The Soundies on DVD
35 Songs from his films and Soundies can be found on this DVD from IDEM
The Soundies
Often time Louis Jordan is given credit for inventing the "Soundie,"
an early form of a music video. This of course is not accurate, The
Soundies distribution corporation produced thousands of Soundies
for countless artist.
The Outskirts of Town
10/19/42
Featuring Louis Jordan, Theresa Harris, and Dudley Dickerson
Down, Down, Down
12/31/42
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Five Guys Named Moe (lyrics)
12/31/42
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Fuzzy Wuzzy
12/31/42
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and Ruby Richards (a dancer)
Old Man Mose
12/31/42
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
3/13/44
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Ration Blues (lyrics)
3/27/44
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Jumpin' at the Jubilee
4/17/44
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and the Swing Maniacs
If You Can't Smile and Say Yes
5/8/44
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Jordan Jive
8/14/44
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five and the Swing Maniacs
Honey Chile
1/29/45
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Produced by Berle Adams
Directed by William Forest Crouch
This is an excerpt from the film Astor film Caldonia
4/2/45
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Produced by Berle Adams
Directed by William Forest Crouch
This is an excerpt from the film Astor film Caldonia
6/11/45
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Produced by Berle Adams
Directed by William Forest Crouch
This is an excerpt from the film Astor film Caldonia
Tillie
7/23/45
Featuring Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five
Produced by Berle Adams
Directed by William Forest Crouch
This is an excerpt from the film Astor film Caldonia
Toot That Trumpet
Soundies Distributing Corporation of America, Inc.
Directed by William Forest Crouch and Josef Berne
Produced by William Forest Crouch
10 minutes long
Host Monte Hawley introduces four separate Soundies combined under this title:
Dry Bones (1945) with the Delta Rhythm Boys, Jordan Jive (1944) with Louis
Jordan and his Tympany Five and the Swing Maniacs, Knock Me Out (1945) with
Apus and Estrellita and Dewey Brown, and Toot that Trumpet (1943) with Francine
Everett, Cook and Brown and the Sepia Steppers.
Louis Jordan Medley
Combination of other soundies including; Five Guys Named Moe, Fuzzy
Wuzzy, The Ration Blues
Rocco Blues
A combination of previous soundies distributed as a longer film, probably
9-12 minutes long.
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