 In March 1947, Louis Jordan was presented his first ever gold record for sales of Choo-Choo Chibugi, but several other of his songs were also approaching the million mark at the time. Less than a decade later, in 1956 and 1957, the Monroe County native was relegated to re-recording his old hits with Quincy Jones for Mercury Records to try to give his career traction with the rock and roll craze.