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Episode 4: “Choo Choo Ch’Boogie” by Louis Jordan

A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

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Jordan and the Elks Rendezvous Band

Louis jordan was a better musician than cab calloway and slim gaylard. He thought that he and ella were the two important ones in the web band, and he planned to form his own band with much of the rest of the band wth him. Webb found out and fired jordan and ella. And most of the band remained loyal to webb. So if jordan had held on for another few months, he would have had a very good chance at being the leader of the louis jordan and ela fitzgevald band. Instead, he formed a much smaller group, the elks rendezvous band made up of members of jesse

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