Album · Compilation

Let the Good Times Roll (1938-1954)

Released 1992215 tracks · 623:01EnglishBear Family Records

Tracks

#	Title	Sung by
1.1	Toodle‐Loo on Down	Louis Jordan	3:15
1.2	So Good	Louis Jordan	3:09
1.3	Away From You	Louis Jordan	2:49
1.4	Honey in the Bee Ball	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:10
1.5	Barnacle Bill the Sailor	Louis Jordan	2:47
1.6	Flat Face	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:45
1.7	Keep A‐Knockin’ (but You Can’t Come in)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:38
1.8	Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches On	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:47
1.9	Swinging in a Cocoanut Tree	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:48
1.10	Doug the Jitterbug	Louis Jordan	2:35
1.11	At the Swing Cat’s Ball	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:34
1.12	Jake, What a Snake	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:36
1.13	Honeysuckle Rose	Louis Jordan	3:11
1.14	’Fore Day Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:40
1.15	But I’ll Be Back	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:40
1.16	You Ain’t Nowhere	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:43
1.17	You’re My Meat	Louis Jordan	3:02
1.18	June Tenth Jamboree	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:45
1.19	You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business	Louis Jordan, Yack Taylor	2:39
1.20	I’m Alabama Bound	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
1.21	Hard Lovin’ Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:13
1.22	You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:30
1.23	Lovie Joe	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:47
1.24	Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man	Louis Jordan, Clarence Johnson, Kenneth Hollon, Daisy Winchester, Mabel Robinson	2:42
1.25	Bounce the Ball (Do da Dittle Um Day)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:44
1.26	Penthouse in the Basement	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:36
1.27	After School Swing Session (Swinging with Symphony Sid)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:36
2.1	Oh Boy, I’m in the Groove	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:50
2.2	Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:05
2.3	Don’t Come Crying on My Shoulder	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:32
2.4	Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:34
2.5	A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:38
2.6	Pompton Turnpike	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:11
2.7	Do You Call That a Buddy (Dirty Cat)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:16
2.8	I Know You, I Know What You Wanna Do	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:33
2.9	Pinetop’s Boogie Woogie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:58
2.10	The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:28
2.11	T‐Bone Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:11
2.12	Pan Pan	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
2.13	Saint Vitus Dance	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:52
2.14	Saxa‐Woogie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:40
2.15	Brotherly Love	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
2.16	De Laff’s on You	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:53
2.17	Boogie Woogie Came to Town	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:10
2.18	John, Stop Teasing Me	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:03
2.19	How ’bout That	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:56
2.20	Teacher (How I Love My Teacher)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:43
2.21	Mama, Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:06
2.22	Knock Me a Kiss	Louis Jordan	2:49
2.23	The Green Grass Grows All Around	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
2.24	Mister Lovingood	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:48
2.25	Small Town Boy	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:50
2.26	I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town	Louis Jordan	2:51
3.1	What’s the Use of Gettin’ Sober	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:53
3.2	The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender, and Tall	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:29
3.3	I’m Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:06
3.4	That’ll Just ’Bout Knock Me Out	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:10
3.5	Dirty Snake	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:27
3.6	Five Guys Named Moe	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:02
3.7	It’s a Low‐Down Dirty Shame	Louis Jordan	2:50
3.8	De Laff’s on You	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:50
3.9	Ration Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:10
3.10	Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby	Louis Jordan	2:46
3.11	Deacon Jones	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:58
3.12	The Things I Want I Can’t Get at Home	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:56
3.13	How High Am I?	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:56
3.14	I Like ’em Fat Like That	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:41
3.15	The Truth of the Matter	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:45
3.16	Hey! Now Let’s Live	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:33
3.17	Mop‐Mop	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:58
3.18	G.I. Jive	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:01
3.19	You Can’t Get That No More	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:22
3.20	Louis’ Oldsmobile Song	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	1:51
3.21	Your Socks Don’t Match	Bing Crosby with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:04
3.22	My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)	Bing Crosby with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:49
3.23	My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)	Bing Crosby with Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:58
3.24	Your Socks Don’t Match	Bing Crosby, Louis Jordan	2:58
4.1	Buzz Me	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:52
4.2	They Raided the House	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:53
4.3	Caledonia Boogie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:44
4.4	Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:17
4.5	How Long Must I Wait for You?	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:38
4.6	Don’t Worry ’Bout That Mule	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:19
4.7	Salt Pork, West Virginia	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:02
4.8	Paper Boy	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:08
4.9	Don’t Worry ’bout That Mule	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:31
4.10	Reconversion Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:23
4.11	It’s So Easy	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
4.12	Beware	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
4.13	Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Cryin’	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
4.14	Choo‐Choo Ch’ Boogie	Louis Jordan	2:45
4.15	Ain’t That Just Like a Woman	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
4.16	That Chick’s Too Young to Fry	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:26
4.17	No Sale	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
4.18	If It’s Love You Want Baby, That’s Me	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:50
4.19	Ain’t Nobody Here but Us Chickens	Louis Jordan	3:06
4.20	Let the Good Times Roll	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:50
4.21	All for the Love of Lil	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:52
4.22	Texas and Pacific	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:05
4.23	Jack, You’re Dead	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:35
4.24	Reet Petite and Gone	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:45
4.25	Sure, Had a Wonderful Time	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:01
4.26	I Know What You’re Puttin’ Down	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:08
4.27	Open the Door Richard	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:30
5.1	Friendship	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:24
5.2	Open the Door Richard	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:04
5.3	Boogie Woogie Blue Plate	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:48
5.4	Barnyard Boogie	Louis Jordan	2:48
5.5	Every Man to His Own Profession	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:19
5.6	Early in the Morning	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:24
5.7	Run Joe	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:23
5.8	Look Out	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:55
5.9	Beans and Corn Bread	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:01
5.10	Have You Got the Gumption	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:06
5.11	We Can’t Agree	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:51
5.12	Chicky‐Mo, Craney‐Crow	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:31
5.13	Roamin’ Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:57
5.14	Inflation Blues	Louis Jordan	3:01
5.15	You’re Much Too Fat (and That’s That)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:44
5.16	Chug Chug Boogie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:56
5.17	There’ll Be No Days Like That	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:51
5.18	Pettin’ an Pokin’	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:34
5.19	You’re on the Right Track, Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:04
5.20	Don’t Burn the Candle at Both Ends	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:46
5.21	Why’d You Do It, Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:21
5.22	Daddy‐O	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:19
5.23	Safe, Sane, and Single	Louis Jordan	2:42
5.24	I Know What I’ve Got, Don’t Know What I’m Getting	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:55
5.25	You Broke Your Promise	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:51
5.26	Push‐Ka‐Pee She Pie (The Saga of Saga Boy)	Louis Jordan	2:34
6.1	Cole Slaw	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:46
6.2	Beans and Corn Bread	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:52
6.3	Onion	Louis Jordan	2:56
6.4	Baby’s Gonna Go, Bye Bye	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:50
6.5	Heed My Warning	Louis Jordan	3:22
6.6	Psycho‐Loco	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:03
6.7	School Days	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:36
6.8	Hungry Man	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:09
6.9	Love You ’til Your Money’s Gone Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:23
6.10	Saturday Night Fish Fry, Parts 1 & 2	Louis Jordan	5:25
6.11	I Want a Roof Over My Head	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:41
6.12	Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:53
6.13	Blue Light Boogie, Parts 1 & 2	Louis Jordan	5:12
6.14	Tamburitza Boogie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:14
6.15	(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse	Louis Jordan	2:37
6.16	Lemonade	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:18
6.17	It’s a Great, Great Pleasure	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:10
6.18	You Will Always Have a Friend	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:04
6.19	Louisville Lodge Meeting	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:27
6.20	Trouble Then Satisfaction	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:23
6.21	Crazy Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:59
6.22	Life Is So Peculiar	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five feat. Louis Armstrong	3:22
6.23	(I’ll Be Glad When You’re Dead) You, Rascal You	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five feat. Louis Armstrong	3:08
6.24	Teardrops From My Eyes	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
7.1	If You’ve Got Someplace to Go	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:13
7.2	Weak Minded Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:31
7.3	Is My Pop in There?	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:31
7.4	I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:32
7.5	If You So Smart, How Come You Ain’t Rich?	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
7.6	Trust in Me	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:31
7.7	Louisville Lodge Meeting	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:32
7.8	How Blue Can You Get?	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:47
7.9	Happy Birthday Boogie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:12
7.10	May Every Day Be Christmas	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:13
7.11	Please Don’t Leave Me	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:17
7.12	Bone Dry	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:04
7.13	I Love That Kinda Carryin’ On	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:36
7.14	Three Handed Woman	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:47
7.15	Fat Sam From Birmingham	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:02
7.16	Cock‐A‐Doodle‐Doo	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:13
7.17	Garmoochie	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:18
7.18	There Must Be a Way	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:13
7.19	Come and Get It	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
7.20	Stop Makin’ Music	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:32
7.21	Slow Down	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:41
7.22	Work, Baby Work	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:48
7.23	Never Trust a Woman	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:57
7.24	All of Me	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:28
7.25	There Goes My Heart	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:56
7.26	Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbow)	Louis Jordan	2:41
7.27	Gimme Gimme Blues	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:57
8.1	Junco Partner	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:47
8.2	Time Marches On	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:30
8.3	Azure‐Te (Paris Blues)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:09
8.4	Oil Well, Texas	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:30
8.5	There’s Nothing Else That I Can Do 1992a	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:11
8.6	Jordan for President	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
8.7	The Soon‐A Baby 1992	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:39
8.8	There’s Nothing Else That I Can Do 1992b	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:39
8.9	The Soon‐A Baby 1953	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:26
8.10	You Didn’t Want Me Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:47
8.11	A Man’s Best Friend Is a Bed	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:13
8.12	I Didn’t Know What Time It Was	Louis Jordan and The Nelson Riddle Orchestra	3:24
8.13	It’s Better to Wait for Love	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:41
8.14	Only Yesterday	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:08
8.15	Just Like a Butterfly (That’s Caught in the Rain)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:18
8.16	Hog Wash	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
8.17	House Party	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:52
8.18	Everything That’s Made of Wood	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:45
8.19	I Want You to Be My Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:00
8.20	You Know It Too	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:54
8.21	Locked Up	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:42
8.22	I Gotta Move	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:33
8.23	Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	3:02
8.24	If It’s True	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:43
8.25	Wake Up Jacob	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:57
8.26	Lollypop	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:31
8.27	Perdido (instrumental)	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five	2:56
9.1	Stone Cold Dead in the Market	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan	2:44
9.2	Petootie Pie	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan	2:36
9.3	Petootie Pie	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan	2:32
9.4	Baby, It’s Cold Outside	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five & Ella Fitzgerald	2:46
9.5	Don’t Cry, Cry Baby	Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five & Ella Fitzgerald	3:01
9.6	Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan	3:15
9.7	I’ll Never Be Free	Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Jordan	3:10

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