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Louis Jordan (I) (1908–1975)

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He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6445 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more trivia »

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Filmography

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2009-2013 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Week 2 (2013) (writer: "Five Guys Named Moe")
Episode #14.1 (2012) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" / "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby")
Round Seven (2009) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" - uncredited)
 
2004-2010 Late Show with David Letterman (TV series)
Helen Mirren/Colin Hanks/Cyndi Lauper featuring Allen Toussaint (2010) (writer: "Early in the Mornin'" - uncredited)
Episode dated 23 August 2004 (2004) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" - uncredited)
 
2010 You Don't Know Jack (TV movie) (writer: "Early in the Morning")
 
2009/I World's Greatest Dad (writer: "Is You Is, Or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2008 The Express (performer: "Choo Choo Ch' Boogie")
 
2008 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Results Show: Winner Announced (2008) (writer: "Five Guys Named Moe")
 
2007 The War (TV mini-series documentary)
The Ghost Front: December 1944 - March 1945 (2007) (writer: "If You Can't Smile and Say Yes Please Don't Cry and Say No")
 
2006 Cold Case (TV series)
Sandhogs (2006) ("Buzz Me")
 
2006 Shortbus (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2004 A Love Song for Bobby Long (performer: "Santa Claus Santa Claus")
 
2003/I Swing (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2003 It Runs in the Family (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2002 Swept Away (performer: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" 1947)
 
2002 Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven (Video Game) (performer: "You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business, Brother")
 
2002 Power and Beauty (TV movie) (writer: "How 'bout That" / performer: "How 'bout That")
 
2001 Russian Doll (writer: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
2000 Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970) (TV documentary) (writer: "Let the Good Times Roll" / performer: "Let the Good Times Roll")
 
2000 My Dog Skip (writer: "Ration Blues" / performer: "Ration Blues")
 
1999 Spaced (TV series)
Ends (1999) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?")
 
1999 Swing (performer: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens")
 
1998 Babe: Pig in the City (writer: "Barnyard Boogie" / performer: "Barnyard Boogie")
 
1998 Beefcake (performer: "Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens")
 
1996 My Fellow Americans (performer: "Life Is So Peculiar")
 
1996 Swingers (performer: "Knock Me a Kiss")
 
1995 Grumpier Old Men (performer: " I'll Be Glad When You're Dead You Rascal You")
 
1994 Love Affair (performer: "Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand's Doing", "Life Is So Peculiar")
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary) (performer: "Caldonia")
 
1992 Malcolm X (performer: "Beans and Cornbread")
 
1991 Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection (video) (performer: "Jack You're Dead")
 
1985 Trouble in Mind (writer: "Rusty Dusty Blues", "Knock Me a Kiss" / performer: "Rusty Dusty Blues", "Knock Me a Kiss")
 
1980 Raging Bull (performer: "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" 1946)
 
1980 The Blues Brothers (writer: "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL" / performer: "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL")
 
1974 The Execution of Private Slovik (TV movie) (performer: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
1964 McHale's Navy (TV series)
The Rage of Taratupa (1964) (writer: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" - uncredited)
 
1957 Calypso Heat Wave (music: "Run, Joe")
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1956) (writer: "Caldonia" / performer: "Caldonia")
 
1955 Value for Money (music: "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby?" - uncredited)
 
1952 Smitten Kitten (short) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby")
 
1947 Reet, Petite, and Gone (writer: "WHAM, SAM! DIG THEM GAMS", "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PUTTIN' DOWN", "REET, PETITE, AND GONE" / performer: "TEXAS AND PACIFIC", "ALL FOR THE LOVE OF LIL", "TONIGHT, BE TENDER TO ME", "THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND", "WHAM, SAM! DIG THEM GAMS", "I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE PUTTIN' DOWN", "LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL", "REET, PETITE, AND GONE", "THAT CHICK'S TOO YOUNG TO FRY", "AIN'T THAT JUST LIKE A WOMAN?", "IF IT'S LOVE YOU WANT, BABY, THAT'S ME" / arranger: "THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND" / "THE BLUES AIN'T NOTHIN'", "YOU GOT ME WHERE YOU WANT ME")
 
1946 Solid Serenade (short) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?")
 
1946 Beware (performer: "Salt Pork, West Virginia", "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule", "Old Fashion Passion")
 
1946 Swing Parade of 1946 (performer: "Caldonia", "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule")
 
1945 Caldonia (short) (performer: "Honey Chile", "Buzz Me", "Caldonia", "Tillie")
 
1945 Easy to Look at (music: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" - uncredited)
 
1945 Her Lucky Night (music: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?")
 
1944 Follow the Boys (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't Ma Baby" 1944 - uncredited / performer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't Ma Baby" 1944 - uncredited)
 
1944 Meet Miss Bobby Socks (performer: "Deacon Jones")
 
1944 Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby? (short) (writer: "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?")
 
Show ShowActor (7 titles)
1960 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Gaslight (1960)
 
1955 Appointment with Adventure (TV series)
Inspector Beaumont
Minus Three Thousand (1955) … Inspector Beaumont
 
1947 Reet, Petite, and Gone
Schyler Jarvis/Louis Jarvis
 
1946 Beware
Lucius Brokenshire 'Louis' Jordan
 
1946 Swing Parade of 1946
Louis Jordan
 
1944 Follow the Boys
Louis Jordan
 
Show ShowMusic Department (2 titles)
1947 Look-Out Sister (musical director)
 
1946 Beware (music arranger)
 
Show ShowComposer (1 title)
1995 Five Guys Named Moe (video)
 
Show ShowSelf (19 titles)
2007 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
Himself
The Jitterbug Years (2007) … Himself
 
1964 I've Got a Secret (TV series)
Guest panelist
Episode dated 27 April 1964 (1964) … Guest panelist
 
1960 Startime (TV series)
Himself
The Swingin' Singin' Years (1960) … Himself
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.20 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
Episode #11.14 (1957) … Himself (as Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five)
 
1957 The Jackie Gleason Show (TV series)
Himself / Himself - Guest Musical Performer
Episode dated 8 June 1957 (1957) … Himself - Guest Musical Performer
Episode #5.28 (1957) … Himself
 
1956 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Tympani Five
Episode #1.6 (1956) … Himself - Tympani Five
 
1956 Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (TV series)
Himself
Episode #8.26 (1956) … Himself
 
1955 Music 55 (TV series documentary)
Himself
Episode #1.5 (1955) … Himself
 
1952 Songs for Sale (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 24 May 1952 (1952) … Himself
 
1951 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Singer / Actor
Episode #4.10 (1951) … Himself - Singer
Episode #3.17 (1951) … Himself - Singer / Actor
 
1951 Ford Star Revue (TV series)
Himself
Episode #2.4 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (TV series)
Himself
Episode #1.14 (1950) … Himself
 
1947 Look-Out Sister
Himself
 
1946 If You Can't Smile and Say Yes (short)
Himself
 
1946 Fuzzy Wuzzy (short)
Himself
 
1945 Caldonia (short)
Himself
 
1944 Meet Miss Bobby Socks
Himself - Band Leader
 
1943 Five Guys Named Moe (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (10 titles)
2008 James Brown: The Man, the Music, & the Message (video documentary)
Himself
 
2002 That's Black Entertainment: Westerns (TV documentary)
Louis Jordan (Look-Out Sister)
 
2002 Standing in the Shadows of Motown (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Walk on By: The Story of Popular Song (TV series documentary)
 
2001 Blues Odyssey (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1998 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1995 The History of Rock 'N' Roll, Vol. 1 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music (documentary)
Himself - Performer
 
1966 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(????) Single: "Fatback And Corn Liquor" / "A Dollar Down" (Astra Records)

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

Louis Jordan & His Tympani Five | Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

He was awarded 2 Stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6153 Hollywood Boulevard and for Motion Pictures at 6445 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. See more »

Nickname:

The King of the Juke Boxes See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer