What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)
"What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)" | |
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Single by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five | |
B-side | "The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall" |
Released | 1942 |
Label | Decca |
Songwriter(s) | Bubsy Meyers |
"What's the Use of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again)" is a song written by Bubsy Meyers, performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in July 1942, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 8645). The "B" side of the record was "The Chicks I Pick Are Slender and Tender and Tall".[1][2]
The record peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's race record chart and remained on the chart for 14 weeks.[3] It was Jordan's first No. 1 record.[4]
In a November 1942 review in The Billboard, M. H. Orodenker wrote: "The trumpet, with plenty of 'hicks' to his hot horn licks, establishes the mood right from the edge."[2]
The song was included in the 1977 compilation, The Best of Louis Jordan.[5] It was covered by Joe Jackson on his 1981 release Joe Jackson's Jumpin' Jive.[6]
References
- ^ "Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five – What's The Use Of Getting Sober (When You Gonna Get Drunk Again) / The Chicks I Pick Are Slender And Tender And Tall". Discogs. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ a b M. H. Orodenker (November 14, 1942). "On the Records". The Billboard. p. 22.
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1988). Top R&B Singles 1942–1988. Record Research, Inc. p. 229. ISBN 0-89820-068-7.
- ^ John Broven (13 January 2010). Record Makers and Breakers: Voices of the Independent Rock 'N' Roll Pioneers. First Illinois. p. 29. ISBN 9780252077272.
- ^ "The Best of Louis Jordan". AllMusic. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
- ^ DeGagne, Mike. "Jumpin' Jive - Joe Jackson | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
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- "What's the Use of Getting Sober" (1942)
- "Five Guys Named Moe" (1943)
- "Ration Blues" (1943)
- "G.I. Jive" (1944)
- "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" (1944)
- "Caldonia" (1945)
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- "Let the Good Times Roll" (1946)
- "Reconversion Blues" (1946)
- "Salt Pork, West Virginia" (1946)
- "Stone Cold Dead in the Market" (1946)
- "That Chick's Too Young to Fry" (1946)
- "Boogie Woogie Blue Plate" (1947)
- "Early in the Mornin'" (1947)
- "Jack, You're Dead" (1947)
- "Open the Door, Richard!" (1947)
- "Texas and Pacific" (1947)
- "Don't Burn the Candle at Both Ends" (1948)
- "Run Joe" (1948)
- "Beans and Corn Bread" (1949)
- "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (1949)
- "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (1949)
- "Blue Light Boogie" (1950)
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- "School Days" (1950)
- "Tear Drops from My Eyes" (1951)
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- Origins of Rock and Roll
- Five Guys Named Moe
- Let the Good Times Roll
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