Louis Jordan, Louis Jordan

After Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Louis Jordan was probably the most popular and successful black bandleader of his day.

In this period Jordan scored a staggering eighteen #1 singles and fifty-four Top Ten placings. To this day Louis Jordan still ranks as the top black recording artist of all time in terms of the total number of weeks at #1 -- his records scored an incredible total of 113 weeks in the #1 position (the runner-up being Stevie Wonder with 70 weeks).

He also starred in filmed a series of short musicals, as well as making numerous "soundies" for his hit songs Wild Realm Reviews: Louis Jordan on Film . The ancestor of the modern music video, "soundies" were short film clips designed for use in audio-visual jukeboxes. Jordan also had a cameo role in the Hollywood wartime musical Follow the Boys.

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