Louis Jordan
Born: July 8, 1908
Died: February 4, 1975 (aged 66)
Bio: Louis Thomas Jordan was a pioneering American musician, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as "The King of the Jukebox", he was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era.
Known for:
- Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
- Follow the Boys (1944)
- Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
- Beware (1946)
- Look Out Sister
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