Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
Context
Song by Louis Jordan and Billy Austin, recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five on October 4, 1943 and released by Decca in June 1944 as the B-side of G.I. Jive. It reached number two on the U.S. pop chart and number three on the R&B chart. More than 130 artists have covered it, including Bing Crosby with the Andrews Sisters (1944).
In the genealogy of jazz
This track belongs to Jump blues, R&B. Among the origins and influences of Jump blues, R&B: Blues, spirituals, work songs, Boogie-woogie, Swing, big bands, Kansas City, Gospel.