This article is about the musician. For the French actor, see Louis Jourdan. Louis Jordan (July 8, 1908 ? February 4, 1975) was a pioneering American jazz, blues and rhythm & blues musician and songwriter who enjoyed his greatest popularity from the late 1930s to the early 1950s. Known as The King of the Jukebox, Jordan was highly popular with both black and white audiences in the later years of the swing era. In 2004, Rolling Stone Magazine ranked him #59 on their list of the [LINK: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/5939214/the_immortals_the_first_fifty/] 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Overview Jordan was one of the most successful African-American musicians of the 20th century, ranking fifth in the list of the all-time most successful black recording artists according to Billboard magazine's chart methodology. Though comprehensive sal

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