<I>Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?</I>
date: label: Date
content: 1944
name: label: Recorded by
content: Louis Jordan, American, 1908 - 1975
label: Created by
content: Decca Records, British, founded 1929
label: Created by
content: Unidentified
notes: label: Description
content: A framed piece of sheet music and vinyl record. The glass frame has a black edge and both are objects are framed in blue matting. The sheet music is positioned above the record.
label: Description
content: 2010.59.3a: The sheet music is handwritten in black ink on paper. The title reads: [Is You Is]. There are notes and text throughout the sheet music. A note at the bottom reads: [use optional ending only if repeating (B)]. There are also red pencil marks throughout the sheet.
label: Description
content: 2010.59.3b: The vinyl record is below the sheet music. The blue DECCA Records, Inc., label reads: [Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t / (Ma’ Baby) / From Universal Picture “Follow The Boys” / (Billy Austin – Louis Jordan) / Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 8659 B]. The label notes that the style of music is a [Fox Trot / Vocal Chorus by / Louis Jordan].
title: label: Title
content: Sheet music and vinyl recording of Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Rhythm and blues (Music)
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Written Music
label: Classification
content: Record Albums
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2010.59.3ab
objectType: label: Type
content: sheet music
label: Type
content: 78 rpm records
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © 1943, 1944 Universal Music Corp.
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: mat board with ink on paper, vinyl
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (in frame): 29 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 7/8 in. (75.9 × 40 × 2.2 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (sheet music): 11 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (29.4 × 22.4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: Diameter (vinyl): 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm)