Just great swinging music. Used to play Louis on the juke box in Moss Side Manchester in the 1940s I'm 86 years old now live in the USA but can still remember all the words to Louis songs, what a performer. I have nobody to share and discuss this music with now.

@sgitell

4 жыл бұрын

What genre was this considered at the time? Jazz? Blues?

@ThePdog3k

4 жыл бұрын

I bet you could turn me onto some good music. In my mid thirties, but most of the music I love was made way before I was born.

@theadvocate4698

3 жыл бұрын

Man i searched that song! Im 46 and heard it first around 1995 in a rockabilly show in Sherbrooke, Québec, Tonight i tought of it and search for it! Great music never dies! :)

@ThePdog3k

3 жыл бұрын

@@sgitell Pretty sure this was called Jump Blues at the time.

@freya002YT

3 жыл бұрын

Hey bud. I’d love to discuss jazz with ya. Just let me know.

"Hey boy, hey, hey what ya doin'?" - "ah well I'm just busy creating the single most important genre of this century"

@dwightlove3704

4 жыл бұрын

@Philip Sniegiroff This man was pioneer of a form of music called JUMP BLUES it was the forerunner of Rock Music.

@amileoj9043

3 жыл бұрын

Ha ha - perfect!

@dwightlove3704

3 жыл бұрын

Arthur Lecomte With all due respect to this great man a BLACK WOMAN (Sister Rosetta Tharpe)laid the foundation for the music he played in the decade of the '40s.

@jenncan6218

3 жыл бұрын

@@dwightlove3704 this man was the Father of Rock n Roll.

@dwightlove3704

3 жыл бұрын

@@jenncan6218 You get no argument from me this man was arguably the most influential musician of the 20th century.He created the MODERN DAY MUSIC VIDEO.But as stated before SISTER ROSETTA THARPE paved the way for him she was singing this music in the '30s

" Caldonia " is a jump blues song, first recorded in 1945 by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. A version by Erskine Hawkins, also in 1945, was described by Billboard magazine as " rock and roll ", the first time that phrase was used in print to describe any style of music. -- Wikipedia

@elevenseven-yq4vu

8 ай бұрын

Great information, thank you!

@randomgaming6808

4 ай бұрын

Jump blues is my favorite! all the spirit of rock n roll with swing era instruments! throw out the sax and replace it for an electric guitar and you've got rock n roll.

@sarahmatkins6343

3 ай бұрын

Thanks I’ve got a test tmrw ❤

Louis Jordan invented rock n roll. This is it right here.

@lucyd75

5 ай бұрын

That's exactly how I felt when I first heard this song. It's rock n' roll through and through.

@Peter1999Videos

9 күн бұрын

Louis Jordan and Big Joe Turner, the real deal

That lady on the piano is everything!

@capitolfedgroup8311

2 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous beautiful classy women

@melissachartres3219

2 жыл бұрын

Everything? That's a LOT!

@eevee2esponfan

2 жыл бұрын

That’s Caledonia

@TheKiltedYaksman1

2 жыл бұрын

Nikki O'Daniel - "Harlem's Dancing Princess"

@7heartsBARANSKI

Жыл бұрын

You should see her dance ❣️❣️

My gramps used to call my gram "Callie" after this song. He really took to heart the chorus of this song. He loved my grams more than life itself.

As a teenager in the 80s I discovered Louis Jordan. The music seemed ancient then, but it was less than forty years old!

Look how smooth, sharp, and suave the whole band looks,too!

@dwightlove3704

8 жыл бұрын

D.Pierce as stated before Louis Jordan's band was called The Tympani Five every band that came after them owe these legends multiple paychecks!!!!!

@dwightlove3704

8 жыл бұрын

+Blood Rynn You see how he looked can you blame him!!!!

@elliecat6006

6 жыл бұрын

Good

@danielstump3204

5 жыл бұрын

Looking swell in those beautiful suits !

@rainh2589

4 жыл бұрын

That’s called dignity.

James Brown said Louis Jordan was the BEST and I cannot argue!

@dwightlove3704

8 жыл бұрын

AWRY James Brown said that Louis Jordan played a major role in his music career.Jordan was one of the pioneers of a style of music called JUMP BLUES it is the forerunner to everything you hear today!!!!!

@MrJackrabbit1943

6 жыл бұрын

Dwight Love 😋

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

Ginny Fulcher Yes Jordan was the man!!!!!!

For those that don't know, Louis Jordan was James Brown's main inspiration, especially as a performer.

@MrOlting

10 жыл бұрын

Also BB kings i believe

@PaulDA2000

10 жыл бұрын

No, not BB King, although Mr. Brown respected him.

@lenwalker9351

10 жыл бұрын

PaulDA2000 No, he meant that Jordan inspired BB.

@pauldavanzo4366

10 жыл бұрын

Len Walker Oh OK.

@dwightlove3704

8 жыл бұрын

Paul this man influenced many more besides James Brown.Louis Jordan influenced a whole generation of musicians who came after him!!!!!!!

Caldonia was the very FIRST song to be called “Rock & Roll”!

@RockNRollSurf

3 жыл бұрын

@dean currie Whats the difference lol. The way I see it, Rythm and Blues was the 1940s Rock and Roll. If Chuck Berry or Fats Domino sang this exact same song in the 1950s, no one would have notice the difference

@fredievinson7944

3 жыл бұрын

Nah..... Arthur Cudrup's that's alrught Mama in 47

@thom6746

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this sounds more like rock than rocket 88.

@deesenuts8730

3 жыл бұрын

@@thom6746 yeah but we still giving that to Ike

@sugafoot777

3 жыл бұрын

@dean currie as my mom and older relatives explained to me, black people didn't call music "boogie woogie" it was the age old, other people making new labels for what we had been doing. Boogie woogie was a category term created by mainstream hosts and radio jockeys. Rock and roll is an art form that was black musical expression born out of blues, rhythm & blues and jazz elements.

If I never picked up Mafia II back in 2010, I never would have been introduced to this legend. Since then, I’ve explored all his music, and all i know is more people need to see Louis Jordan’s work. An absolute ICON!

@roberthunerberg1509

Жыл бұрын

I saw BB King at the Genesse Theater in Waukegan Illinois on his 80th birthday tour. A fabulous night and played a few Louis Jordan songs 🎵

@lovelyofcourse7214

Жыл бұрын

Lmaoo mafia be putting us all on the old flames for sure! 😂😂

Louis Jordan was a genius!

The MASTER, Louis Jordan, proves in "CALDONIA" what I've always suspected: HE WAS THE FUNK!!! Predating James Brown, The Coasters, Sly Stone, Parliament-Funkadelic, and Chuck Brown. Doin' it way back in the 1930s and 1940s, and Tearin'! Stuff!! UP!!!! Thanks for uploading this video. He's long since joined the "Band In The Sky" (1975), but this footage makes Louis Jordan--and the FUNK--Eternal!!

@Globalman43

2 жыл бұрын

That’s right. Louis Jordan was the foundation of Funk and paved the way for those who followed after him.

I also like the lady that's grooving in the background.

@simballlggg6068

5 жыл бұрын

Thank u

@robertnieten7259

4 жыл бұрын

Yummy!!!

@vlogdeumimigrante9230

4 жыл бұрын

Yes Mark it's a baby ladie...

@HedgeYourPosition

4 жыл бұрын

It's Caldonia!

@nazritevow6169

3 жыл бұрын

That lady on paino was my grandma her name was caldonia...blessed be the LORD the LORD giveth the LORD taketh blessed be the LORD

When I talk about this guy to people who have never heard of him, I say that he was little Richard before Little Richard ever thought of it. I have an anthology album. I can definitely say he was the first rock n' roller ever.

I'll never forget this song! I play this song on my bass guitar for a talent show when I was about 12 years old and sang the lyrics and everything! You should have seen the looks i got lol

Now this is what i call real Musical talent. A true legend and this shows as people still listening to this music and loving it years after Louis Jordan Has passed.

@JamesS001

Жыл бұрын

Hello Leslie, how is everything going with you?

素晴らしい！ルイ・ジョーダンは昔から大好きです。

God I love this version. What an amazing song!

@johndean4765

8 ай бұрын

Weird how tv stations NEVER highlight this fantastic music.When recording studios had very ordinary equipment yet these great musicians had such an amazing sound.

Caladonia one of my all time favorites

That has got to be one of the top 5 greatest song videos of all time. I couldn't stop smiling the whole time, and I rarely smile.

Love this song and you can definitely hear Little Richard when Louis is singing, even though it's many years before Tutti Frutti etc.

CaldoniAHH!!! His music is just, amazing.

We could say his the creator of that rithm that today we call R&B. Simply beautiful.

So glad I found Louis Jordan. One of my favourite ever artists. SUCH a personality!! Wish I'd been able to see him live. Damn my beautiful youth!

GODDAMN! That bassists face in the beginning fucking kills me. Like I just can NOT stop laughing....good god.. this is my new favorite genre just because of that guy and the dance Louis does

@johnmcgloson6570

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

Caldonia is really gorgeous !

The beginnings of Rock'n'Roll...

I love everything Louis Jordan ever did! Great talent.

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

AmericanWatchdog As I said before Jordan is arguably the most important American born musician.

I wanna play sax like Louis Jordan. I absolutely love this song

Excellent piece of Boogie-Woogie music, thanks for sharing. I personally think this is the best rhythm ever created.

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

Roman Adar You are looking one of the men who pioneered a style of music called JUMP BLUES it was the forerunner to any form of music heard in the modern era with the exception of Jazz.

Caldonia was my great grandmother on my fathers side!!!

IT DON'T GET MUCH BETTER THAN THIS.

This is the oldest "music video" I saw MuchMusic (Canada's MTV) play, on a show called 'Backtrax' that included a datestamp (1945) with the Song Title/Artist/Record Label key graphics near the beginning and end of the promo. Thank you for uploading this film.

This was what my tour guide called a morning song during a Contiki trip to the West part of US back in I believe 1996. I wondered how were my friends doing from that trip

This one of our Rock 'N Roll fathers!!

My great grandmother and grandmother listen to Louis Jordan. Had the most #1 R&B hits until James Brown came along. I remember back in the late 60's when folks used to sing " Is You Is Or Is You Not My Baby!". Louis Jordan is a legend.

pure old school jazz i love it

So classy and I love the actual use of instruments in the music!

This was the best version of Caldonia.

MY mother May she RIP, loved THIS SONG too Life.... GREAT MEMORIES of MY YOUTH......louis Jordan,WITH SOME GREAT musical genuine......5,*****

GREATEST MUSIC ON EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@harryheath2616

4 жыл бұрын

Right

@renaissanceman165

4 жыл бұрын

Amen, Sister! You must be a singer, musician too. Check it Out! Ciao!!!

@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203

4 жыл бұрын

You said it🇺🇸 All American

I've said It before and I'll say it again, LOUIS JORDAN IS HOTTER THAN A $2.OO PISTOL! So is the gal on the piano:)

So easy to see the origins of rock 'n' roll in tunes like this one.

now this is music! would love to be at a party with musicians like this and this breaks out, people today would be stunned because sorry, this is the real music medicine

Louis Jordan was probably the king of cool back in his era.

Awesome old school music. This is truly amazing. Thank you Mookie for directing me to yet another awesome music artist.

To all who are talking about this forgotten icon the style of music he helped to create was JUMP BLUES its forerunner to everything but jazz that you hear in the modern era of music.This man also helped to pioneer MUSIC VIDEOS as well in the '40s!!!!!Jordan influenced others like LITTLE RICHARD,RAY CHARLES,QUINCY JONES,DAVID SANBORN the list is very long and distinguished he died on 2-4-75 at the age of 66.Louis Jordan is arguably the most influential musician born on American soil.His birthdate is 7-8-1908 he hailed from a town called BRINKLEY,ARK.Jordan also helped to pioneer RAP MUSIC as well his contribution to that music genre a song called BEWARE its the forerunner to GOLDDIGGER from Kanye West!!!!!! His band The TYMPANI FIVE paved the way for all other bands in rock and roll or rhythm and blues that came afterwards.

@samboogy9051

6 жыл бұрын

YEZZIR

@dwightlove3704

4 жыл бұрын

@@samboogy9051 A movie needs to be made about him who could play this great man???

Learned about Louis Jordan today. How come I've never heard about this before? This song is the best.

@johndean4765

8 ай бұрын

You never seen or heard this great film clip before because TV stations never show this ,they boycott anything really good

I love Louis Jordan. The king of R&B

Man I use to hear this when I was knee high to a grasshopper. Louis Jordan is the 1st rapper listen to the lyrics! What a talent long live this great music. Salud Pop's may you rest in peace..

The lyrics have been altered for the "video" version. Where he says "Mama doesn't know I was in love with Caledonia" should be "Mama didn't know what Caledonia was puttin' down."

@kaleapatrick5758

4 жыл бұрын

One of my patients had me to play this song for him. I really didn't understand why he kept saying putting down, it makes sense now. And what is really cool that he remembers every detail of this song after all these years. Of course he do thinks it 1948.

@Littlewolf68

3 жыл бұрын

YES!! Thank you! 🤙😁

I just can’t help but come back and blast this again and again ❤️ Caledonia

that bass player changed the world

real good music, great musicians!!!

the most important artist of the 20th century.

I can never hear this song too much!

So much nostalgia in this video and sound... So beautiful.

Brought up with Louis Jordan. I Love his music. Thanks for the post.

Loved this music ,when I was a kid my mom had albums of this and similar artists

I have the CD album that contains this song. Picked it up from Tower Records back in the days

My Dad LOVED Louis Jordan. Said his music played non stop back in the 50's.

This music is the a legend.

Louis Jordan invented ROCK'N'ROLL.

@twinspower1689

7 жыл бұрын

It's called Rhythm' and blues...duh

@mj99a

7 жыл бұрын

"A version (of Caldonia) by Erskine Hawkins, also in 1945, was described by Billboard magazine as "rock and roll", the first time that phrase was used in print to describe any style of music. The issue of Billboard magazine for April 21, 1945, described Hawkins' version as "right rhythmic rock and roll music", pre-dating by 14 months a more often cited use of the words in a June 1946 description of 'Sugar Lump'"

@Geedo777

7 жыл бұрын

To be honest I'd say Louis Jordan's music is a bridge between swing and rock'n'roll. I suppose this was R & B of the time, but I'd say his influence on the development of Rock'n'Roll is not to be overlooked.

@alishagomez470

7 жыл бұрын

More like swing Jazz

@johnharpdalton7766

7 жыл бұрын

I remember reading an interview with Chuck Berry, who said RnR was first played by Jordan...

my respects go to the members who participated in playing the song. The cello and saxophone are some of the instruments that I find very difficult to learn to play.

Came back here again after watching Death on the Nile (2022). As there were various songs of this genre in that film

This song will never die and I hope the KZread video won't either. Take it down, it just pops up somewhere else. Thanks Elwood!

@kyrinky

8 жыл бұрын

+UKMikey Why would it get taken down?

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

UKMikey If you want to keep listening to this song go to DAILYMOTION their website has this in its entirety.

@davidmilkeslopez4836

4 жыл бұрын

Rock, great.

ABSOLUTELY AMAZING EVEN BACK THEN THEY WAS RAPPING. ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾💪🏾💪🏾💪🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@Globalman43

2 жыл бұрын

Louis Jordan should be included as one of the architects of Hip Hop.

@dwightlove3704

11 ай бұрын

@@Globalman43 Yes he was he did a song called BEWARE it was a playful jab at women who marry for money.He was the GRANDFATHER OF KANYE WEST.

@Globalman43

11 ай бұрын

@@dwightlove3704 Was he related? Wow.

@dwightlove3704

11 ай бұрын

@@Globalman43 Kanye wished that he was related to this Music Icon I was just using this great man as a example lol.

@dwightlove3704

11 ай бұрын

@@Globalman43 He was the FATHER OF THE MODERN DAY MUSIC VIDEO.

Before there was rock and roll there was the Blues. And boy was it a bop, still is.

Looking up all the songs and artists that I just heard in the movie "Lackawanna Blues". 🙂 This was one of my grandmother's favorite singers and musician.

My pops rip dad brought me here 1931-2005

In my ignorance I never realised Jordan also played the sax. Boy do I have a lot to learn.

@ihateausername1

6 жыл бұрын

A man of many talents! One of the best!

@mushmorant9253

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Roberts I would say his main instrument was the alto sax, but he also played the tenor (as here) and baritone sax as well as clarinet (a prerequisite for all sax players) and piano.

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

Andrew Roberts The song you are listening to laid the groundwork for all MUSIC VIDEOS you have seen in the modern era.A documentary was done on Elvis and a person said he was doing music videos in the '50s but this man started in the '40s.

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

megamee He was also the FATHER of Hip Hop listen to a song called BEWARE it was the forerunner to the song by Kanye West GOLDDIGGER.

The woman on the piano is beautiful!

The best Louis Jordan le top👌🏼

Still a legend in 2019

This is real funny but good music, I like Louis Jordan singing blowing and dancing, what a energy

@dwightlove3704

8 жыл бұрын

AB this man's influence is felt even today in the music industry.He is the father of rock music.

fantabulous artistry........Timeless...

Gold!. I miss these days. So many good times wish I could go back.

Love this!

KEN BURNS "JAZZ" BROUGHT ME HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My father, born in 1923, used to play this on the piano when I was a kid and then got the record. I'm 71 but still love Louis and this song. I jokongly told my daugfhter to name her new child Caldonia, if she's a girl. She never heard that name before and wasn't thrilled with my suggestion.

This was one of my Granny’s favorite songs. I still listen to it when I need cheering up. Love you Granny❤️ MOP!🤣🤣🤣

"CALDONIA! CALDONIA! WHAT MAKE A BIG HEAD SO HARD." love this classic song.

Rapper / Actor Mos Def sang this song in Lackawana Blues. I think he played Louis Jordan cause there was a scene where he's singing in a night club that S. Epatha Merkerson's character Nanny and her friends go to which takes place in the 50s or 60s.

@lshellerowe5845

8 жыл бұрын

he was playing Chuck Berry.

@lshellerowe5845

8 жыл бұрын

he was playing Chuck Berry.

@lshellerowe5845

8 жыл бұрын

he was playing Chuck Berry.

@kenneth8434

6 жыл бұрын

It was all about the shoes in Lackawana county

@jamesalford756

4 жыл бұрын

In Lackawanna Blues Mos Def was Mos Def not playing Chuck Berry.

I fall in love with the girls in these clips. Just beautiful 💞

A genius in his on time. Absolutely the father of rock and roll...

Que buena joya encontre cuarentena!!🎷🏅🏅

this song moves my soul 🌞

@JamesS001

Жыл бұрын

Hello Ursula, how is everything going with you?

I was a year old in 59,,,,,64 yrs later I hear him play, life.

Sweet dreams tune! ❤️💖

Honestly came here from Mafia II. I was driving a car as Joe and this just came on, I immediately looked it up. It's greattt

@ericnick4498

6 жыл бұрын

Cloudy Films Word

Why have I never heard this? Why did I not know who this man was? Omg yes!!!!!!!!

@dorothyspeaks6997

9 жыл бұрын

Absolutely love him! :).

@vickistover2446

6 жыл бұрын

I've loved him since I first heard him

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

Vicki Stover His music was featured in the film Malcolm X

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

Advocate Speaks He was the father of the modern day music video.He also helped to pioneer rap music as well.

@dwightlove3704

6 жыл бұрын

Phil K He is arguably the most important American born musician period.

Love this song!!! Louis Jordan is too funny

We used to play this with Laurel Aitken's band

1:10 is the best "Caldonia! Caldonia! What makes your big head so hard"

That's good stuff!

Rock and Roll beginnings 🏆❤️🏆

@JamesS001

Жыл бұрын

Hello Dianne, how is everything going with you?

@dianneloveswes1

Жыл бұрын

I’m great how are you?

@JamesS001

Жыл бұрын

@@dianneloveswes1 I am doing just fine thanks. Where are you from?

I was going to Univ So Calif and we had a pep rally before USC-Notre Dame game. Stars of the rally were Pegg Lee and Dave Barber and Louis Jordan. Don't remember who won that Sat......but what a rally. It was held at the Shrine Auditorium across the street from USC.

Legendary