MY SAY: THE SONGS FOR OBAMA AND HILLARY
FOR OBAMA: “IS YOU IS OR IS YOU AIN’T MY BABY?
Co-written by Louis Jordan and Billy Austin. Austin (March 6, 1896 – July 24, 1964) was a songwriter and author, born in Denver, Colorado. The phrase “Is you is or is you ain’t” is dialect, apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen, a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction. Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War II.
FOR THE CLINTON STATE DEPARTMENT: “AIN’T NOBODY HERE BUT US CHICKENS”
“Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” is a 1946 song, with music and lyrics by Alex Kramer and Joan Whitney. It was recorded by Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five. The single hit number one on the US Billboard Rhythm and blues Juke Box chart and number six on the pop chart.
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