tracks

Honey In The Bee Ball
Barnacle Bill The Sailor
Flat Face
Keep A Knockin' But You Can't Come In
Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On
Swinging In A Coconut Tree
Doug The Jitterbug
At The Swing Cat's Ball
Jake, What A Snake
Honeysuckle Rose
'Fore Day Blues
But I'll Be Back
You Ain't Nowhere
You're My Meat
June Tenth Jamboree
You Run Your Mouth And I'll Run My Business
I'm Alabama Bound
Somebody Done Hoodoo'd The Hoodoo Mann
Bounce The Ball (Doo Dah Diddle Dum Day)
Penthouse In The Basement
After School Swing Session (Swinging With Symphony Sid)
Oh Boy, I'm In The Groove
Never Let Your Left Hand Know What The Right Hand's Doin'
Don't Come Cryin' On My Shoulder
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee
A Chicken Ain't Nothing But A Bird
Pompton Turnpike
Do You Call That A Buddy? (Dirty Cat)
I Know You. I Know What You Wanna Do
Pinetop's Boogie
The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts To You)
T-Bone Blues
Pan Pan
St Vitus Dance
Saxa Woogie
Brotherly Love
Boogie Woogie Came To Town
How 'Bout That
Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty, Dusty Blues)
Knock Me A Kiss
The Green Grass Grows All Around
Small Town Boy
I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town
What's The Use Of Getting Sober
The Chicks I Pick Are Slender Tender And Tall
I'm Gonna Leave You On The Outskirts Of Town
That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out
Five Guys Named Moe
It's A Low Down Dirty Shame
Ration Blues
Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby
Deacon Jones
I Like 'Em Fat Like That
Mop! Mop!
G.I. Jive
You Can't Get That No More
My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip De Hootie)
Your Socks Don't Match
Buzz Me
Caldonia Boogie
Somebody Done Changed The Lock On My Door
How Long Must I Wait For You?
Salt Pork, West Virginia
Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule
Stone Cold Dead In The Market
Petootie Pie
Reconversion Blues
It's So Easy
Beware
Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
Choo Choo Ch' Boogie
Ain't That Just Like A Woman
That Chick's Too Young To Fry
No Sale
If It's Love You Want, Baby That's Me
Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens
Let The Good Times Roll
All For The Love Of Lil
Texas And Pacific
Jack, You're Dead
Reet, Petite And Gone
Sure Had A Wonderful Time
I Know What You're Putting Down
Friendship
Open The Door, Richard
Boogie Woogie Blue Plate
Barnyard Boogie
Every Man To His Own Profession
Early In The Morning
Run, Joe
Look Out
Have You Got The Gumption?
We Can't Agree
Chicky-Mo, Craney Crow
Roamin' Blues
Inflation Blues
You're Much Too Fat (And That's That)
Pettin' And Pokin'
You're On The Right Track, Baby
Don't Burn The Candle At Both Ends
Why'd You Do It, Baby?
Daddy-O
Safe, Sane And Single
I Know What I've Got, Don't Know What I'm Getting
You Broke Your Promise
Push-Ka Pee-Shee Pie (The Saga Of Saga Boy)
Coleslaw
Beans And Corn Bread
Onion
Baby's Gonna Go, Bye-Bye
Heed My Warning
Psycho Loco
Baby, It's Cold Outside
Don't Cry, Cry-Baby
School Days
Hungry Man
Saturday Night Fish Fry
I Want A Roof Over My Head
Show Me How (You Milk The Cow)
Blue Light Boogie
Ain't Nobody's Business But My Own
I'll Never Be Free
Tamburitza Boogie
You Dyed Your Hair Chartreuse
Lemonade
It's A Great, Great Pleasure
You Will Always Have A Friend
Trouble Then Satisfaction
Life Is So Peculiar
I'll Be Glad When You're Dead (You Rascal, You)
Tear Drops From My Eyes

notes

Tracks 1-1, 1-2: December 20, 1938 New York City
Tracks 1-3 to 1-8: March 19, 1938 New York City
Tracks 1-9 to 1-14: October 14, 1939 New York City
Tracks 1-15 to 1-17: January 25, 1940 New York City
Tracks 1-18 to 1-21: March 13, 1940 New York City
Tracks 1-22 to 1-25: April 29, 1940 New York City
Tracks 1.26 to 1.29: September 30, 1940 New York City
Tracks 2-1 to 2-4: January 24, 1941 New York City
Tracks 2-5 to 2-8: April 12, 1941 New York City
Tracks 2-9 to 2-11: November 15, 1941 New York City
Tracks 2-12 to 2-14: November 22, 1939 Chicago
Tracks 2-15 to 2-20: July 21, 1942 New York City
Tracks 2-21 to 2-23: October 4, 1943 Los Angeles
Track 2-24: March 1, 1944 New York City
Tracks 2-25 to 2-27: March 15, 1944 New York City
Tracks 3-1, 3-2: July 26, 1944 Los Angeles
Tracks 3-3 to 3-5: January 19, 1945 New York City
Tracks 3-6, 3-7: July 16, 1945 New York City
Track 3-8: July 18, 1945 New York City
Tracks 3-9, 3-10: October 8, 1945 New York City
Track 3-11: October 15, 1945 New York City
Tracks 3-12 to 3-17: January 23, 1946 Los Angeles
Tracks 3-18 to 3-21: June 26, 1946 New York City
Tracks 3-22 to 3-27: October 10, 1946 New York City
Track 4-1: January 11, 1947 Los Angeles
Track 4-2: January 23, 1947 Los Angeles
Tracks 4-3 to 4-7: April 23, 1947 New York City
Track 4-8: June 4, 1947 New York City
Track 4-9 to 4-12: November 24, 1947 Los Angeles
Tracks 4-13 to 4-15: December 1, 1947 Los Angeles
Tracks 4-16 to 4-19: December 8, 1947 Los Angeles
Tracks 4-20 to 4-22: February 1949 Los Angeles
Tracks 4-23 to 4-25: April 12, 1949 New York City
Tracks 5-1 to 5-4: April 13, 1949 New York City
Tracks 5-5 to 5-7: April 28, 1949 New York City
Tracks 5-8, 5-9: August 09, 1949 New York City
Tracks 5-10 to 5-112: June 26, 1950 Chicago
Tracks 5-13, 5-14: August 15, 1950 New York City
Tracks 5-15 to 5-19: August 18, 1950 New York City
Track 5-20: August 21, 1950 New York City
Tracks 5-21, 5-22: August 23, 1950 New York City
Track 5-23: December 21, 1950 New York City

credits

Alto Saxophone – Louis Jordan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-27, 3-1 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-23)
Baritone Saxophone – Louis Jordan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-11, 5-23)
Bass – Al Morgan (tracks: 2-24 to 2-27, 3-1 to 3-5), Billy Hadnott (tracks: 4-23 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-9), Bob Bushnell (tracks: 5-10 to 5-13, 5-15 to 5-23), Charlie Drayton (tracks: 1-1 to1-29, 2-1 to 2-4), Dallas Bartley (tracks: 2-9 to 2-20, 4-3 to 4-22), Henry Turner (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8), Jesse Simpkins (tracks: 2-21 to 2-23, 3-6 to 3-27, 4-1, 4-2), Ray Brown (tracks: 5-14)
Clarinet – Freddie Simon (tracks: 3-3 to 3-5), Kenneth Hollon (tracks: 1-18 to 1-29), Lem Johnson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8), Louis Jordan (tracks: 1-1 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-11), Stafford Simon (tracks: 1-9 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-11)
Claves – Bill Jennings (tracks: 5-15 to 5-19), The Calypso Boys (tracks: 4-3 to 4-7), Vic Lourie (tracks: 3-9, 3-10)
Drums – Alex Mitchell (4) (tracks: 3-3 to 3-5), Charlie Smith (2) (tracks: 5-14), Eddie Byrd (2) (tracks: 3-6 to 3-21), Joe Morris (3) (tracks: 3-22 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-13, 5-15 to 5-23), Rossiere Wilson, (tracks: 2-21 to 2-24), Wilmore Jones, (tracks: 2-25 to 2-27, 3-1, 3-2), Walter Martin (3) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-20)
Electric Guitar – Bill Jennings (tracks: 5-10 to 5-13, 5-15 to 5-23), Carl Hogan (tracks: 3-6 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-22), James Jackson (5) (tracks: 4-23 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-9), John Collins (2) (tracks: 5-14)
Flute – Stafford Simon (tracks: 1-9 to 1-17)
Maracas – Melodisc Calypso Boys, (tracks: 3-9, 3-10), The Calypso Boys (tracks: 4-3 to 4-7)
Organ – Wild Bill Davis (tracks: 5-15 to 5-19, 5-23)
Piano – Arnold Thomas (tracks: 1-22 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-27, 3-1, 3-2), Bill Doggett (tracks: 4-9 to 4-15, 4-23 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-13, 5-15 to 5-22), William Austin, (tracks: 3-3 to 3-5), Clarence Johnson (12) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-21), Hank Jones (tracks: 5-14), Wild Bill Davis (tracks: 3-6 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-8, 4-16 to 4-22)
Sleeve Notes – Louisa Hufstader
Tenor Saxophone – Eddie Johnson (tracks: 4-3 to 4-22), Freddie Simon (tracks: 3-3 to 3-5), James Wright (2) (tracks: 3.22 to 3.27, 4.01, 4.02), Josh Jackson (tracks: 3-6 to 3-21, 4-23 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-13, 5-15 to 5-23), Kenneth Hollon (tracks: 1-18 to 1-29), Lem Johnson (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8), Louis Jordan (tracks: 2-12 to 2-27, 5-1 to 5-12), Stafford Simon (tracks: 1-9 to 1-17, 2-1 to 2-11)
Trumpet – Aaron Izenhall (tracks: 3-6 to 3-21, 4-1 to 4-19, 5-1 to 5-13, 5-15 to 5-23), Bob Mitchell (2) (tracks: 4-23 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-9), Courtney Williams (2) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-4, 2-9 to 2-27, 3-1, 3-2), Freddie Webster (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8), Harold Mitchell (tracks: 4-23 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-9), Leonard Graham (tracks: 3-3 to 3-5), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 5-21, 5-22)
Vocals – Bing Crosby (tracks: 3-1, 3-2), Clarence Johnson (12) (tracks: 1-18 to 1-21), Daisy Winchester (tracks: 1-18 to 1-21), Ella Fitzgerald (tracks: 3-9 to 3-11, 5-13, 5-14), Kenneth Hollon (tracks: 1-18 to 1-21), Louis Armstrong (tracks: 5-21, 5-22), Louis Jordan (tracks: 1-01 to 1-8, 1-15 to 1-29, 2-1 to 2-27, 3-1 to 3-27, 4-1 to 4-25, 5-1 to 5-23), Mabel Robinson (tracks: 1-18 to 1-21), Martha Davis (2) (tracks: 4-16, 4-19), Yack Taylor (tracks: 1-15 to 1-17)

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