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CHOO CHOO CHBOOGIE - 4. EPISODE 4 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 16th June 2017
Clarke Peters concludes his celebration of Louis Jordan, the King of the Juke Boxes. First broadcast in 2008.
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [MCA]
Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll [GRP]
Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry [MCA]
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan - Life Is So Peculiar [Classics]
Louis Armstrong & Louis Jordan - I'll Be Glad When You're Dead [Classics]
Chris Barber & Louis Jordan - No Chance Blues [Black Lion]
Chris Barber & Louis Jordan - Don't Worry 'Bout The Mule [Black Lion]
Louis Jordan - I Believe In Music [JSP]
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [MCA]
Louis Jordan - Let The Good Times Roll [GRP]
Louis Jordan - Saturday Night Fish Fry [MCA]
Louis Jordan & Louis Armstrong - Life Is So Perculiar [Bdmusic]
Louis Armstrong With Louis Jordon - You Rascal You [Decca Jazz]
Chris Barber & Louis Jordan - No Chance Blues [Black Lion]
Louis Jordan With The Chris Barber Band - Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule [Black Lion]
Louis Jordan - I Believe In Music [Black And Blue]
CHOO CHOO CHBOOGIE - 3. EPISODE 3 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 15th June 2017
Clarke Peters continues his celebration of Louis Jordan featuring the great recording collaborations with Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, and the biggest sequence of hits for Jordan and his Tympany five including: Let The Good Times Roll, Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, and of course, the classic Choo Choo Ch'Boogie. First broadcast in 2008.
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [MCA]
Louis Jordan - All For The Love Of Lil [MCA/Universal International Music]
Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby [MCA]
Louis Jordan - Gi Jive [MCA]
Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan - My Baby Said Yes [Brunswick]
Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan - Your Socks Don't Match [Brunswick]
Louis Jordan - Caldonia [Pickwick]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Petootie Pie [Naxos]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Stone Cold Dead In The Market [Proper]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Baby It's Cold Outside [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Beware [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [MCA]
Louis Jordan - All For The Love Of Lil [MCA/Universal International Music]
Louis Jordan - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby [Proper]
Louis Jordan - GI Jive [MCA]
Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan - My Baby Said Yes [Brunswick]
Bing Crosby & Louis Jordan - Your Socks Don't Match [Brunswick]
Louis Jordan - Caldonia [Pickwick]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Petootie Pie [Naxos]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Stone Cold Dead In The Market [Proper]
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan - Baby It's Cold Outside [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Beware [Proper]
CHOO CHOO CHBOOGIE - 2. EPISODE 2 (320kbs-m4a/66mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 14th June 2017
Another chance to hear Clarke Peters celebrate the charismatic and influential musician Louis Jordan.
Louis Jordan with his yard-wide smile, rousing vocals and searing alto saxophone was the bridge from the minstrel show to rock and roll. He started out with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, and ended up being the main influence on performers like Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In between, he and his Tympany Five created jump-jive music, the feel-good small band sound that bridged the swing era and r'n'b.
Long before The Wire, Clarke Peters wrote, directed and starred in the West End tribute show Five Guys Named Moe, researching behind the scenes to discover the fascinating stories of Jordan's life - his battles with illness, his perfectionism, his comedy, and his enduring influence on the likes of Bill Haley and Ray Charles.
This series originally broadcast in 2008 to mark the centenary of Jordan's birth. The second episode covers how Louis Jordan and his Tympani Five came to be one of the biggest acts on the scene and features music which was covered 20 years later and became some of the biggest hits of early rock and roll.
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [MCA]
Louis Jordan - You Ain't Nowhere [Happy Days/Conifer]
Louis Jordan - A Chicken Ain't Nothin' But A Bird [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Five Guys Named Moe [Coolnote]
Louis Jordan - Knock Me A Kiss [MCA]
Louis Jordan - Trust In Me [Bear Family]
Louis Jordan - Deacon Jones [Proper]
Louis Jordan - What's The Use Of Gettin' Sober [Proper]
Louis Jordan - I'm Gonna Move To The Outskirts Of Town [Recall]
Louis Jordan - The Chicks I Pick Are Slender, Tender And Tall [Proper]
CHOO CHOO CHBOOGIE - 1. EPISODE 1 (320kbs-m4a/67mb/29mins)
BBC Radio 6 Music broadcast: 13th June 2017
One of the most extrovert characters in show business history, Louis Jordan with his yard-wide smile, rousing vocals and searing alto saxophone was the bridge from the minstrel show to rock and roll.
He started out with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels, and ended up being the main influence on performers like Little Richard and Chuck Berry. In between, he and his Tympany Five created jump-jive music, the feel-good small band sound that bridged the swing era and r'n'b.
Nobody is more steeped in Jordan's life and work than Clarke Peters, who not only wrote, directed and starred in the West End tribute show Five Guys Named Moe, but researched behind the scenes to discover the fascinating stories of Jordan's life - his battles with illness, his perfectionism, his comedy, and his enduring influence on the likes of Bill Haley and Ray Charles.
Pacey, fast moving and packed with good humour, the series is just like a Jordan performance. As we enter his unique sound world, we hear the hits, Saturday Night Fish Fry, Outskirts of Town, Caldonia, and Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens, a string of million-sellers that made his name.
This series was first broadcast in 2008, to coincide with the centenary of Louis Jordan's birth.
Louis Jordan - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [MCA]
Clarke Peters & London Cast - Five Guys Named Moe [First Night]
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - Buzz Me [A Touch Of Magic]
Louis Armstrong - When You're Smiling [Columbia]
Louis Armstrong - St James Infirmary [CBS]
Louis Armstrong - Dinah [CBS]
Clarence Williams - I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants) [Classic Jazz Masters]
Chick Webb And His Orchestra - Rusty Hinge [Proper]
Chick Webb And His Orchestra - There's Frost On The Moon [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Honey In The Bee Ball [JSP]
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - At The Swing Cats Ball [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Keep A Knockin' [JSP]
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - Choo Choo Ch'boogie [JSP]
Original London Cast - Five Guys Named Moe [Rhythm Safari - First Night]
Louis Jordan - Buzz Me [BDmusic]
Louis Armstrong - When You're Smiling/St. James Infirmary [Bluebird]
Clarence Williams - I Can't Dance I Got Ants In My Pants [Challenge Records International]
Louis Jordan - Rusty Hinge [Pickwick]
Chick Webb & Ella Fitzgerald - There's Frost On The Moon [Werner Last's Favourites Jazz]
Louis Jordan - Honey In The Bee Ball [JSP]
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five - At The Swing Cats Ball [Proper]
Louis Jordan - Keep A Knockin' [Proper]