Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?: Museum Object and Cultural History
Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?: Date: 1944. Recorded by: Louis Jordan, American, 1908 - 1975. Created by: Decca Records, British, founded 1929.
The object in the museum catalogue
A framed piece of sheet music and vinyl record. The glass frame has a black edge and both are objects are framed in blue matting. The sheet music is positioned above the record.
2010.59.3a: The sheet music is handwritten in black ink on paper. The title reads: [Is You Is]. There are notes and text throughout the sheet music. A note at the bottom reads: [use optional ending only if repeating (B)]. There are also red pencil marks throughout the sheet.
2010.59.3b: The vinyl record is below the sheet music. The blue DECCA Records, Inc., label reads: [Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t / (Ma’ Baby) / From Universal Picture “Follow The Boys” / (Billy Austin – Louis Jordan) / Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 8659 B]. The label notes that the style of music is a [Fox Trot / Vocal Chorus by / Louis Jordan].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1944
- Recorded by: Louis Jordan, American, 1908 - 1975
- Created by: Decca Records, British, founded 1929
- Created by: Unidentified
- Type: sheet music
- Type: 78 rpm records
- Medium: mat board with ink on paper, vinyl
- Dimensions: H x W (in frame): 29 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 7/8 in. (75.9 × 40 × 2.2 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W (sheet music): 11 9/16 × 8 13/16 in. (29.4 × 22.4 cm)
- Dimensions: Diameter (vinyl): 9 13/16 in. (24.9 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Rhythm and blues (Music)
- Object number: 2010.59.3ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © 1943, 1944 Universal Music Corp. Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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