Jive Alive: Louis Jordan and the Tympani Five
(7 downloads)Saturday, Dec 15, 2007
Throughout the 40’s, bandleader and alto saxophonist Louis Jordan had countless number one R&B hits with Decca records and he was a familiar face on the national charts too. In 1944, “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby” actually hit number two on the US charts while only making it to number three on the R&B. That same year “GI Jive” hit number one for both.This cut, "The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall", peaked at number ten on the R&B charts in 1942. Though, this was the B-side to “What’s the Use of Getting Sober” which hit number one, naturally.
Decca 8645, 1942