Caldonia

1945

Caldonia is a jump blues song by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five. The song was released in 1945 by Decca and Jordan's fifth leader in the R & B charts.

Formation

On the cover of the single Jordan's former wife Fleecie Moore is specified as an author, but it is likely that Jordan wrote the song himself, but stated his wife's name in order to work with another publisher can. After her divorce, Jordan said:

The song came in May 1945 in the R & B charts and reached the top position in June, where he remained for seven weeks. In the pop charts of the title Boogie reached number six under the name Caldonia. There is a Soundie, which was a precursor to the music video for the song. It is about three minutes long films in which particularly African-American musicians had the opportunity to introduce their music to a wider audience.

Effect story

Caldonia is a song, which is available in many cover versions. In the incomplete enumeration at Second Hand Songs 21 cover versions are listed. 1946 piece for the film Love Me or Leave Me by Frank "Sugar Chile " Robinson was interpreted. Well-known blues artists like Pinetop Perkins, Memphis Slim, Clarence " Gatemouth " Brown, Muddy Waters or BB King recorded the song.

But also about genre borders, the title is popular, so there are also covers of Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis, Van Morrison, Woody Herman, James Brown or Bill Haley. 2009, the song was inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame. Also, the song in the Grammy Hall of Fame can be found, where he was admitted in 1998.

The song was included on the list of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame " 500 songs did shaped Rock and Roll ."