Charley Jordan (January 1, 1890 - November 15, 1954) was a St. Louis blues singer, songwriter and guitarist, as well as a talent scout, originally from Mabelvale, Arkansas. He was known for a unique style that drew on his rural roots.
Jordan recorded numerous singles for Vocalion and Decca between 1930 and 1937, and also performed with some well-regarded bluesmen from the 1920s to the 1940s. Jordan recorded with Peetie Wheatstraw, Roosevelt Sykes, Casey Bill Weldon and Memphis Minnie. He had most of his biggest hits, including "Keep It Clean", in the early to mid 1930s. Later in that decade and into the 1940s, he worked frequently with Big Joe Williams.
His most appreciated number, however, seems to have been "Keep It Clean", a selection of mildly suggestive traditional jokes strung along on the melodic thread of a blues, to which he added several sequels.
In 1928 Jordan was shot in the spine, this was due to his extramusical career as a bootlegger. This gave him a long term disability and caused him to walk with crutches thereafter (which can be seen in the few photographs of Jordan available).
Jordan died of pneumonia in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri.
Volume 1
01. Stack O'Dollars Blues
02. Dollar Bill Blues
03. Keep It Clean
04. Big Four Blues
05. Just a Spoonful
06. Two Street Blues
07. Raidin' Squad Blues
08. Hunkie Tunkie Blues
09. Running Mad Blues
10. Gasoline Blues
11. Sugar Man Blues, Pt. 1
12. Sugar Man Blues, Pt. 2
13. Lost Ship Blues
14. Hungry Blues
15. My ''Lovin' Good'' Blues
16. Tough Times Blues
17. Cheating Blues
18. Starvation Blues
19. Keep It Clean, No. 2
20. You Run and Tell Your Daddy
21. Tight Haired Mama Blues
22. Days of the Weeks Blues
Volume 2
01. Greyhound Blues
02. Workingman's Blues
03. Santa Claus Blues
04. Bad Breaks Blues
05. Doin' Wrong Blues
06. Honey Sucker Blues
07. Sugar Farm Blues
08. Titanic Blues
09. Preacher Blues
10. Cherry Wine Woman
11. Hell Hound Boy Blues
12. Nut Factory Blues
13. Hospital Blues
14. Brown Skin Angel
15. Skin Man Blues
16. Don't Pat It So Long
17. Bottle Passing Blues
18. Lost Airship Blues
19. Rolling Moon Blues
20. It Ain't Clean (That Thing Ain't Clean)
21. Tight Time Blues
Volume 3
01. Christmas Christmas Blues
02. Christmas Tree Blues
03. Get It If You Can
04. Signifying at You
05. No Christmas Blues
06. Happy New Year Blues
07. I Couldn't Stay Here
08. Bad Feeling Blues
09. Got Your Water On
10. Don't Put Your Dirty Hands on Me
11. Pork Chop Blues
12. Tired Feelin' Blues
13. Low Moan Blues
14. Hard Time Papa
15. Nineteen Women Blues
16. Twee Twee Twa
17. Cutting My ABC's
18. Chifferobe
19. Look What a Shape I'm In
20. Deep Sea Diver
21. Good Scuffler Blues
22. Low Mellow Man Blues
23. Good Grinder Blues
