Is you is or is you Ai n't My Baby - Wikipedia Is you is or is you Ai n't My Baby This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( May 2009 ) `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' Single by Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five A-side `` G.I. Jive '' Released 1944 ( 1944 ) Format 10 '' Recorded October 4, 1943 Genre Rhythm and blues Label Decca Songwriter ( s ) Billy Austin, Louis Jordan `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' recorded October 4, 1943, is a Louis Jordan song, released as the B - side of a single with `` G.I. Jive ''. `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' which reached No. 1 on the US folk / country charts. The Louis Jordan recording also peaked at number two for three weeks on the pop chart and peaked at number three on the R&B charts. This was Jordan 's second and last country chart No. 1, and the last No. 1 country chart topper for an African American artist until Charley Pride scored his first No. 1, All I Have to Offer You ( Is Me ) on August 9, 1969. It was co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin. Austin ( March 6, 1896 -- July 24, 1964 ) was a songwriter and author, born in Denver, Colorado. The phrase `` is you is or is you ai n't '' is dialect, apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen, a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction. Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War II. Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters recorded the song on June 30, 1944 for Decca Records and it too reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard charts during a 12 - week stay. Other cover versions The song was performed by the character Tom in the 1946 Tom and Jerry cartoon short Solid Serenade. Dinah Washington recorded a version of the song with accompaniment led by Quincy Jones for her 1957 album The Swingin ' Miss `` D ''. Vic Damone included it on his album My Baby Loves to Swing ( 1963 ) Syndicate of Sound recorded a version for their 1966 debut album Little Girl. Joe Jackson performs the song on his 1981 album Joe Jackson 's Jumpin ' Jive. Max Cullen sings the song in the style of Billie Holiday in the 1995 film Billy 's Holiday. A version by the JB Jazz and Blues Band featured prominently in the closing scenes of the final episode of the first series of Spaced by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes in 1999. The song was used in an advertisement for credit card Access with the words changed to `` does you do or does you do n't take Access ? '' Diana Krall included the song on her album Only Trust Your Heart ( 1995 ). Film appearances 1944 Follow the Boys - performed by Louis Jordan 1986 Heartburn - sung by Jack Nicholson References Jump up ^ `` The Online Discographical Project ''. 78discography.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 184. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 309. Jump up ^ `` A Bing Crosby Discography ''. BING magazine. International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 1986 ). Joel Whitburn 's Pop Memories 1890 - 1954. Wisconsin, USA : Record Research Inc. p. 113. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 083 - 0. Jump up ^ `` allmusic.com ''. allmusic.com. Retrieved September 9, 2017. Jump up ^ Cub Koda. `` Little Girl - The Syndicate of Sound Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 26. Preceded by `` Straighten Up and Fly Right '' by King Cole Trio Most Played Juke Box Folk Records number one single by Louis Jordan July 29, 1944 - August 26, 1944 ( five weeks ) Succeeded by `` Soldier 's Last Letter '' by Ernest Tubb Louis Jordan Singles `` Barnacle Bill the Sailor '' `` Keep a-Knockin ' '' `` Honeysuckle Rose '' `` I 'm Alabama Bound '' `` Is You Is or Is You Ai n't My Baby '' `` Caldonia '' `` Stone Cold Dead in the Market ( He Had It Coming ) '' `` Choo Choo Ch'Boogie '' `` Ai n't That Just Like a Woman ( They 'll Do It Every Time ) '' `` Ai n't Nobody Here but Us Chickens '' `` Let the Good Times Roll `` Open the Door, Richard '' `` Early in the Mornin ' '' `` Beans and Corn Bread '' `` Saturday Night Fish Fry '' `` School Days '' `` Ai n't Nobody 's Business but My Own '' `` Tear Drops from My Eyes '' `` I Ca n't Give You Anything but Love, Baby '' `` How Blue Can You Get ? '' `` Junco Partner '' `` Nobody Knows You When You 're Down and Out '' `` Perdido '' `` Whatever Lola Wants ( Lola Gets ) '' Related Discography Tympany Five Jump blues Rhythm and blues Origins of Rock and Roll Five Guys Named Moe Let the Good Times Roll Bing Crosby Discography Filmography Albums Music of Hawaii ( 1939 ) Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One ( 1939 ) Patriotic Songs for Children ( 1939 ) Cowboy Songs ( 1939 ) Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two ( 1939 ) George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One ( 1939 ) Ballad for Americans ( 1940 ) Favorite Hawaiian Songs ( 1940 ) Christmas Music ( 1940 ) Star Dust ( 1940 ) Hawaii Calls ( 1941 ) Small Fry ( 1941 ) Crosbyana ( 1941 ) Under Western Skies ( 1941 ) Song Hits from Holiday Inn ( w / Fred Astaire ) ( 1942 ) Merry Christmas ( 1945 ) Selections from Going My Way ( 1945 ) Selections from The Bells of St. Mary 's ( 1946 ) Do n't Fence Me In ( 1946 ) The Happy Prince ( 1946 ) Selections from Road to Utopia ( 1946 ) Bing Crosby -- Stephen Foster ( 1946 ) What We So Proudly Hail ( 1946 ) Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One ( 1946 ) Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two ( 1946 ) Blue Skies ( w / Fred Astaire ) ( 1946 ) Bing Crosby -- Jerome Kern ( 1946 ) St. Patrick 's Day ( 1947 ) Bing Crosby -- Victor Herbert ( 1947 ) Selections from Welcome Stranger ( 1947 ) Our Common Heritage ( 1947 ) El Bingo ( 1947 ) The Small One ( 1947 ) The Man Without a Country ( 1947 ) Drifting and Dreaming ( 1947 ) Blue of the Night ( 1948 ) Selections from Showboat ( 1948 ) The Emperor Waltz ( 1948 ) St. Valentine 's Day ( 1948 ) Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters ( 1948 ) Selections from Road to Rio ( 1948 ) Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer ( 1948 ) Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan ( 1948 ) Auld Lang Syne ( 1948 ) A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur 's Court ( 1949 ) Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin ( 1949 ) South Pacific ( 1949 ) Christmas Greetings ( 1949 ) Ichabod -- The Legend of Sleepy Hollow ( 1949 ) Top o ' the Morning / Emperor Waltz ( 1949 ) Songs from Mr. Music ( 1950 ) Go West Young Man ( 1950 ) Le Bing : Song Hits of Paris ( 1953 ) Some Fine Old Chestnuts ( 1954 ) Selections from White Christmas ( 1954 ) Bing : A Musical Autobiography ( 1954 ) High Tor ( 1956 ) A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World ( 1956 ) High Society ( w / Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, and Louis Armstrong ) ( 1956 ) Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around ( 1956 ) Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings ( 1956 ) Bing with a Beat ( 1957 ) A Christmas Story ( 1957 ) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves ( 1957 ) Never Be Afraid ( 1957 ) Jack B. 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Question: who wrote is you is or is you ain't my baby lyrics
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