July 8, 1908 :
Louis Jordan born in Brinkley, Arkansas.
1915 :
Louis Jordan begins playing the saxophone at the age of 7.
1923 :
Louis Jordan had his first professional gig at the age of 15 with Ruby Williams
at the Green Gables Club.
June 14, 1929 :
It is thought that this is when he recorded his first record. The songs "Dog
Bottom" and "Jungle Mama" with The Jungle Band
1932 :
Louis Jordan marries Ida Fields, his second wife.
1936 :
He joined the orchestra of Chick Webb, staying there until 1938.
1938 :
He waxed his first 78 for Decca, "Honey in the Bee Ball", as The
Elks Rendezvous Band
1939 :
The Elks Rendezvous Band become known as The Tympany Five
1942 :
Louis Jordan marries Fleecie More, his third wife.
1942 :
Louis Jordan entered into the most sucesful 8 year run of his carrer, during
which he had an amazing 57 R&B chart hits. 18 of which hit #1, totalling
113 weeks in the #1 slot!
1944 :
He had his first million-seller with "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't Ma Baby?"
1944 :
"G.I. Jive" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stays there for 6 weeks.
It also hit #1 on the Pop chart staying there for two weeks. G.I Jive was Louis
Jordan's only Pop chart topping song, though 15 of his hits made it into the
Pop charts
1945 :
"Caldonia" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stays there for 7 weeks.
1946 :
"Buzz Me" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed there for 9 weeks.
1946 :
"Stone Cold Dead In THe Market" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed
there for 5 weeks.
1946 :
"Choo Cho Ch'Boogie" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed there for
18 weeks. The longest of any song of his that hit the charts
1946 :
"Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chickens" hit #1 on the R&B chart and
stayed there for 17 weeks.
1947 :
"Jack, You're Dead" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed there for
7 weeks.
1947 :
"Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed there
for 14 weeks.
1949 :
"Saturday Night Fish Fry" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed there
for 12 weeks.
1950 :
"Blue Light Boogie" hit #1 on the R&B chart and stayed there for
7 weeks.
1951 :
Louis Jordan marries his 4th wife, Vicky Hayes.
1953 :
Louis Jordan departs from Decca.
1966 :
Louis Jordan marries Martha Weaver, his 5th wife.
1972 :
Louis Jordan entered the recording studio for the last time to record the tracks
found on I Believe in Music.
February 4, 1975 :
Louis Jordan dies of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, and is buried
in St. Louis Missouri.
1987 :
Louis Jordan was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1992 :
The musical Five Guys Named Moe opened on Broadway.
2005 :
Louis Jordan was inducted into the Arkansas Black Hall
of Fame