Somebody Up There Digs Me

by Louis Jordan

Somebody Up There Digs Me cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1957
  • Label: Mercury
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 35:10
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Attempting to reinvigorate his career in the wake of the rock and roll explosion he helped inspire, the legendary jump blues pioneer delivers high-octane re-recordings of his massive early hits. Benefiting greatly from slightly modernized, heavily electrified studio arrangements orchestrated by Quincy Jones, his wildly charismatic vocals and fiercely swinging saxophone solos remain entirely undiminished. The project serves as a thrilling, highly energetic reminder of his foundational dominance over postwar American popular music.

Genres

Descriptors: rhythmic, improvisation, melodic, party, saxophone, vocal, witty, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Caldonia (2:23)
  2. Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby (3:17)
  3. Run Joe (3:22)
  4. Early in the Morning (3:24)
  5. Choo Choo Ch Boogie (2:18)
  6. Knock Me a Kiss (2:53)
  7. Let the Good Times Roll (2:43)
  8. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying (3:15)
  9. Beware Brother Beware (2:44)
  10. I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town (3:22)
  11. Salt Pork West Virginia (2:49)
  12. Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens (2:34)

Credits

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