G. I. Jive / Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)

by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five

Type: Single
Released: April 1944
Label: Decca
Country: United States
Community rating: 3.74/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Taking a highly rhythmic, jump blues approach to wartime colloquialisms, this energetic single provided an immensely relatable, upbeat soundtrack for enlisted service members. The phenomenally successful B-side further cemented the frontman's status as a crossover pop juggernaut.

Genres

Jump Blues

Descriptors: rhythmic, war, martial

Tracklist

Credits

Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five - primary artist, vocals, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone [uncredited], written-by
Billy Hadnott - bass [uncredited]
Jesse Simpkins - bass [uncredited]
Shadow Wilson - drums [uncredited]
Slick Jones - drums [uncredited]
Arnold Thomas - piano [uncredited]
Courtney Williams - trumpet [uncredited]
Johnny Mercer - written-by