de 1941	I'm Gonna Move To The Ooutskirts Of Town Knock Me Kiss
8605	22 de Novembro de 1941	The Green Grass Grows All Around
8627	15 de Novembro de 1941 22 de Novembro de 1941	Small Town Boy Mama Mama Blues
8638	21 de Julho de 1942	I'm gonna leave you on the outskirts of town It's a low down dirty shame
8645 23629	21 de Julho de 1942	What's The Use of Getting Sober The Chicks I Pick Are Slender And Tender And Tall
8653	21 de Julho de 1942	That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out Five Guys Named Moe
8654	4 de Outubro de 1943	Ration Blues Deacon Jones
8659	4 de Outubro de 1943	G.I.Jive Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)
8668		You Can't Get That No More Mop! Mop!
8670	19 de Abril de 1945	Caldonia Somebody Done Changed The Lock on My Door
18734		Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule Buzz Me
18762		Reconversion Blues Salt Pork, West Virginia
18818 23931		Beware Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'
23546	9 de Outubro de 1945	Stone Cold Dead In The Market (com Ella Fitzgerald) Petootie Pie (com Ella Fitzgerald)
23610		That's Chick's Too Young To Fry Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
23630	21 de Julho de 1942	Is You Is or Is You Ain't Five Guys Named Moe
23631	21 de Julho de 1942 15 de Novembro de 1941	It's A Low Down Dirty Shame Mama Mama Blues
23669		Ain't That Just Like A Woman If It's Love You Want Baby, That's Me
23741	1946	Let The Good Times Roll Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
23810	1947	Texas And Pacific I Like 'Em Fat Like That
23841	23 de Janeiro de 1947	Open the Door Richard! It's So Easy
23901		I Know What You're Puttin' Down Jack, You're Dead
24108		Boogie Woogie Blue Plate Sure Had a Wonderful Time
24155		Look Out Early In The Mornin'
24300		Barnyard Boogie How Long Must I Wait For You
24381	1 de Dezembro de 1947	Reet, Petite and Gone Inflation Blues
24448		Run Joe All For The Love of Lil
24483	18 de Dezembro de 1947 24 de novembro de 1947	Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends We Can't Agree
24502	18 de Dezembro de 1947	You're On The Right Track Baby Daddy-O
24527	1 de Dezembro de 1947 18 de Dezembro de 1947	Pettin' and Pokin' Why'd You Do It Baby
24571	24 de novembro de 1947	Have You Got The Gumption Roamin' Blues
24587	2 de Julho de 1949	You Broke Your Promise Safe, Sane And Single
24633		Every Man To His Own Profession Cole Slow
24673	24 de novembro de 1947	Bean And Cone Bread Chicky-Mo, Craney-Cro
24725		Saturday Night Fish Fry
24815		School Days
24877		Push Ka Pee She Pie Hungry Man
25394	24 de Janeiro de 1941 2 de Abril de 1941	Pinetop's Boogie Woogie Saxa-Woogie
27058		Onions
27114		Blue Light Boogie
27129		I Want A Roof Over My Head (And Bread on My Table) Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)
27203		Tambouritza Boogie Trouble Then Satisfaction
27324		(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse Lemonade
27428		It's A Great Great Pleasure Tear Drops From My Eyes
27547		Weak Minded Blues Is My Pop In There
27620		I Can't Give You Anything But Love You Will Always Have A Friend
27694		Please Don't Leave Me Three Handed Woman
27784		Trust In Me Cook-A-Doodle Doo
27806		May Every Day Be Christmas Bone Dry
27898		Lay Something On The Bar (Besides Your Elbows)
27969		Louisville Lodge Meeting Work Baby Work
28088		Slow Down Never Trust A Woman
28211		Junco Partner Azure-Te
28225		Oil Well Texas Jordan For President
28335		All of Me There Goes My Heart
28444	20 de Janeiro de 1947 1 de Dezembro de 1947	Friendship You're Much Too Fat
28543		You Didn't Want Me Baby A Man's Best Friend Is A Bed
28664		It's Better To Wait For Love Just Like A Butterfly
28756		Hog Wash House Party
28820		There Must Be A Way Time Marches On
28883		I Want You To Be My Baby You Know It Too
28983		Fat Sam From Birmingham The Soona Baby
29018		Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out Lollypop
29166		Only Yesterday I Didn't Know What Time It Was
29263		If It's True Wake Up Jacob
29424		Locked-Up Perdido
29655		Come And Get It I Want You To Be My Baby
29860		Everything That's Made of Wood I Gotta Move
30223		I Want You To Be My Baby Run Joe

Lançamentos pela Navy V-disc

Matriz	Faixas
17B	You Can't Get That No More The End of My Worries
258A	Deacon Jones I Like 'Em Fat Like That
273	Bahama Joe Nobody But Me

Lançamentos pela V-disc

Matriz	Faixas
158B	Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby Knock Me A Kiss
175A	I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts of Town I've Found A New Baby
196B	Five Guys Named Moe Jumpin' At The Jubilee
237B	You Can't Get That No More The End of My Worries
376A	How High Am I Hey Now Let's Jive
478A	Deacon Jones I Like 'Em Fat Like That
513B	Bahama Joe Nobody But Me

Lançamentos pela Alladin records

Matriz	Faixas
3223	Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy Whiskey Do Your Stuff
3227	Ooo-Wee I'll Die Happy
3243	Hurry Home A Dollar Down
3246	I Seen What'cha Done Messy Bessy
3249	Louis Blues If I Had Any Sence I'd Go Back Home
3264	Put Some Money In The Pot Boy 'Cause That Juice Is Runnin' Low Yeah Yeah Baby
3270	The Dripper Fat Back And Corn Liquor
3279	Gal You Need A Whippin' Time Is A-Passin'
3295	It's Hard To Be Good Gotta Go
513B	Bahama Joe Nobody But Me

Lançamentos pela Tangerine

Hallejuah...LJ is back! (Versão americana)

1. The Troubador
2. Don' Wait Too Long (somente nos EUA)
3. Saturday Night Fish Fry
4. September Song (somente nos EUA)
5. Honey Bee
6. My Friends
7. Cole Slaw
8. Time is Running Out
9. El Camino Real (somente nos EUA)
10. My Love and Devotion
11. You Can Depend on Me (somente nos EUA)

Hallelujah...LJ is back! (Versão britânica)

1. Hard Head (somente no Reino Unido)
2. What I'd Say (somente no Reino Unido)
3. You're My Mule (somente no Reino Unido)
4. Don't Send Me Flowers (somente no Reino Unido)
5. The Troubador
6. Saturday Night Fish Fry
7. Honey Bee
8. My Friends
9. Cole Slaw
10. Time is Running Out
11. El Camino Real
12. Hop, Skip and Jump

Outros Lançamentos

Matriz	Faixas
924	Texarkana Twist You're My Mule
926	Working Man The Meeting
930	Hard Head Never Know When a Woman Changes Her Mind
933	Point of No Return Don't Send Me Flowers
937	Old Age What I'd Say
942	The Troubador Time is Running Out
947	Saturday Night Fish Fry Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
958	65 Bars Coming Home

Singles de sucesso

Lançamento	Título	Paradas de Sucesso		Notas
		US R&B/Race Charts	US Charts
1942	"I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town"	3
1942	"What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)"	1
1943	"The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall"	10
1943	"Five Guys Named Moe"	3
1943	"That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out"	8
1943	"Ration Blues"	1	11	Primeiro sucesso "crossover" de Jordan, ou seja, atingiu tanto as paradas negras e brancas quando havia segregação racial nas radios americanas
1944	"G.I. Jive"	1	1
1944	"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby"	3	2
1945	"Mop! Mop!"	1
1945	"You Can't Get That No More"	2	11
1945	"Caldonia"	1	6	Renomeado para "Caldonia Boogie" para as parada dos Estados Unidos
1945	"Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door"	3
1945	"My Baby Said Yes"		14	Dueto com Bing Crosby
1946	"Buzz Me"	1	9
1946	"Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule"	1
1946	"Salt Pork, West Virginia"	2
1946	"Reconversion Blues"	2
1946	"Beware (Brother, Beware)"	2	20
1946	"Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'"	3
1946	"Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)"	1	7	Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald
1946	"Petootie Pie"	3		Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald
1946	"Choo Choo Ch'Boogie"	1	7
1946	"That Chick's Too Young to Fry"	3
1946	"Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)"	1	17
1946	"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens"	1	6
1946	"Let The Good Times Roll"	2
1947	"Texas and Pacific"	1	20
1947	"I Like 'Em Fat Like That"	5
1947	"Open the Door, Richard!"	2	6
1947	"Jack, You're Dead"	1	21
1947	"I Know What You're Puttin' Down"	3
1947	"Boogie Woogie Blue Plate"	1	21
1947	"Early in the Mornin'"	3
1947	"Look Out"	5
1948	"Barnyard Boogie"	2
1948	"How Long Must I Wait for You"	9
1948	"Reet, Petite and Gone"	4
1948	"Run Joe"	1	23
1948	"All for the Love of Lil"	13
1948	"Pinetop's Boogie Woogie"	14
1948	"Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends"	4
1948	"We Can't Agree"	14
1948	"Daddy-O"	7		Dueto com Martha Davis
1948	"Pettin' and Pokin'"	5
1949	"Roamin' Blues"	10
1949	"You Broke Your Promise"	3
1949	"Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)"	7
1949	"Every Man to His Own Profession"	10
1949	"Baby, It's Cold Outside"	6	9	Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald
1949	"Beans and Corn Bread"	1
1949	"Saturday Night Fish Fry (Partes 1 e 2)"	1	21
1950	"School Days"	5
1950	"Blue Light Boogie (Partes 1 e 2)"	1
1950	"I'll Never Be Free"	7		Dueto com Ella Fitzgerald
1950	"Tamburitza Boogie"	10
1951	"Lemonade"	5
1951	"Tear Drops from My Eyes"	4
1951	"Weak Minded Blues"	5

Coletâneas

Há uma quantidade muito grande de coletâneas de Louis Jordan disponíveis no mercado altualmente, algumas das mais famosas são:

A gravadora Bear Family da Alemanha lançou uma vasta coleção de nove CDs em 1994 com os trabalhos completos de Jordan em sua estadia na Decca Records, chamado "Let the Good Times Roll: the Complete Decca Recordings 1938-1954"..

A Proper Records do Reino Unido também lançou uma coleção de 4 CDs, contendo 102 faixas chamada "Jivin' With Jordan" que inclui os trabalhos essenciais de Jordan na época da Decca Records.

Uma das mais abrangentes coletâneas de singles de Jordan foi lançada em 1975 pela MCA Records com o titulo de "The Best of Louis Jordan".

Referências

• Discografia Parcial de Louis Jordan
• Discografia de Louis Jordan no allmusic.com