# Louis Jordan discography

Louis Jordan was an American popular music innovator who recorded from the 1930s until the 1970s. During the 1940s, he was the most popular recording artist of the soon-to-be-called rhythm and blues music. Jordan had eighteen No. 1 hits, which places him as the third most successful singles artist in Billboard R&B charts history. His 1946 recording of "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" is tied for second place for spending the most weeks (eighteen) at No. 1. Jordan's success was not limited to the R&B market — he also had No. 1 hits on the Billboard Pop and Country charts.
The peak of Jordan's popularity occurred when the two-song record single was the typical format, before the emergence of the long-playing record album. As a result, although he recorded prolifically, he had relatively few albums until compilations began appearing after his death in 1975. Listed here are the singles and albums Jordan recorded during his career, as well as the more current and notable compilations.

## Singles
### 1930s

| Year | Title | Details |
| 1939 | "Honey in the Bee Ball" | Composer: Louis Jordan Recorded: December 30, 1938 Label: Decca 7556 |
| 1939 | "Barnacle Bill the Sailor" | Composer: Frank Luther, Carson Robison Recorded: December 30, 1938 Label: Decca 7556 |
| 1939 | "Flat Face" | Composer: Courtney Williams Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7590 |
| 1939 | "Doug the Jitterbug" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7590 |
| 1939 | "Keep a-Knockin’" | Composer: Jordan, Perry Bradford, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7609 |
| 1939 | "At the Swing Cat’s Ball" | Composer: Campbell Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7609 |
| 1939 | "Sam Jones Done Snagged His Britches" | Composer: Perry Bradford, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7623 |
| 1939 | "Swinging in a Cocoanut Tree" | Composer: J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March 29, 1939 Label: Decca 7623 |
| 1939 | "Honeysuckle Rose" | Composer: Fats Waller, Andy Razaf Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 7675 |
| 1939 | "But I’ll Be Back" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 7675 |
| 1939 | "‘Fore Day Blues" | Composer: Perry Bradford, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 7693 |
| 1939 | "You Ain’t Nowhere" | Composer: Jordan, Don Redman Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 7693 |
| 1939 | "You’re My Meat" | Composer: Skeets Tolbert Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 7719 |
| 1939 | "Jake, What a Snake" | Composer: J. Mayo Williams Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 7719 |
| Blank in chart positions indicates release that did not chart. ||||||

### 1940s

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | Details | R&B | Pop | C&W |
| 1940 | "Hard Lovin’ Blues" | Composer: Yack Taylor Recorded: January 25, 1940 Label: Decca 7705 | | | |
| 1940 | "You Run Your Mouth and I’ll Run My Business" | Composer: Lil Armstrong Recorded: January 25, 1940 Label: Decca 7705 | | | |
| 1940 | "I'm Alabama Bound" | Composer: Mike Jackson, Robert Hoffman Recorded: January 25, 1940 Label: Decca 7723 | | | |
| 1940 | "June Teenth Jamboree" | Composer: Sammy Price Recorded: January 25, 1940 Label: Decca 7723 | | | |
| 1940 | "You Got to Go When the Wagon Comes" | Composer: Randy Culbreth, Jasper Thomas Recorded: March 13, 1940 Label: Decca 7729 | | | |
| 1940 | "After School Swing Session (Swinging with Symphony Sid)" | Composer: Jordan, Buddy Feyne Recorded: March 13, 1940 Label: Decca 7729 | | | |
| 1940 | "Lovie Joe" | Composer: Jordan, Will Marion Cook Recorded: March 13, 1940 Label: Decca 7745 | | | |
| 1940 | "Somebody Done Hoodooed the Hoodoo Man" | Composer: Wesley Wilson Recorded: March 13, 1940 Label: Decca 7745 | | | |
| 1940 | "Bounce the Ball (Do Da Little Um Day)" | Composer: Mike Jackson Recorded: March 13, 1940 Label: Decca 3253 | | | |
| 1940 | "Don’t Come Crying on My Shoulder" | Composer: Arthur Altman, Manny Kurtz, Murray Mencher Recorded: April 29, 1940 Label: Decca 3253 | | | |
| 1940 | "Never Let Your Left Hand Know What Your Right Hand’s Doin’" | Composer: Ted Delaney, Georgia South Recorded: April 29, 1940 Label: Decca 7777 | | | |
| 1940 | "Penthouse in the Basement" | Composer: Walter Bishop, Sr. Recorded: March 13, 1940 Label: Decca 7777 | | | |
| 1940 | "Oh Boy, I’m in the Groove | Composer: Ella Fitzgerald Recorded: April 29, 1940 Label: Decca 3360 | | | |
| 1940 | "Waitin’ for the Robert E. Lee" | Composer: L. Wolfe Gilbert, Lewis F. Muir Recorded: April 29, 1940 Label: Decca 3360 | | | |
| 1940 | "Do You Call that a Buddy? (Dirty Cat)" | Composer: Wesley Wilson Recorded: September 30, 1940 Label: Decca 8500 | | | |
| 1940 | "Pompton Turnpike" | Composer: Will Osborne, Dick Rogers Recorded: September 30, 1940 Label: Decca 8500 | | | |
| 1940 | "I Know You (I Know What You Wanna Do)" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: September 30, 1940 Label: Decca 8501 | | | |
| 1940 | "A Chicken Ain't Nothin' but a Bird" | Composer: Emmett "Babe" Wallace Recorded: September 30, 1940 Label: Decca 8501 | | | |
| 1941 | "T-Bone Blues" | Composer: T-Bone Walker, Les Hite Recorded: January 24, 1941 Label: Decca 8525 | | | |
| 1941 | "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" | Composer: Pinetop Smith Recorded: January 24, 1941 Label: Decca 8525 | | | |
| 1941 | "The Two Little Squirrels (Nuts to You)" | Composer: Mack David, Eddie Lane, Vee Lawnhurst Recorded: January 24, 1941 Label: Decca 8537 | | | |
| 1941 | "Pan-Pan" | Composer: Jerry Daniels Recorded: January 24, 1941 Label: Decca 8537 | | | |
| 1941 | "Saxa-Woogie" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: April 2, 1941 Label: Decca 8560 | | | |
| 1941 | "Brotherly Love (Wrong Ideas)" | Composer: Jordan, Leonard Feather, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: April 2, 1941 Label: Decca 8560 | | | |
| 1941 | "Boogie Woogie Came to Town" | Composer: Jordan, Walter Bishop, Sr., J. Mayo Williams Recorded: April 2, 1941 Label: Decca 8581 | | | |
| 1941 | "Saint Vitus Dance" | Composer: Mike Jackson Recorded: April 2, 1941 Label: Decca 8581 | | | |
| 1942 | "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" | Composer: Andy Razaf, Casey Bill Weldon Recorded: November 22, 1941 Label: Decca 8593 | | | |
| 1942 | "Knock Me a Kiss" | Composer: Mike Jackson Recorded: November 15, 1941 Label: Decca 8593 | | | |
| 1942 | "How 'Bout That?" | Composer: Recorded: November 15, 1941 Label: Decca 8605 | | | |
| 1942 | "The Green Grass Grows All Around" | Composer: Arthur Johnson, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: November 22, 1941 Label: Decca 8605 | | | |
| 1942 | "Mama Mama Blues (Rusty Dusty Blues)" | Composer: J. Mayo Williams Recorded: November 15, 1941 Label: Decca 8627 | | | |
| 1942 | "Small Town Boy" | Composer: Jordan, Dallas Bartley Recorded: November 22, 1941 Label: Decca 8627 | | | |
| 1942 | "I'm Gonna Leave You on the Outskirts of Town" | Composer: Jordan, Clarence Williams Recorded: July 21, 1942 Label: Decca 8638 | 3 | | |
| 1942 | "It's a Low Down Dirty Shame" | Composer: (Big Bill Broonzy rec 3/38) Recorded: July 21, 1942 Label: Decca 8638 | | | |
| 1942 | "What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You're Gonna Get Drunk Again)" | Composer: Bubsy Meyers Recorded: July 21, 1942 Label: Decca 8645 | 1 | | |
| 1943 | "The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall" | Composer: Mike Jackson Recorded: July 21, 1942 Label: Decca 8645 | 10 | | |
| 1943 | "Five Guys Named Moe" | Composer: Jerry Bresler, Larry Wynn Recorded: July 21, 1942 Label: Decca 8653 | 3 | | |
| 1943 | "That'll Just 'Bout Knock Me Out" | Composer: Jordan, Casey Bill Weldon Recorded: July 21, 1942 Label: Decca 8653 | 8 | | |
| 1943 | "Ration Blues" | Composer: Jordan, Collenane Clark, Antonio Cosey Recorded: October 4, 1943 Label: Decca 8654 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| 1944 | "Deacon Jones" | Composer: Hy Heath, Johnny Lange, Richard Loring Recorded: October 4, 1943 Label: Decca 8654 | | | 7 |
| 1944 | "G.I. Jive" | Composer: Johnny Mercer Recorded: March 15, 1944 Label: Decca 8659 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1944 | "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)" | Composer: Jordan, Billy Austin Recorded: October 4, 1943 Label: Decca 8659 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 1945 | "Mop! Mop!" | Composer: Claude Demetrius, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March 15, 1944 Label: Decca 8668 | 1 | | |
| 1945 | "You Can't Get That No More" | Composer: Jordan, Sam Theard Recorded: March 15, 1944 Label: Decca 8668 | 2 | 11 | |
| 1945 | "Caldonia" | Composer: F. Moore Recorded: April 19, 1945 Label: Decca 8670 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1945 | "Somebody Done Changed the Lock on My Door" | Composer: Casey Bill Weldon Recorded: April 19, 1945 Label: Decca 8670 | 3 | | |
| 1945 | "My Baby Said Yes (Yip, Yip de Hootie)" | Composer: Leo Robin Recorded: July 1944 Label: Decca 23417 | | 14 | |
| 1945 | "Your Socks Don't Match" | Composer: Leon Carr, Leo Corday Recorded: July 1944 Label: Decca 23417 | | | |
| 1946 | "Buzz Me" | Composer: F. Moore, Danny Baxter aka Dave Dexter, Jr. Recorded: January 19, 1945 Label: Decca 18734 | 1 | 9 | |
| 1946 | "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule" | Composer: F. Moore, C. Stewart, W. Davis, D. Groaner Recorded: July 18, 1945 Label: Decca 18734 | 1 | | |
| 1946 | "Salt Pork, West Virginia" | Composer: F. Moore, Bill Tennyson Recorded: July 16, 1945 Label: Decca 18762 | 2 | | |
| 1946 | "Reconversion Blues" | Composer: F. Moore, Steve Graham Recorded: October 15, 1945 Label: Decca 18762 | 2 | | |
| 1946 | "Beware" | Composer: F. Moore, Morry Lasco, Dick Adams Recorded: January 23, 1946 Label: Decca 18818 | 2 | 20 | |
| 1946 | "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'" | Composer: Joe Greene Recorded: January 23, 1946 Label: Decca 18818B | 3 | | |
| 1946 | "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)" | Composer: Wilmoth Houdini Recorded: October 9, 1945 Label: Decca 23546 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1946 | "Petootie Pie" | Composer: Lorenzo Pack, Frank Paparelli, Raymond Leveen Recorded: October 9, 1945 Label: Decca 23546 | 3 | | |
| 1946 | "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" | Composer: Vaughn Horton aka George Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler Recorded: January 23, 1946 Label: Decca 23610 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1946 | "That Chick's Too Young to Fry" | Composer: Tommy Edwards, Jimmy Hillard Recorded: January 23, 1946 Label: Decca 23610 | 3 | | |
| 1946 | "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" | Composer: F. Moore, Claude Demetrius Recorded: January 23, 1946 Label: Decca 23669 | 1 | 17 | |
| 1946 | "If It's Love You Want, Baby That's Me" | Composer: Sid Robin aka Sidney Rabinowitz Recorded: June 26, 1946 Label: Decca 23669 | | | |
| 1946 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" | Composer: Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer Recorded: June 26, 1946 Label: Decca 23741 | 1 | 6 | |
| 1946 | "Let the Good Times Roll" | Composer: F. Moore, Sam Theard Recorded: June 26, 1946 Label: Decca 23741 | 2 | | |
| 1947 | "Texas and Pacific" | Composer: Jack Wolf Fine, Joseph E. Hirsch Recorded: October 10, 1946 Label: Decca 23810 | 1 | 20 | |
| 1947 | "I Like 'Em Fat Like That" | Composer: Jordan, Claude Demetrius, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: March 1, 1944 Label: Decca 23810 | 5 | | |
| 1947 | "Open the Door, Richard!" | Composer: Jack McVea, Dan Howell, Dusty Fletcher, John Mason Recorded: January 23, 1947 Label: Decca 23841 | 2 | 6 | |
| 1947 | "It's So Easy" | Composer: Allan Roberts, Doris Fisher Recorded: January 23, 1947 Label: Decca 23841 | | | |
| 1947 | "Jack, You're Dead" | Composer: Dick Miles, Walter Bishop, Sr. Recorded: October 10, 1946 Label: Decca 23901 | 1 | 21 | |
| 1947 | "I Know What You're Puttin' Down" | Composer: Jordan, Bud Allen Recorded: October 10, 1946 Label: Decca 23901 | 3 | | |
| 1947 | "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" | Composer: Joe Bushkin, Johnny DeVries Recorded: Label: Decca 24104 | 1 | 21 | |
| 1947 | "Sure Had a Wonderful Time" | Composer: F. Moore, Claude Demetrius Recorded: October 10, 1946 Label: Decca 24104 | | | |
| 1947 | "Look Out" | Composer: Jordan, Sid Robin Recorded: June 4, 1947 Label: Decca 24155 | 5 | | |
| 1947 | "Early in the Mornin'" | Composer: Jordan, Dallas Bartley, Leo Hickman Recorded: April 23, 1947 Label: Decca 23155 | 3 | | |
| 1948 | "Barnyard Boogie" | Composer: Jordan, Wilhelmina Gray Recorded: April 23, 1947 Label: Decca 24300 | 2 | | |
| 1948 | "How Long Must I Wait for You" | Composer: Lucky Millinder, Jerry Black Recorded: July 16, 1945 Label: Decca 24300 | 9 | | |
| 1948 | "Reet, Petite and Gone" | Composer: Jordan, Lora Lee Recorded: October 10, 1946 Label: Decca 24381 | 4 | | |
| 1948 | "Inflation Blues" | Composer: Jordan, Allegretto Alexander, Tommy Southern Recorded: December 1, 1947 Label: Decca 24381 | | | |
| 1948 | "Run Joe" | Composer: Jordan, Walter Merrick, Joe Willoughby Recorded: April 23, 1947 Label: Decca 24448 | 1 | 23 | |
| 1948 | "All for the Love of Lil" | Composer: Jerry Bresler, Larry Wynn Recorded: October 10, 1946 Label: Decca 24448 | 13 | | |
| 1948 | "Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends" | Composer: Jordan, Benny Carter, Irving Gordon Recorded: December 19, 1947 Label: Decca 24483 | 4 | | |
| 1948 | "We Can't Agree" | Composer: Jordan, Wilhelmina Gray Recorded: November 24, 1947 Label: Decca 24483 | 14 | | |
| 1948 | "Daddy-O" | Composer: Don Raye, Gene De Paul Recorded: December 18, 1947 Label: Decca 24502 | 7 | | |
| 1948 | "You're on the Right Track, Baby" | Composer: Irving Gordon, Benny Carter Recorded: December 18, 1947 Label: Decca 24502 | | | |
| 1948 | "Pettin' and Pokin'" | Composer: Jordan, Sid Robin Recorded: December 1, 1947 Label: Decca 24527 | 5 | | |
| 1948 | "Why'd You Do It, Baby?" | Composer: Recorded: December 18, 1947 Label: Decca 24527 | | | |
| 1949 | "Roamin' Blues" | Composer: Jordan, Jeff Dane, Ben Lorre Recorded: November 24, 1947 Label: Decca 24571 | 10 | | |
| 1949 | "Have You Got the Gumption?" | Composer: Bill Austin, Pinetop Smith Recorded: November 24, 1947 Label: Decca 24571 | | | |
| 1949 | "You Broke Your Promise" | Composer: Irving Taylor, George Wyle Recorded: February 1949 Label: Decca 24587 | 3 | | |
| 1949 | "Safe, Sane and Single" | Composer: Jordan, Hy Heath, Johnny Lange Recorded: February 7, 1949 Label: Decca 24587 | | | |
| 1949 | "Cole Slaw (Sorghum Switch)" | Composer: Jesse Stone Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 24633 | 7 | | |
| 1949 | "Every Man to His Own Profession" | Composer: Jordan, William J. Tennyson, Jr. Recorded: April 23, 1949 Label: Decca 24633 | 10 | | |
| 1949 | "You Run Your Mouth, I’ll Run My Business" | Composer: Lil Armstrong Recorded: January 1940 Label: Decca 24643 | | | |
| 1949 | "A Chicken Ain’t Nothin’ but a Bird" | Composer: Emmett "Babe" Wallace Recorded: September 30, 1940 Label: Decca 24643 | | | |
| 1949 | "Baby, It's Cold Outside" | Composer: Frank Loesser Recorded: April 8, 1949 Label: Decca 24644 | 6 | 9 | |
| 1949 | "Don't Cry, Cry Baby" | Composer: Clarence Maher, Bennie Martini, Sail Tepper Recorded: April 28, 1949 Label: Decca 24644 | | | |
| 1949 | "Beans and Corn Bread" | Composer: F. Moore, Fred B. Clark Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 24673 | 1 | | |
| 1949 | "Chicky-Mo, Craney-Cro" | Composer: Jordan, Wesley Wilson Recorded: November 24, 1947 Label: Decca 24673 | | | |
| 1949 | "Saturday Night Fish Fry (Pts. 1 & 2)" | Composer: Jordan, Ellis Walsh, Al Carters Recorded: August 9, 1949 Label: Decca 24725 | 1 | 21 | |
| Blank in chart positions indicates release that did not chart. ||||||

#### V-Discs

| Year | Title | Details |
| 1943 | "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" | Composer: Jordan, Billy Austin Recorded: Label: V-Disc 158 |
| 1943 | "Knock Me a Kiss" | Composer: Mike Jackson Recorded: Label: V-Disc 158 |
| 1942 | "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" | Composer: Andy Razaf, Casey Bill Weldon Recorded: Label: V-Disc 175 |
| 1943 | "I've Found a New Baby" | Composer: Jack Palmer, Spencer Williams Recorded: Label: V-Disc 175 |
| 1943 | "Five Guys Named Moe" | Composer: Jerry Bresler, Larry Wynn Recorded: Label: V-Disc 196 |
| 1943 | "Jumpin' at the Jubilee" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: Label: V-Disc 196 |
| 1943 | "You Can't Get That No More" | Composer: Jordan, Sam Theard Recorded: Label: V-Disc 237 |
| 1943 | "The End of My Worry" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: Label: V-Disc 237 |
| 1944 | "How High Am I" | Composer: Jordan, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: Label: V-Disc 376 |
| 1944 | "Hey Now Let's Live" | Composer: Jordan, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: Label: V-Disc 376 |
| 1944 | "Deacon Jones" | Composer: Hy Heath, Johnny Lange, Richard Long Recorded: Label: V-Disc 478 |
| 1944 | "I Like 'Em Fat Like That" | Composer: Jordan, Claude Demetrius, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: Label: V-Disc 478 |
| 1944 | "Bahama Joe" | Composer: F. Moore Recorded: Label: V-Disc 513 |
| 1944 | "Nobody but Me" | Composer: F. Moore Recorded: Label: V-Disc 513 |

### 1950s

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | Details | R&B | Pop | C&W |
| 1950 | "School Days" | Composer: Gus Edwards, Will D. Cobb Recorded: April 28, 1949 Label: Decca 24815 | 5 | | |
| 1950 | "I Know What I've Got" | Composer: Jordan, Sid Robin aka Sidney Rabinowitz Recorded: February 1949 Label: Decca 24815 | | | |
| 1950 | "Push-Ka-Pee Shee Pie" | Composer: Jordan, Walter Merrick, Joe Willoughby Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 24877 | | | |
| 1950 | "Hungry Man" | Composer: Bobby Troup Recorded: August 9, 1949 Label: Decca 24877 | | | |
| 1950 | "Baby's Gonna Go Bye Bye" | Composer: Dave Franklin, Van Alexander Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 24981 | | | |
| 1950 | "Heed My Warning" | Composer: Jordan, Howard Bowman Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 24981 | | | |
| 1950 | "Pinetop's Boogie Woogie" | Composer: Pinetop Smith Recorded: January 24, 1941 Label: Decca 25394 | | | |
| 1950 | "Saxa-Woogie" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: April 2, 1941 Label: Decca 25394 | | | |
| 1950 | "Honeysuckle Rose" | Composer: Fats Waller, Andy Razaf Recorded: November 14, 1939 Label: Decca 25473 | | | |
| 1950 | "T-Bone Blues" | Composer: T-Bone Walker, Les Hite Recorded: January 24, 1941 Label: Decca 25473 | | | |
| 1950 | "Onion" | Composer: Jordan, Bill Doggett Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 27058 | | | |
| 1950 | "Psycho-Loco" | Composer: Jordan, Bill Doggett Recorded: April 12, 1949 Label: Decca 27058 | | | |
| 1950 | "Blue Light Boogie (Pts. 1 & 2)" | Composer: Jessie Mae Robinson Recorded: June 25, 1950 Label: Decca 27114 | 1 | | |
| 1950 | "I Want a Roof Over My Head" | Composer: Brooks, Harvey Recorded: June 26, 1950 Label: Decca 27129 | | | |
| 1950 | "Show Me How (You Milk the Cow)" | Composer: Nicola Paone Recorded: June 26, 1950 Label: Decca 27129 | | | |
| 1950 | "I'll Never Be Free" | Composer: Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss Recorded: August 1950 Label: Decca 27200 | 7 | | |
| 1950 | "Ain’t Nobody’s Business but My Own" | Composer: Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins Recorded: August 1950 Label: Decca 27200 | | | |
| 1950 | "Tamburitza Boogie" | Composer: Steve Crlencia, George Vaughn aka George Vaughn Horton Recorded: August 18, 1950 Label: Decca 27203 | 10 | | |
| 1950 | "Trouble Then Satisfaction" | Composer: George Vaughn aka George Vaughn Horton, Matthew Strange Recorded: August 21, 1950 Label: Decca 27203 | | | |
| 1950 | "Life Is So Peculiar" | Composer: Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke Recorded: August 23, 1950 New York City Label: Decca 27212 | | | |
| 1950 | "(I'll Be Glad When You're Dead) You, Rascal You" | Composer: Sam Theard Recorded: Label: Decca 27212 | | | |
| 1951 | "Lemonade" | Composer: Jordan, Wilhelmina Gray Recorded: Aust 18, 1950 Label: Decca 27324 | 6 | | |
| 1951 | "(You Dyed Your Hair) Chartreuse" | Composer: Billy Moore, Jr., J. Leslie McFarland Recorded: August 18, 1950 Label: Decca 27324 | | | |
| 1951 | "Tear Drops from My Eyes" | Composer: Rudy Toombs Recorded: December 21, 1950 Label: Decca 27428 | 4 | | |
| 1951 | "It's a Great, Great Pleasure" | Composer: Jordan, William J. Tennyson, Jr. Recorded: August 18, 1950 Label: Decca 27428 | | | |
| 1951 | "Weak Minded Blues" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: March 15, 1951 Label: Decca 27547 | 5 | | |
| 1951 | "Is My Pop in There?" | Composer: Brooke Taylor, Wayne Vaughn Recorded: March 1951 Label: Decca 27547 | | | |
| 1951 | "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" | Composer: Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh Recorded: March 1, 1951 Label: Decca 27620 | | | |
| 1951 | "You Will Always Have a Friend" | Composer: Jordan, Joe Willoughby Recorded: August 1950 Label: Decca 27620 | | | |
| 1951 | "If You're So Smart How Come You Ain't Rich" | Composer: F. Norman, B. Friedman, Walter Bishop, Sr. Recorded: June 5, 1951 Label: Decca 27648 | | | |
| 1951 | "How Blue Can You Get?" | Composer: Jane Feather Recorded: June 1951 Label: Decca 27648 | | | |
| 1951 | "Please Don't Leave Me" | Composer: Recorded: June 13, 1951 Label: Decca 27694 | | | |
| 1951 | "Three-Handed Woman" | Composer: Ben Raleigh, Hilda Taylor Recorded: June 13, 1951 Label: Decca 27694 | | | |
| 1951 | "Trust in Me" | Composer: Recorded: June 5, 1951 Label: Decca 27784 | | | |
| 1951 | "Cock-a-Doodle Doo" | Composer: Vaughn Horton aka George Vaughn Horton Recorded: July 30, 1951 Label: Decca 27784 | | | |
| 1951 | "May Every Day Be Christmas" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: June 1951 Label: Decca 27806 | | | |
| 1951 | "Bone Dry" | Composer: Walt Barrows, Bernard Zee, Libby Zee Recorded: June 13, 1951 Label: Decca 27806 | | | |
| 1952 | "Lay Something on the Bar (Besides Your Elbows)" | Composer: Billy Austin, Sheldon Smith Recorded: November 28, 1951 Label: Decca 27898 | | | |
| 1952 | "No Sale" | Composer: Recorded: June 26, 1946 Label: Decca 27898 | | | |
| 1951 | "Louisville Lodge Meeting" | Composer: Ervin Drake, Jimmy Shirl Recorded: June 5, 1951 Label: Decca 27969 | | | |
| 1951 | "Work Baby Work" | Composer: Jack Adrian Recorded: November 28, 1951 Label: Decca 27969 | | | |
| 1952 | "Slow Down" | Composer: Jordan, Russell Royster Recorded: November 1951 Label: Decca 28088 | | | |
| 1952 | "Never Trust a Woman" | Composer: Jordan, Bill Doggett Recorded: November 1951 Label: Decca 28088 | | | |
| 1952 | "Junco Partner" | Composer: Bob Shad, Robert Ellen Recorded: April 1952 Label: Decca 28211 | | | |
| 1952 | "Azure-Te" | Composer: Wild Bill Davis, Don Wolf Recorded: April 1952 Label: Decca 28211 | | | |
| 1952 | "Oil Well, Texas" | Composer: Jordan, Elton Hill, Bill Tennyson Recorded: April 1952 Label: Decca 28225 | | | |
| 1952 | "Jordan for President" | Composer: Jordan Recorded: May 1952 Label: Decca 28225 | | | |
| 1952 | "Friendship" | Composer: Jordan, Claude Demetrius Recorded: January 20, 1947 Label: Decca 28444 | | | |
| 1952 | "You're Much Too Fat" | Composer: Jordan, Ben Lorre, Jeff Dane Recorded: December 1, 1947 Label: Decca 28444 | | | |
| 1953 | "You Didn't Want Me Baby" | Composer: F. Moore Recorded: December 1952 Label: Decca 28543 | | | |
| 1953 | "A Man's Best Friend" | Composer: Ray McKinley Recorded: December 1952 Label: Decca 28543 | | | |
| 1953 | "It's Better to Wait for Love" | Composer: Walter Bishop, Sr. Recorded: February 1952 Label: Decca 28664 | | | |
| 1953 | "Just Like a Butterfly" | Composer: Mort Dixon, Harry Woods Recorded: February 1952 Label: Decca 28664 | | | |
| 1953 | "Hog Wash" | Composer: Jordan, Bill Tennyson Recorded: May 1953 Label: Decca 28756 | | | |
| 1953 | "House Party" | Composer: Jordan, Rose Marie McCoy, Julian Dash, George Kelly Recorded: May 1953 Label: Decca 28543 | | | |
| 1953 | "Time Marches On" | Composer: Jordan, Joe Willoughby Recorded: April 1952 Label: Decca 28820 | | | |
| 1953 | "There Must Be a Way" | Composer: David Saxon, Sammy Gallop Recorded: July 1952 Label: Decca 28820 | | | |
| 1953 | "I Want You to Be My Baby" | Composer: Jon Hendricks Recorded: June 28, 1953 Label: Decca 28883 | | | |
| 1953 | "You Know It Too" | Composer: Jordan, Earlie Walsh Recorded: June 28, 1953 Label: Decca 28883 | | | |
| 1953 | "The Soona Baby" | Composer: Jordan, Bill Doggett, Arthur Johnston Recorded: December 3, 1952 Label: Decca 28982 | | | |
| 1953 | "Fat Sam from Birmingham" | Composer: Bob Astor, J. Mayo Williams Recorded: June 1951 Label: Decca 28983 | | | |
| 1954 | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" | Composer: Jimmy Cox Recorded: January 4, 1954 Label: Decca 29018 | | | |
| 1954 | "Lollypop" | Composer: Recorded: January 4, 1954 Label: Decca 29018 | | | |
| 1954 | "Only Yesterday" | Composer: Recorded: February 1953 Label: Decca 29166 | | | |
| 1954 | "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" | Composer: Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers Recorded: February 1953 Label: Decca 29166 | | | |
| 1954 | "If It's True" | Composer: Gus Bentley, Don Redman Recorded: January 2, 1954 Label: Decca 29263 | | | |
| 1954 | "Wake Up Jacob" | Composer: Gene DePaul, Don Raye Recorded: January 1, 1954 Label: Decca 29263 | | | |
| 1954 | "Locked Up" | Composer: George Kelly, Wayne Watts, Sidney Wyche Recorded: January 4, 1954 Label: Decca 29424 | | | |
| 1954 | "Perdido" | Composer: Juan Tizol Recorded: January 1, 1954 Label: Decca 29424 | | | |
| 1954 | "I Want You To Be My Baby" | Composer: Jon Hendricks Recorded: June 28, 1953 Label: Decca 29655 | | | |
| 1954 | "Come And Get It" | Composer: Alfred Cobbs Recorded: November 1951 Label: Decca 29655 | | | |
| 1954 | "I Gotta Move" | Composer: Mamie Thomas, Leroy Kirkland Recorded: January 1954 Label: Decca 29860 | | | |
| 1954 | "Everything That's Made of Wood (Was Once a Tree)" | Composer: Jordan, Walter Bishop, Sr. Recorded: May 1953 Label: Decca 29860 | | | |
| 1954 | "Time Marches On" | Composer: Jordan, Joe Willoughby Recorded: April 1952 Label: Decca 30223 | | | |
| 1954 | "Run Joe" | Composer: Jordan, Dr. Walt Merrick, Joe Willoughby Recorded: April 23, 1947 Label: Decca 30223 | | | |
| 1954 | “Whiskey Do Your Stuff” | Composer: John Willie Henry aka Shifty Henry Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3223 | | | |
| 1954 | “Dad Gum Ya Hide, Boy” | Composer: Browley Guy, Jr. Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3223 | | | |
| 1954 | “I’ll Die Happy” | Composer: Jon Hendricks, Connie Moore Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3227 | | | |
| 1954 | “Ooo-Wee” | Composer: Howard Biggs, Thomas Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3227 | | | |
| 1954 | “A Dollar Down” | Composer: Jesse Stone Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3243 | | | |
| 1954 | “Hurry Home” | Composer: Buddy Bernier, Bob Emmerich, Joseph Meyer Recorded:April 1954 Label: Aladdin 3243 | | | |
| 1954 | “I Seen Watcha Done” | Composer: Jordan Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3246 | | | |
| 1954 | “Messy Bessy” | Composer: Jon Hendricks Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3246 | | | |
| 1954 | “Louie's Blues” | Composer: Jordan Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3249 | | | |
| 1954 | “If I Had Any Sense, I’d Go Back Home” | Composer: Rosemarie McCoy Recorded: April 1954 Label: Aladdin 3249 | | | |
| 1954 | “Yeah, Yeah Baby!” | Composer: Rudy Toombs Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3264 | | | |
| 1954 | “Put Some Money in the Pot, Boy (‘Cause the Juice is Running Low)” | Composer: Adelia Davis Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3264 | | | |
| 1954 | “Fat Back and Corn Liquor” | Composer: Rudy Toombs Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3270 | | | |
| 1954 | “The Dripper” | Composer: Jordan Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3270 | | | |
| 1954 | “Gal, You Need a Whippin’” | Composer: Jordan, Antonio Cosey Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3279 | | | |
| 1954 | “Time is a Passin’” | Composer: Jordan Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3279 | | | |
| 1954 | “Gotta Go” | Composer: Jordan Recorded: February 1954 Label: Aladdin 3295 | | | |
| 1954 | “It’s Hard to be Good Without You” | Composer: Jordan, Eddie Lane Recorded: January 1954 Label: Aladdin 3295 | | | |
| 1955 | “Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)” | Composer: Richard Adler, Jerry Ross Recorded: March 18, 1955 Label: X 0116 | | | |
| 1955 | “It’s Been Said” | Composer: Nellie Lutcher Recorded: March 18, 1955 Label: X 0116 | | | |
| 1955 | “Bananas” | Composer: Bennie Benjamin, George David Weiss Recorded: March 18, 1955 Label: X 0148 | | | |
| 1955 | “Baby Let’s Do It Up” | Composer: Winfield Scott Recorded: March 18, 1955 Label: X 0148 | | | |
| 1955 | “Chicken Back” | Composer: Ernie Hays, Timmie Rogers, Joe Taylor Recorded: October 18, 1955 Label: X 0182 | | | |
| 1955 | “Where Can I Go?” | Composer: Jordan, Clyde Jones Recorded: October 18, 1955 Label: X 0182 | | | |
| 1955 | “Rock 'n Roll Call” | Composer: Jack Hammer aka Earl Burroughs, Rudy Toombs Recorded: October 18, 1955 Label: Vik 0192 | | | |
| 1955 | “Baby, You’re Just Too Much” | Composer: Aaron Schroeder Recorded: October 18, 1955 Label: Vik 0192 | | | |
| 1956 | “Big Bess” | Composer: Teddy McCrae, Mamie Thomas Recorded: October 23, 1956 Label: Mercury 70993 | | | |
| 1956 | “Cat Scratchin’” | Composer: R. Refond Recorded: October 23, 1956 Label: Mercury 70993 | | | |
| 1956 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens (remake) | Composer: Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer Recorded: 1956 Label: Mercury 71023 | | | |
| 1956 | "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" (remake) | Composer:Vaughn Horton aka George Vaughn Horton, Denver Darling, Milt Gabler Recorded: 1956 Label: Mercury 71023 | | | |
| 1957 | “Rock Doc” | Composer: Allman, Lloyd Shaffer Recorded: January 25, 1957 Label: Mercury 71052 | | | |
| 1957 | “Morning Light” | Composer: Don Benoliel, Jerry Ragovoy Recorded: January 25, 1957 Label: Mercury 71052 | | | |
| 1957 | “Fire” | Composer: Jordan, Brook Benton Recorded: January 25, 1957 Label: Mercury 71106 | | | |
| 1957 | “Ella Mae” | Composer: Mayme Watts Recorded: 1957 Label: Mercury 71106 | | | |
| 1957 | "I Found My Piece of Mind" | Composer: Pee Wee Crayton Recorded: 1957 Label: Mercury 71206 | | | |
| 1957 | "I Never Had a Chance" | Composer: Irving Berlin Recorded: 1957 Label: Mercury 71206 | | | |
| 1958 | “Sweet Hunk of Junk” | Composer: Recorded: June 9, 1958 Label:Mercury 71319 | | | |
| 1958 | “Wish I Could Make Some Money” | Composer: Recorded: June 9, 1958 Label: Mercury 71319 | | | |
| Blank in chart positions indicates release that did not chart. ||||||

### 1960s

| Year | Title | Details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Year | Title | Details | R&B | Pop | C&W |
| 1960 | "Bills" | Composer: Leslie Butler, Dossie Terry Recorded: Label: Warwick M–583 | | | |
| 1960 | "Fifty Cents" | Composer: Recorded: Label: Warwick M–583 | | | |
| 1962 | "You're My Mule" | Composer: Jordan, William Jones, Lawernce Washington Recorded: Label: Tangerine 924 | | | |
| 1962 | "Texarkana Twist" | Composer: D. DeLuca, F. Jordan Recorded: Label: Tangerine 924 | | | |
| 1962 | "Workin' Man" | Composer: Recorded: Label: Tangerine 926 | | | |
| 1962 | "The Meeting" | Composer: Recorded: Label: Tangerine 926 | | | |
| 1963 | "Hardhead" | Composer: Eddie Curtis Recorded: Label: Tangerine 930 | | 128 | |
| 1963 | "Never Know When a Cheating Woman Changes Her Mind" | Composer: Floyd Dixon Recorded: Label: Tangerine 930 | | | |
| 1963 | "Don't Send Me Flowers When I'm in the Graveyard" | Composer: Floyd Dixon Recorded: Label: Tangerine 933 | | | |
| 1963 | "Point of No Return" | Composer: Carole King, Gerry Goffin Recorded: Label: Tangerine 933 | | | |
| 1964 | "What I Say" | Composer: Ray Charles Recorded: Label: Tangerine 937 | | | |
| 1964 | "Old Age" | Composer: Jordan, Mabel Davis, Ray Charles Recorded: Label: Tangerine 937 | | | |
| 1964 | "Time Is Running Out" | Composer: Recorded: Label: Tangerine 942 | | | |
| 1964 | "Troubadour" | Composer: Recorded: Label: Tangerine 942 | | | |
| 1964 | "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" (remake) | Composer: Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer Recorded: Label: Tangerine 947 | | | |
| 1964 | "Saturday Nite Fish Fry" (remake) | Composer: Jordan, Ellis Walsh, Al Carters Recorded: Label: Tangerine 947 | | | |
| 1965 | "Comin' Down" | Composer: Bobby Darin, Howlett Smith Recorded: Label: Tangerine 958 | | | |
| 1965 | "65 Bars" | Composer: Don Padgett, Howlett Smith Recorded: Label: Tangerine 958 | | | |
| 1968 | "Amen Corner" | Composer: Teddy Edwards Recorded: Label: Pzazz 004 | | | |
| 1968 | "Watch The World" | Composer: Lynn Brown Recorded: Label: Pzazz 004 | | | |
| 1968 | "Santa Claus, Santa Claus" | Composer: Teddy Edwards Recorded: Label: Pzazz 015 | | | |
| 1968 | "Sakatumi" | Composer: Stanley Myers Recorded: Label: Pzazz 015 | | | |
| Blank in chart positions indicates release that did not chart. ||||||

## Albums
### Studio albums

* Somebody Up There Digs Me (Mercury MG-20242, 1957)
* Man, We're Wailin' (Mercury MG-20331, 1958)
* One Sided Love – Then Sakatumi (Pzazz LP-321, 1968)
* I Believe in Music (Disques Black And Blue 33.059, 1973; CD reissue: Black & Blue BB-876, 1996)

### Live albums

* Live Jive (A Touch of Magic 4, 1994)

### Compilation albums

* The Best of Louis Jordan (MCA 2-4079, 1975; CD reissue: 1989)
* Five Guys Named Moe (Original Decca Recordings, Vol. 2) (MCA 10503, 1992)
* Let the Good Times Roll (The Complete Decca Recordings 1938–1954) (Bear Family BCD-15557, 1992) 9-CD
* Louis Jordan on Film 1942–1948 (Krazy Kat KKCD-17, 1996)
* Let the Good Times Roll (The Anthology 1938–1954) (MCA/Decca 2-11907, 1999) 2-CD
* Jivin' with Jordan (Proper BOX 47, 2002) 4-CD
* The Aladdin, "X" & Vik Recordings 1953–1955 (Rev-Ola CRBAND-2, 2006)
* Roc Doc! Louis Jordan on Mercury 1956–1957 Rev-Ola CRREV-244, 2008)