"Knock Me a Kiss" | |
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Single by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five | |
B-side | " I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" |
Released | 1942 |
Label | Decca |
Songwriter(s) | Mike Jackson, Andy Razaf |
"Knock Me a Kiss" is a song written by Mike Jackson (music) and Andy Razaf (lyrics). [1] It was performed by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five, recorded in November 1941, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 8593). The B-side was " I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town".
The record was a hit, [2] but was released prior to the creation of the Harlem Hit Parade chart in late October 1942. [3] Despite the lack of precise chart information, music historians William and Nancy Young wrote: "The recording took off as an immediate hit; its ... slangy lyrics (or jive, to use the language of the time) ... proved irresistible to record buyers and made Jordan and his band a force in the marketplace." [1]
The song was one of the twenty songs included in the 1977 MCA collection The Best of Louis Jordan [4] and in many other Jordan compilations. [5]
Ella Fitzgerald recorded this for her 1958 album Ella Swings Lightly on Verve Records.