Let the Good Times Roll (Louis Jordan song)

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"Let the Good Times Roll" is a

blues standard and one of Jordan's best-known songs.[1]

Composition

"Let the Good Times Roll" is "Louis Jordan's buoyant invitation to party":[2]

Hey everybody, let's have some fun
You only live but once, and when you're dead you're done
So let the good times roll, let the good times roll
Don't care if you're young or old, get together let the good times roll

The song was written by Sam Theard, a New Orleans-born blues singer and songwriter,[3] and was co-credited to Fleecie Moore, Jordan's wife.[4] Theard first showed Jordan the song in 1942, while playing in Chicago clubs. The tune developed over the years until Jordan recorded it in New York City in June 1946.[3]

Charts and recognition

"Let the Good Times Roll" reached number two in the

Grammy Hall of Fame Award.[6] Jordan and the Tympany Five performed the song in the 1947 film Reet, Petite, and Gone
, although the studio recording rather than a live performance is used in the soundtrack.

The

B.B. King to Koko Taylor".[2] "Let the Good Times Roll" has also been identified as inspiring "Come On" by Earl King[7] and "Bon Ton Roulet" by Clifton Chenier.[8]

In 1961 at the 3rd Annual Grammy Awards ceremony, Ray Charles won the Grammy for Best Rhythm & Blues Performance for his version of "Let the Good Times Roll" which was included on his 1959 album, The Genius of Ray Charles.[9][10]

References

  1. ISBN 1-55728-252-8
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  2. ^ a b c Blues Foundation (November 10, 2016). "2013 Hall of Fame Inductees: "Let the Good Times Roll" — Louis Jordan (Decca, 1946)". The Blues Foundation. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
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    ISBN 0-472-08478-X
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  4. ^ Fleecie Moore, Jordan's wife name, was sometimes substituted for Jordan's to get around an inconvenient publishing contract; this strategy backfired when Louis and Fleecie divorced acrimoniously and she kept ownership of the songs he'd put her name on – thus denying him any income from them. Chilton (1997). p. 110.
  5. ISBN 0-89820-068-7
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  6. ^ "Grammy Hall of Fame – "Let the Good Times Roll", Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five". The Recording Academy. 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2019.
  7. ISBN 0-8264-1571-7
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  8. ^ Strachwitz, Chris (1967). Bon Ton Roulet (Album notes). Clifton Chenier. Berkeley, California: Arhoolie Records. Back cover. F1031.
  9. ^ https://www.grammy.com/artists/ray-charles/10927
  10. ^ "Ray Charles - the Genius of Ray Charles Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
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