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Song written and performed by Louis Jordan
"Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby " is a song written by Louis Jordan and Billy Austin. The song's first recording, by Jordan, was made on October 4, 1943.[ 1] It was released as the B-side of a single with "G.I. Jive " with the title "Is You Is or Is You Ain't (Ma' Baby)". The song reached No. 1 on the US folk/country charts,[ 2] number two for three weeks on the pop chart, and number three on the R&B chart .[ 3]
In the 1932 American film Harlem Is Heaven , dancer Bill "Bojangles" Robinson , accompanied by jazz pianist Putney Dandridge , sings "Is You Is or Is You Ain't." The song in the film has different lyrics, but, in addition to its title, its melody is at times similar to that later used for "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby."[ 4]
Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters recorded the song on June 30, 1944 for Decca Records[ 5] [ 6] and it too reached the No. 2 spot in the Billboard charts during a 12-week stay.[ 7]
The song was covered by Ira "Buck" Woods as Tom Cat in the 1946 Tom & Jerry short Solid Serenade . More recently it was performed in an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel by Sterling K. Brown .[ 8] It has also been performed by the swing revival band Big Bad Voodoo Daddy .
Other cover versions
The famous rhythm and blues standard has been recorded by more than 130 different artists over the years.[ 9] The most notable versions include:
It is featured in S1, Episode 3 of the TV series "Lovecraft Country", and S1, Episode 7 ("Ends") of the TV Series "Spaced".
References
^ "The Online Discographical Project" . 78discography.com . Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition . Record Research. p. 184.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004 . Record Research. p. 309.
^ "Harlem is Heaven--Bill Robinson, Eubie Blake, 1932 Film" , posted by Alan Eichler, February 14, 2016 YouTube . Retrieved January 29, 2018. Bill Robinson and Putney Dandridge's performance of "Is You Is or Is You Ain't" begins in the noted copy of Harlem Is Heaven at the 40:15 mark in the film's presentation.
^ "A Bing Crosby Discography" . BING magazine . International Club Crosby. Retrieved September 9, 2017 .
^ https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633239/m1/#track/3
^ Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954 . Wisconsin, USA: Record Research Inc. p. 113 . ISBN 0-89820-083-0 .
^ "All The Songs In 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' Season 3" . Bustle . Retrieved 2 January 2020 .
^ "Cover versions of Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby by Louis Jordan" . Retrieved 9 June 2020 .
^ "Sinatra, The Main Event - Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)" . Retrieved 9 June 2020 .
Albums
Music of Hawaii (1939)
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. One (1939)
Patriotic Songs for Children (1939)
Cowboy Songs (Bing Crosby's first solo album) (1939)
Victor Herbert Melodies, Vol. Two (1939)
George Gershwin Songs, Vol. One (1939)
Ballad for Americans (Bing Crosby's first solo studio album)(1940)
Favorite Hawaiian Songs (1940)
Christmas Music (1940)
Star Dust (1940)
Hawaii Calls (1941)
Small Fry (1941)
Crosbyana (1941)
Under Western Skies (1941)
Song Hits from Holiday Inn (w/ Fred Astaire ) (1942)
Merry Christmas (1945)
Selections from Going My Way (1945)
Selections from The Bells of St. Mary's (1946)
Don't Fence Me In (w/ The Andrews Sisters ) (1946)
The Happy Prince (1946)
Selections from Road to Utopia (1946)
Bing Crosby – Stephen Foster (1946)
What We So Proudly Hail (1946)
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. One (1946)
Favorite Hawaiian Songs, Vol. Two (1946)
Blue Skies (w/ Fred Astaire and Irving Berlin ) (1946)
Bing Crosby – Jerome Kern (1946)
St. Patrick's Day (1947)
Bing Crosby – Victor Herbert (1947)
Cowboy Songs, Vol. One (1947)
Selections from Welcome Stranger (1947)
Our Common Heritage (1947)
El Bingo (1947)
The Small One (1947)
The Man Without a Country (1947)
Drifting and Dreaming (1947)
Blue of the Night (1948)
Selections from Showboat (1948)
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
St. Valentine's Day (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings with Al Jolson, Bob Hope, Dick Haymes and the Andrews Sisters (1948)
Selections from Road to Rio (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings with Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Johnny Mercer (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings with Lionel Hampton, Eddie Heywood, Louis Jordan (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from Broadway Shows (1948)
Cowboy Songs, Vol. Two (1948)
Auld Lang Syne (1948)
Bing Crosby Sings Cole Porter Songs (1949)
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
Bing Crosby Sings Songs by George Gershwin (1949)
South Pacific (1949)
Christmas Greetings (1949)
Ichabod – The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949)
Top o' the Morning / Emperor Waltz (1950)
Songs from Mr. Music (w/ Dorothy Kirsten and The Andrews Sisters ) (1950)
Go West Young Man (w/ The Andrews Sisters ) (1950)
Collectors' Classics, Vols. 1–8 (1951)
Way Back Home (1951)
Bing Crosby Sings the Song Hits from... (1951)
Bing and the Dixieland Bands (1951)
Yours Is My Heart Alone (1951)
Country Style (1951)
Beloved Hymns (1951)
Bing and Connee (w/ Connee Boswell ) (1952)
When Irish Eyes Are Smiling (1952)
Themes and Songs from The Quiet Man (w/ Victor Young ) (1952)
Selections from the Paramount Picture "Just for You" (w/ Jane Wyman and The Andrews Sisters ) (1952)
Road to Bali (w/ Bob Hope and Peggy Lee ) (1952)
Le Bing: Song Hits of Paris (1953)
Some Fine Old Chestnuts (1954)
Bing Sings the Hits (1954)
Selections from White Christmas (w/ Peggy Lee and Danny Kaye ) (1954)
Bing: A Musical Autobiography (1954)
The Country Girl / Little Boy Lost (1955)
Merry Christmas (later version of 1945 78rpm album) (1955)
Shillelaghs and Shamrocks (1956)
Home on the Range (1956)
Blue Hawaii (1956)
High Tor (w/ Julie Andrews and Everett Sloane ) (1956)
A Christmas Sing with Bing Around the World (1956)
Anything Goes (w/ Donald O'Connor , Mitzi Gaynor and Zizi Jeanmaire ) (1956)
High Society (w/ Frank Sinatra , Grace Kelly , and Louis Armstrong ) (1956)
Songs I Wish I Had Sung the First Time Around (1956)
Bing Sings Whilst Bregman Swings (1956)
Bing with a Beat (1957)
A Christmas Story (1957)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1957)
New Tricks (1957)
The Bible Story of Christmas (1957)
Never Be Afraid (1958)
Jack B. Nimble – A Mother Goose Fantasy (1958)
Fancy Meeting You Here ( w/ Rosemary Clooney ) (1958)
Around the World with Bing! (1958)
Bing in Paris (1958)
That Christmas Feeling (1958)
In a Little Spanish Town (1958)
Bing’s Buddies and Beaus (1959)
Say One for Me (w/ Debbie Reynolds and Robert Wagner ) (1959)
How the West Was Won (w/ Rosemary Clooney ) (1960)
Join Bing and Sing Along (1960)
Bing & Satchmo (w/ Louis Armstrong ) (1960)
Songs of Christmas (1960)
101 Gang Songs (1961)
El Señor Bing (1961)
My Golden Favorites (1961)
The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
Bing's Hollywood (set of 15 albums) (1962)
On the Happy Side (1962)
I Wish You a Merry Christmas (1962)
Holiday in Europe (1962)
Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (1963)
Return to Paradise Islands (1964)
America, I Hear You Singing (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring ) (1964)
Robin and the 7 Hoods (w/ Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , and Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1964)
12 Songs of Christmas (w/ Frank Sinatra and Fred Waring ) (1964)
Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits (1965)
That Travelin' Two-Beat (w/ Rosemary Clooney ) (1965)
The Summit (w/ Dean Martin , Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Jr. ) (1966)
Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1966)
Bing Crosby and The Columbus Boychoir Sing Family Christmas Favorites (w/ The Columbus Boychoir ) (1967)
Thoroughly Modern Bing (1968)
Bing Crosby's Treasury – The Songs I Love (1968 version) (1968)
Hey Jude/Hey Bing! (1969)
Goldilocks (1970)
A Time to Be Jolly (1971)
Bing 'n' Basie (w/ Count Basie ) (1972)
Rhythm on the Range (1972)
I’ll Sing You a Song of the Islands (1972)
A Southern Memoir (1975)
That's What Life Is All About (1975)
A Couple of Song and Dance Men (w/ Fred Astaire ) (1975)
Tom Sawyer (1976)
At My Time of Life (1976)
Bing Crosby Live at the London Palladium (1976)
Feels Good, Feels Right (1976)
Beautiful Memories (1977)
Bingo Viejo (1977)
Seasons (Bing Crosby's last studio album released during his lifetime) (1977)
A Little Bit of Irish (posthumous edition, recorded in 1966) (1993)
Bing Crosby: The Voice of Christmas (1998)
On the Sentimental Side (posthumous edition, recorded in 1962; Bing Crosby's latest studio album) (2010)
Family Related
LaVerne Andrews
Maxene Andrews
Patty Andrews
Singles
"Bei Mir Bist Du Schön "
"Nice Work If You Can Get It "
"Shortenin' Bread "
"Oh! Ma-Ma! "
"Beer Barrel Polka (Roll Out the Barrel) "
"Ciribiribin (They're So In Love) "
"Say Si Si (Para Vigo Me Voy) "
"The Woodpecker Song "
"Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar "
"Scrub Me, Mama, With a Boogie Beat "
"Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy "
"I Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much) "
"(I'll Be With You) In Apple Blossom Time "
"Sonny Boy "
"Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree "
"Strip Polka "
"Mister Five By Five "
"Pistol Packin' Mama "
"Jingle Bells "
"Shoo-Shoo Baby "
"Down In the Valley "
"Straighten Up and Fly Right "
"Tico Tico "
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby "
"A Hot Time In the Town of Berlin "
"Don't Fence Me In "
"Rum and Coca-Cola "
"Accentuate the Positive "
"The Three Caballeros "
"Along the Navajo Trail "
"South America, Take It Away "
"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66 "
"I Don't Know Why "
"House of Blue Lights "
"Rumors Are Flying "
"Winter Wonderland "
"There's No Business Like Show Business "
"Near You "
"Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) "
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town "
"Sabre Dance "
"Underneath the Arches "
"You Call Everybody Darling "
"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle "
"I Can Dream, Can't I? "
"Charley, My Boy "
"Have I Told You Lately That I Love You "
"The Wedding Samba "
"I Wanna Be Loved "
"A Bushel and a Peck "
"Mele Kalikimaka "
"Sparrow in the Tree Top "
"I Love You Much Too Much "