IS YOU IS, OR IS YOU AIN'T (Ma' Baby) From The Universal Picture "FOLLOW THE BOYS." Leeds Music Corp., New York, 1944.
 
Movie Sheet Music
Piano
 
This sheet music is for the song “Is You Is, or Is You Ain’t (Ma' Baby),” by Billy Austin and Louis Jordan. It was published by Leeds Music in New York, New York in 1943. This song was featured in the 1944 Universal Pictures musical film Follow the Boys, directed by A. Edward Sutherland and starred George Raft and Vera Zorina. The cover features images of the cast of the film.
 
One important stylistic prototype in the development of R&B was jump blues, pioneered by Louis Jordan, with ... His Tympany Five ... three horns and a rhythm section, while stylistically his music melded elements of swing and blues, incorporating the shuffle rhythm, boogie-woogie bass lines, and short horn patterns or riffs. The songs featured the use of African American vernacular language, humor, and vocal call-and-response sections between Jordan and the band. Jordan’s music appealed to both African American and white audiences.
 
Some surface creases and light scratches. About 12 x 9 with 5 pages.