Louis Jordan Ain't That Just Like A Woman

[ArtemGerts]

Chuck, Chuck! It's Marvin! Your cousin, Marvin Berry! You know that new sound you were looking for? Well listen to THIS!

[leavemealoneyoutube]

So when Marvin called Chuck so he can hear that new sound Marty was playing, did Chuck basically said "You dumb ass, he be playin' Louis Jordan! Shit, Nigga!"

[eternalbeing]

Oh man that sound. This guy was ahead of his time.

[mikiroony]

The Marie Antoinette line is probably the most hilarious I've heard in music by far.

[arasolisfolkcelta]

I guess you guys aint ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it! 😂

[voicegirl]

Ah Mr. Jordan I wish I was born in your time. I'd love to see you perform. I love your songs!

[michaelmarshall]

Forget the guitar - Jordan’s vocal, lyrical & arranging style was a HUGELY ENORMOUS influence on all of Chuck Berry’s non-blues song, throughout all of his career. But you can also hear Nat King Cole in some of his songs, too : Chuck liked to play homage to many of the musical trends of his pre-fame days.

[dougpoynter]

Berry admitted he lifted the lick from Jordan's guitar player, Carl Hogan...although Hogan plays single notes and Berry plays double notes...also listen to T-Bone Walker's Strollin' With The Bones... Berry cites Charlie Christian, Hogan and Walker as his guitar influences...Berry has been upfront with all of this...listen to Roll'em Pete from 1938 and not only can you hear Berry's lick coming from a piano but you will also hear quite possibly the first Rock'n'Roll song from Big Joe Turner and piano player Pete Johnson...

[BlearyROBIN]

Just imagine the absolute canceled bangers this man would have made nowadays if he was still alive 🤙🏻

[RaBob]

"Bob Dylan? Louis Jordan calling from 1946. He wants his song title back!"

[georgegrubbs]

Rhythm and Blues, Boogie Woogie, and Rock and Roll.
Good candidate for the birth of rock.

[edwardwright]

He says in "Hail, Hail, Rock N Roll" documentary that he first heard that riff from Tommy Dorsey the guitarist in Louis Jordans band. He didn't hide from that influence.

[sauquoit]

On this day in 1960 {June 21st} Louis Jordan began a five day engagement at the Ember's Club in Fort Wayne, Indiana...
Fourteen years earlier on November 23rd, 1946 his version of "Ain't That Just Like a Woman" peaked at #1 {for 2 non-consecutive weeks} on Billboard's R&B Most Played on Juke Boxes chart and it would spent an amazing ten weeks at #2 on the same chart...
Between 1942 and 1949 he had eighteen #1 records on various Billboard charts, plus he had another eight records that peaked at #2...
Louis Thomas Jordan, aka 'The King of the Jukebox', passed away on February 4th, 1975 at the age of 66...
May he R.I.P.

[VallinSFAS]

The guitar SOLO is a precursor to the solo in Rock Around The Clock.

[doctorwhofan]

Wow that is just like chuck! Dude was ahead of his time and hopefully this epic guitar players riff will never be forgotten!

[rideon]

Roll Over Beethoven, Johnny Be Goode, Fun Fun Fun, so many great songs influenced by this

[sharkabilly]

First of all Chuck said that Carl Hogan was a big influence on national TV (Johnny Carson The Tonight Show). Carl Hogan got it from a piano riff. Boogie Woogie was a piano style to begin with. It's not note for note Johnny B. Goode (Chuck played beyond the 8 bar intro on this one). It's not a rip off. It's how music progresses. That's why it's so cool to dig back into the roots. I love Carl Hogan's solo at the end of the song before the last chorus.

[BrandonCuringtonOfficial]

The influence of the influence of rock n’ roll.

[josemontano]

I just heard this jam today. And I love it!

[ismacarnunez]

Magnificent. Indisputable. The intro riff (so imitated by everyone, after all) is a lesson in itself. The perfect guitar, without masks or effects. And not only because of the notes, but because of how they are played: that way of picking... Thanks for sharing. Love from Spain.