Louis Jordan, The Best Of Louis Jordan (1975) r. 1942-1954

Louis Jordan, The Best Of Louis Jordan (1975) r. 1942-1954

Thursday's lunch record is a collection of early Louis Jordan recordings. This reissue is a double gate-fold album on MCA records. Today's listens are two and three. The original recordings are from 1942-54 Decca records. Louis Jordan was the clown prince of jump blues R&B. The songs are; "Caledonia". "Knock Me A Kiss", "Run Joe", "School Day", "Blue Light Boogie" "Five Guys Named Moe", "What's The Use In Getting Sober", "Buzz Me", "Beans And Corn Bread", "Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin' ". The YouTube sample song is "Blue Light Boogie" (1950) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vyBrHV01naU . . bucko