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Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
American dance band
Tympany Five was a famous, successful, and influential American rhythm and blues and jazz dance band founded by Louis Jordan in 1938. The group was composed of a horn section of three to five different pieces and also drums, double bass, guitar and piano.
Popular American band that recorded from the 1930s until the 1970s. During the 1940s, they were the most popular recording band of the soon-to-be-called rhythm and blues music, having eighteen No. 1 hits, which makes them the third most successful singles artist in Billboard R&B charts history. The 1946 recording of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" was tied for first place for spending the most weeks (eighteen) at No. 1. in the charts.
Also known as: Ensemble, Jordan And His Tympani Five, Jordan Louis Tympany Five, Lewis Jordon, Louie Jordan And His Tympany Five
From Discogs (free to use). Their entry
Liner notes
Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, the records, oldest first
Coquette / Royal Garden Blues / You Can’t Get That No More / The End of My Worry
1944 ep
Outskirts of Town / I’ve Found a New Baby / Yeah Man / Rhythm Man
1944 ep
Gotta Be This or That / Bahama Joe / Nobody but Me
1945 ep
Deacon Jones / I Like ’em Fat Like That / Take Me Out to the Ball Game / Good Enough to Keep
1945 ep
Don’t Fence Me In / The Continental / How High Am I? / Hey Now, Let’s Live
1945 ep
Hey Everybody - It's Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five
2024 album
More Hits, More Rarities
year unknown album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"Jack, You're Dead" is a song written by Dick Miles and Walter Bishop. It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in October 1946, and released on the Decca label.
The song describes a man's physical state if he fails to respond to romance.
