Jukebox jump singer/altoist Louis Jordan ruld America's R&B charts from 1942 to the beginning of the 50's. He notched up 18 number ones, of which none were as big as Choo-Choo-Cha-Boogie, a record that camped out on the charts for 26 weeks in a row. When Bill Haley ceased to be a Philly cow-poke, he took Jordan as a role model.
"Louis Jordan was the first recording artist to proect the life and situation of the black community and record it with humour and dignity" (Sammy Davis Jr).
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