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RARE OLDIES SOUNDIES WITH MR LOUIS JORDAN HIS TYMPANY FIVE 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. Louis Jordan was one of the most successful AfricanAmerican musicians of the 20th century, ranking fifth in the list of the alltime most successful black recording artists according to Billboard magazine s chart methodology. Though comprehensive sales figures are not available, he scored at least four millionselling hits during his career. Jordan regularly topped the R B race charts, and was one of the first black recording artists to achieve a significant qu