Louis Thomas Jordan (1908 - 1975)

Born 8 Jul 1908 in Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States

Died 4 Feb 1975 at age 66 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Louis Thomas Jordan was an American saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and bandleader who was popular from the late 1930's to the early 1950's, known as "The King of the Jukebox".

Biography

Louis Jordan is Notable.

Louis was born in Brinkley, Arkansas the 8th of July 1908. His father James Aaron Jordan was a teacher of music and a bandleader of the Brinkley Brass Band and the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. His mother Adell (Buford) Jordan died when Louis was young and he was raised by his grandmother Maggie Jordan and his aunt Lizzie Reid.

Marriages Julia Jordan Martha Weaver -1966-1975 Vicky Hayes-1951-1960 Fleecie Morre-1942 Ida Fields-1932

He passed away in Los Angeles on the 4th of February 1975.^[1]

Career

Louis studied the clarinet and saxophone at an early age and was a member of the Rabbit Foot minstrels and played professionally in the late 1920's. In the 1930's he played in Philadelphia and New York City with Charlie Gaines he also recorded with Clarence Williams for a short time he was a member of the Stuff Smith orchestra he also sang and played the sax with the Chick Webb orchestra. In 1938 he put together a band that became popular with such numbers as 'Choo Choo Ch'Boogie; 'Knock Me a Kiss', 'Is You or is You Aint My Baby' and 'Five Guys named Moe' .

Louis Jordan was a singer who fronted his band for over twenty years, Highly talented he sang duets with the top stars of the time ,Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong he also was an actor and appeared in dozens of promotional film clips and cameos features and short films , he also starred in two musical feature films made for him. He also played all of the different saxophone's particularly the alto. He also played the piano and clarinet. He was a songwriter and co-wrote many songs that were classics of the popular music in the 20th-century.

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2016/louis-jordan : accessed 16 February 2022), memorial page for Louis Jordan (8 Jul 1908–4 Feb 1975), Find A Grave: Memorial #2016, citing Mount Olive Catholic Cemetery, Lemay, St. Louis County, Missouri, USA ; Maintained by Find a Grave .

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan

United States Census, 1910 Name: Louis Jordan Event Type: Census Event Date: 910 Event Place: Brinkley, Monroe, Arkansas, United States Gender: Male Age: 2 Birth Year 1908 Birthplace: Arkansas Father's Birthplace: Arkansas Mother's Birthplace: Mississippi Relationship to Head of Household: Son Sheet Letter: A Sheet Number: 8 Household Role Sex Age Birthplace J L Jordan Head Male 34 Arkansas Adell Jordan Wife Female 20 Mississippi Louis Jordan Son Male 2 Arkansas

Louis Jordan United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 Deceased Name: Louis Jordan Event Type: Obituary Event Date: 05 Feb 1975 Event Place: Little Rock, Arkansas Gender: Male Affiliate Image Identifier: 15BD06A1C18E6932 Deceased Residence Place: Los Angeles Age: 66 Occupation : Alto Saxophonist-[Singer] Birthplace: Brinkley, Arkansas