Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five--Is You Is Or Is You Ain't

[markovsembel]

TOM & JERRY BLUES! *not rocks* 

[JandritoBlues]

The rhythmic feel of this performance just kills me. So laid back and sexy and hypnotic.

[jjnklaudia]

Tom & Jerry RULES

[mcsatnam]

Eddie Murphy has really aged well 1:25

[rapspikerap]

I can't believe such a song have dislikes! I understand no one have the same tastes. But this is not a song to dislike onestly

[LadyVakko]

Thanks for uploading this, ever since I found out as a kid after watching classic Tom and Jerry this was an actual recorded song(I heard it on the radio one day) I was curious about who wrote and performed it. I love Big Band anyway. Nice.

[jaser1100]

10 english teachers dislike this song

[ImMikey420]

I was... but then I took an arrow to the knee.

[HardHeadedRosie]

Old school bomb shit, nothing compares

[MetalRules4Life1000]

I love how all the comments here are about good ol' Tom! :D

[todd5011]

yeah no one gets it like old tom :)



[allanssd]

I like how Tom sounds like Rou Rawls singing it.

[handal1973]

The frogs army ! Ker ker ker ker !

[aniella4ever]

:D tom and jerry FTW!!!!

[graviron]

@aniella4ever the old one is the FTW for me... the newer ones is not even funny...=(

[scottiecheng7]

i personally like tom's version better

[marmbu]

,Worlds greatest dad, brought me here.

[Immaculate416]

Anyone know where i can find some live recordings of louis jordan

[sarahrcowherd]

Love me some tom and jerry! haha

[104westsidePg]

Fucking tom and Jerry!! Their too down.

[KingSpartaX37]

Thumbs up if Tom and Jerry brought you here.

[AcidAbsent]

tom & jerry are guilty !! ......fucking yeah !! I grew up with the music of these cartoons :D

[MarsW]

THanks to Tom and Jerry I could find this song I loved for very long!

[jjvictor66]

Tom&Jerry AND L.A Noire brought me here

[doctorw2]

now this music is sublime!

[PLAthejetplane]

@ 1:30 the guy looks like bill cosby :O

[nancypantsTHEGREAT]

He looks so happy...I love it!

[1dance2nite]

Tom and Jerry Played this for me

[dilaireeeous]

shout out to tom and jerry

my kids love this song

[MultiKendralynn]

that's a good song i thank its cute when tom sings it but i like this to

[mrmidnite85]

please do not send me back to the future with those dances moves, the ultimate punishment

[dal4018]

@fury098 hahahahaha

[touchability]

people and music had soul back then :/

[Markalarkus16]

Tom and jerry ...thank you!

[chaoticsavior84]

I thought this song was made for tom and Jerry. I didn't know this was a real song.Now i like this song 10x's more.

[dal4018]

@chaoticsavior84 Me too I heard this as a young child on Tom&Jerry cartoons.All hail Louis Jordan THE GRANDFATHER OF ROCK MUSIC!!!!!

[rosebellbee]

I was gonna say Tom and Jerry brought me here but...looks like everybody already did

[T00farGONE]

As good as this song and the guy is, I think Tom (Tom & Jerry) owns it lol

[StephonST]

They sure couldnt dance back in the day LOL

[dal4018]

This man was the GRANDFATHER OF ROCK MUSIC

[1987PSW]

Love this song Tom and jerry

[TheTeMaRuS]

is you is or is you aint my babyyy

[2000Crumpet]

I first heard this song on spaced, fell in love straight away

[musicproducer16]

Sometimes I ask myself....how is the HECK did we go from this great art...to stuff like Chris Brown & Lil Wayne??? I mean dont get me wrong. If you like them, thats good for you but sometimes I wish great music like this was still made. Sometimes I wish I was born in 32 instead of 92 just so I can see what the music was like back then. :)

[yorkie95]

Black People, Getting Crunk in the Club since 1944 1:16

[Fbhacker1998]

that sounded better on Tom and Jerry

[ktalim1]

See the dislike bar that the size of your dik for all you haters

[vguitarman]

Louis Jordan is great and this video is one example of why I love youtube because how else would I be able to see live performances of my favorite musicians? Damn that Jim Crow stuff though, it leaves a bad taste.

[itisbb]

Yep! I think tom out of tom and jerry is a better singing though hahahaha(: Glad i found who sings this tho...xD

[trinity22love]

omg I was wondering who wrote this song and now I know, I love it

[Raymondb142006]

I head it from "World's Best Dad." Starring :Robin Williams.

[slipknot0259]

Thumbs up if Tom & Jerry brought you here!

[chakrabath123]

of course your going to see this only on tom & jerry, this song is from 66 years.

[honghavok]

Wow! You tube has everything!

[gaborsama]

I'd never found this amazing song if it weren't for Tom & Jerry.

[lildogjj]

I love the episode with this song!



[guzmanbryan1]

8 people have girls whos always late.

[01Christlover]

Tom and Jerry brought me here!



[palomassong]

Thank you so much for posting this! This song song is truly awesome!! Yes I did hear it for the first time on Tom and Jerry years ago, and have been in love with it ever since!!!

[morganjoann132010]

My mom use to sing this to me when i was a baby<3

[Neigebonbon]

Gosh I love the '40's!.

[Beazt08]

Tom and jerry

[Maloesev]

Tom & Jerry is the shizzz!!!

[BassistFassist]

Someone needs to revive this music, right now.

[gerrysax193]

@BassistFassist - There's a band in the UK who are working hard to try and keep the music of Louis Jordan live and kickin' from across the pond. They're called The Zoltans (see Zoltans.co.uk). Louis Jordan is part of U.S. cultural heritage! Kind regards from England.

[HeckaGay6795]

I just watched that episode of tom and jerry this morning (;

[mrstmccoy]

my junkkk

[AnimeChick7519]

Tom n Jerry!!!!!

[koga9376]

@jackasskidzify That doesn't make you any better.

[baezsofia97]

@koga9376 it means he has taste!

[jackasskidzify]

I cant beleive music this good died in 1982, and was taken over by techno pop crap like lady gaga, katy perry, kesha, or justin beiber, that is why much of the world are idiots mesmorised by "music that is bassicly just vibrations"

[2BCBattlefield]

@jackasskidzify

That is extremely ignorant. Eletronic music producing takes alot of skill and musical talent to pull off well. Same goes with ANY kind of music. You sound like nothing but a big tool.

And shitty music was composed even back then and played in the radio like nowadays. Its just that only the classics are still remembered and the shitty ones have been long since forgotten. That makes many people to believe that music was better before.

Music nowadays is as classy as it was before

[Terrible1]

@2BCBattlefield

todays music is not classy nor does it have soul. neither do the machines that make the "music" have soul. the music industry is taken over by machines now rather than real musicians with lyrics that only tell the mind keep lusting and to keep wanting more. i have no respect for the pop artists of today. they are puppets of a much bigger agenda.

[2BCBattlefield]

@Terrible1

"Machines make music". Are you serious? They are not machines, they are DAWs. Very expensive softwares developed for professional musicians and producers, who make ANY kind of music with them (classical, eletronic, cinema, jazz, blues) or just use them for midi and recording

And its still very ignorant to say that music nowadays takes no skill. Have you ever actually dug deeper than the top 10 list of your local radio channel? Soulful, beautiful music is still being made, you tool

[Terrible1]

@2BCBattlefield yes the machines produce the artificial sound... soulful music is being played to this day but you will never hear it on the radio nor on the mainstream channels.

[2BCBattlefield]

@Terrible1

That artificial sound has been recorded, so the (so called) "machines" dont actually make the sound. That is if you are atalking about samples. There are also millions of different synth sounds that are used.

But whatever, you seem to be one of those stubborn "I hate my society" hipsters who are too edgy to actually try and do some research before making half assed and insulting opinions about art

[jackasskidzify]

I'm 10 years old and i love this song, i'm not one of those kids today who likes justin beiber or kesha or katy perry, this is real music not some techno pop crap

[ShamanShraze]

Heard this song on Tom and Jerry

[blueiguy1]

7 people are English teachers...

[Labcabin96]

@blueiguy1 funniest people are comment i've ever heard.

[dal4018]

@blueiguy1 Make that 9

[StephonST]

@blueiguy1 LOL!

[dal4018]

@blueiguy1 Make that 9 ppl who failed English

[stephiola]

My mum brought me up on this. At times in my teenage years I felt conned out of the new music but now I appreciate it so much.

[saadallahelnaggar]

the 7 people who dislike this video ,their perv parents used to fuck them really hard so that they didn't have the time to watch tom & jerry

[decenthypocrite]

@saadallahelnaggar :0

Jesus.

[3RIK87]

THIS SONG WAS ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE TOM AND JERRY CARTOONS, I FINALLY SAW WHO IT WAS THAT ACTUALLY SANG IT. I HAD A FEELING TOM WAS BLACK BY HIS VOICE, I WAS RIGHT. IT'S ONE OF THE FEW TIMES U HEAR TOM'S VOICE AT ALL.

[tourangh]

i heart blackface

[LEMINEMINEM]

anyone come here from tom and jerry?

[honeybrown03]

@LEMINEMINEM yes i did ! i love that episode of Tom N Jerry, since i heard it there i never forgot it

[murphy1907]

Love this song, glad I don't have the same doubt lol....

[mamibg87]

Lol yup Tom and Jerry brought me here

[ShibuiMizuno]

@mamibg87

Same here, dude.

Tom and Jerry was probably one of the greatest cartoons to grow up with back in the day. I'm only 18, but I still think it was absolutely hilarious.

[swagglykewoah]

Tom & Jerry :D

[TheTouhouGuy]

Tom & Jerry lol

[Delvron1]

Thumbs up if tom and Jerry brought you here

[Delvron1]

Like if tom and jerry brought you here

[Jazmillenium]

I love this kind of music. Now I wanna go play Fallout again...

[RealRockandRoll]

This song is "smooth as silk" any way you slice it!

[MidStaryNight]

TOM AND JERRYYYYYYYY!!!!!!

[AngelGabrielMusic]

I absolutely love this song. I actually did a cover of it on my music page.

[whysosirius]

@ 1:33... i wish a nigga would be dancing on my back. fuck is wrong with him?!

[Adrian0140]

I'm 15 and I love this kind of music :)

[hamburger229]

This is the up-right bass sweety...listen it is so smooth.....

[tonyblaze172]

Hells yeah......tom and jerry made this hot

[sweetayesha01]

Tom and jerry sure got this tune noticed!

[PrideOfMancunia]

Thumbs up if you first heard this song on Tom and Jerry.

[dal4018]

@PrideOfMancunia HELL YES HEARD THIS ON TOM&JERRY BY THE WAY WHO ARE THE 9 IDIOTS THAT DISLIKE THIS CLASSIC?!?!

[chinmay166]

@PrideOfMancunia Nostalgia , good old days :)

[BlacknesUnforgivable]

@chinmay166 You must be white

[ramirosan145]

@PrideOfMancunia HAHAHA The Tom & Jerry video has more views than this one!

[ThroughRock]

@PrideOfMancunia DON'T YOU BELIEVE IT.

[MYHEARTMUTMINI10]

@PrideOfMancunia yeah! from the chapter Solid Serenade

[jag8807]

@PrideOfMancunia Tom and Jerry is the best...that is all ;)

[astrogirl1231]

@PrideOfMancunia

ha totally! i love tom and jerry... childhood nostalgia :)

[darkastonvillafan]

Tom and Jerry FTW

[rankingtrevor]

uncle tom behavior typical of the time. Rolling of the eyes, dancing and bowing and scraping for whites LOL. Preforming for them yet treated like shit by 'em LOL. Good song though and artist.

[thatleprechaun]

Because I love her

Ah If only people made music like this nowadays :P

[WhisperMuzicStudio]

♥My favorite song of Louis Jordan♥ 

[Btrstarwolf]

I'm eighteen and that is completely irrelevant to this song...



[selatin91]

Orgásmico!!!

[nipsipone]

Louis Jordan Wrote the song

[bagpiper12345678]

@nipsipone with Billy Austin

[Gengar10000000000]

Who originally sang this? Some bitch sings this too.

[wkunzelman1]

@Gengar10000000000 Louis Jordan.

[nickdtv0]

this song just speaks to me!

[lampshade429]

This sounds like a Charles Mingus tune until he starts singing. Good stuff, I can't stop listening to it.

[jillysworld]

I love this thank you for posting it , excellent. My Dad sang this to me my whole life. Sometimes I sing it it him in the clouds. Miss u Dad.

[MagzHalo]

7 people ain't his baby Dx

[sanyaworf]

bow to the song :) respect

[nickdtv0]

this song too Real!!! Oldie but a goodie

[ayaknowledgegod]

"yous is still my baby" ... the melody is nice, & i'ma cosider the time period, but that was still some hard core tom coonery right there.

[brandistocker]

OMG These faces :D

[KAKAWANGWA]

Don't recall this from Tom & Jerry, but more recently the "Words's Greatest Dad" move :) Love the piece!

[kikitrud]

Awsome chek this version out : .youtube.com/watch?v=z0bp0go7t­vs

[sleepysnoopyseema]

what a beautiful song~

[TimeLord9811]

7 people don't have a baby.

[kikitrud]

Awsome i love it, chek this out:

youtube.com/watch?v=z0bp0go7tv­s

[clubradar]

7 people ain't his baby.

[MrDragonta]

OMG so classic old songs is the best!:)

[nihasanatas]

BERNIE MAC

[wiisalute]

I think when tom sung this in tom and jerry, this was supposed to be racist because He's imitating a black person

[alarlol]

@wiisalute

you are an IDIOT

[wiisalute]

@alarlol no im not. this song was in a tom and jerry cartoon "Solid Serenade"

[alarlol]

@wiisalute

dude i know the cartoon. but i meant the racist part... it aint no racism there.

[wiisalute]

@alarlol oh sorry. I thought one part when tom started scatting I thought it was kinda racist

[alarlol]

@wiisalute

well lets call it a maybe.

i did not see it like that but i see how you culd have

[alarlol]

@wiisalute

had he been wearing the "classic" negroe facepaint that was usual at the time(or about the time) when the toon was made...or smthng like that...

[wiisalute]

@alarlol no but if you know that betty boop cartoon i'll be glad when you're dead you rascal you. That is so racist

[alarlol]

@wiisalute

yeah...thatone is...pretty racist

[theheartshoes]

@wiisalute How was that racist?

Explain that to me.

[wiisalute]

@theheartshoes when tom goes right before jerry hits him with a pie. He starts scatting. because back then black people used to do that. so it's kind of like imitating a black person. there's one tom and jerry episode where jerry disguises himself as a native. he rubs black ink all over himself

[KingOfWaffles]

Actually I heard it on Spaced, not Tom and Jerry. :P

[gareth4493]

Yep- tom an jerry did it for me : )

[TimeCruiser]

6 people were born in the 90's

[typhoonking]

@TimeCruiser WTF tht gotta do with anything

[TimeCruiser]

@typhoonking it does for those 6 people

[typhoonking]

@TimeCruiser 1 I'm from 90's

2. That reply doesn't make sense

[jjfjkfjk]

@TimeCruiser I was born in the 90s and i love this song!

[tuli41198]

This is my favourite song ever!!!!

[MarkArandjus]

Those guys have some crazy moves! And by crazy I mean not mentally stable.

[12345mrdoo]

heard this on radio 2 this evening.

[ilikemonkeys100]

I heard this on Pandora, I was listening to a jazz station. I like this.

[dakarlion1]

The Great Louis!

[blindfury420]

wont lie, i saw this on tom and jerry years ago! i still love this song. at 1:24 i swear.... charlie murphy!

[141gabriel]

love thissssssss

[theodofustwinsword]

I have to admit the first time I heard this was on Tom & Jerry, however it wasn't the cartoon that stuck to me it was purely the song. It just has a good feel to it

[hamakabuda]

im 19 and this kind of music rules:P

[fakewalka]

@hamakabuda that's nice to hear from a teenager :))) I wish there were more people like you, good luck :)

[SubourbonHome]

@hamakabuda Aren't you just a rebel.

[comptongameLA]

@hamakabuda i'm 16 and i always sing this song at school. no one knows exactly the title but they enjoy listening to it :D ha

[Immaculate416]

@hamakabuda Taste in music isn't something to brag about. Maybe your parents will pat you on the back for liking this music for what they perceive as you being well-cultured but all it means in the real world is that you like 70 year old Grandpa and Grandpa music, buddy.

[Lucco183]

@Immaculate416 but you also gotta think that this is the only kind of music that has value to any1 nowadays and the only people who know true music and good culture are the '70 year old Grandpa and Grandma' s

[TheThomasLandry]

@hamakabuda I am 16 and will always love it :D

[kegmonkey]

@hamakabuda This cool cat is hip to the jive.

[peace6311]

@hamakabuda what does your age have to do with anything?