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Date of Birth

8 July 1908, Brinkley, Arkansas, USA

Date of Death

4 February 1975, Los Angeles, California, USA (heart attack)

Birth Name

Louis Thomas Jordan

Nickname

The King of the Juke Boxes

Trivia

Popular swing bandleader specializing in boogie and blues.

His band was called the Tympany Five.

Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 under the category Early Influences.

Inducted into the Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame in 1998.

He was voted the 59th Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of all time by Rolling Stone.

Pictured in a poster for the film Caldonia (1945) on a 42¢ USA commemorative postage stamp celebrating Vintage Black Cinema, issued 16 July 2008.

One of his biggest hits, "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby", was sung by Tom in a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

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.

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