The Essential Collection

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

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1Choo Choo Ch'Boogie
recording of:
Choo Choo Ch’Boogie
writer:
Denver Darling, Milt Gabler and Vaughn Horton
publisher:
Rytvoc (ASCAP) and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
2:47
2Somebody Done Changed the Lock on That Door
recording of:
Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door
lyricist and composer:
Casey Bill Weldon (blues slide guitar player)
publisher:
Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
3:17
3Salt Pork, West Virginia
recording of:
Salt Pork, West Virginia
writer:
Fleecie Moore and William J. Tennyson, Jr.
3:02
4Open the Door, Richard
recording of:
Open the Door, Richard (1946 song)
lyricist:
Dan Howell and John Mason ("Spider Bruce", vaudeville comedian)
composer:
Jack McVea
3:04
5Run Joe
3:24
6Small Town Boy
recording of:
Small Town Boy
writer:
Dallas Bartley and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:52
7The Green Grass Grows All Around
2:56
8Early in the Mornin'
3:25
9Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
recording of:
Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends
writer:
Benny Carter, Irving Gordon (US songwriter) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:46
10Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
2:49
11Beware!
recording of:
Beware Brother Beware
writer:
Dick Adams (writer of the song "Beware"), Morry Lasco and Fleecie Moore
2:54
12Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
recording of:
Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’
lyricist and composer:
Joe Greene (US songwriter Joseph Perkins Greene, 1915-1986)
publisher:
Northern Music (song publisher) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
3:02
13Texas and Pacific
3:08
14It's a Low-Down, Dirty Shame
recording of:
It's a Low-Down Dirty Shame
lyricist and composer:
Ollie Shepard (1940's blues artist)
2:48
15Why'd You Do It, Baby?
recording of:
Why'd You Do It, Baby?
writer:
Jeff Dane and Ben Lorre
3:22
16Pettin' and Pokin'
2:35
17Daddy-O
recording of:
Daddy-O
lyricist and composer:
Gene de Paul and Don Raye
3:18
18The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender and Tall
2:28
19We Can't Agree
2:55
20Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
recording of:
Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby?
writer:
Bill Austin (in 1944) and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter) (in 1944)
publisher:
Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
2:45
21Flat Face
2:44
22My Baby Said 'Yes"
2:56
23You're on the Right Track, Baby
recording of:
You're on the Right Track, Baby
writer:
Benny Carter and Irving Gordon (US songwriter)
3:05
24Barnyard Boogie
recording of:
Barnyard Boogie
writer:
Wilhelmina Gray and Louis Jordan (US jazz, blues and r&b musician and songwriter)
2:49
25How Long Must I Wait for You?
2:40
26Stone Cold Dead in de Market
vocals:
Ella Fitzgerald (American jazz singer)
orchestra:
Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
cover recording of:
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)
lyricist and composer:
Houdini (Calypso artist Wilmoth Hendricks aka Edgar Leon Sinclair)
2:41
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ASIN:US: B000N4SM5S [info]