Louis Jordan



  • Louis Jordan
  • Louis Jordan
  • Louis Jordan

Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 – February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician, songwriter and bandleader who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #59 on their list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.


Filmography

Selected Louis Jordan film and TV show credits:


Acting Credits

1955
ITV Play of the Week
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1955
Appointment with Adventure
Inspector Beaumont

1947
Reet, Petite, and Gone
Schyler Jarvis/Louis Jarvis

1947
Look-Out Sister
Louis Jordan

1946
Beware
Lucius Brokenshire 'Louis' Jordan

1945
Caldonia
Louis Jordan

1944
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
Band Leader

Music Department Credits

1947
Look-Out Sister
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1946
Beware
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Soundtrack Credits

2010
You Don't Know Jack
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2008
The Express
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2007
The War
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2006
Shortbus
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2005
Dancing with the Stars
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2005
So You Think You Can Dance
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2004
A Love Song for Bobby Long
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2003
It Runs in the Family
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2003
Swing
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2002
Swept Away
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2002
Power and Beauty
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2001
Russian Doll
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2000
My Dog Skip
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2000
Hollywood Rocks the Movies: The Early Years (1955-1970)
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1999
Swing
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1999
Spaced
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1998
Babe: Pig in the City
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1998
Beefcake
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1996
My Fellow Americans
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1996
Swingers
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1995
Grumpier Old Men
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1993
Late Show with David Letterman
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1993
Bluesland: A Portrait in American Music
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1992
Malcolm X
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1982
Late Night with David Letterman
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1980
Raging Bull
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1980
The Blues Brothers
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1974
The Execution of Private Slovik
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1957
Calypso Heat Wave
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1956
The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
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1952
Smitten Kitten
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1947
Reet, Petite, and Gone
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1946
Swing Parade of 1946
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1946
Beware
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1946
Solid Serenade
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1945
Easy to Look at
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1945
Her Lucky Night
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1945
Caldonia
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1944
Follow the Boys
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1944
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
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1944
Is You Is, or Is You Ain't My Baby?
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