Beans and Corn Bread

"Beans and Corn Bread" is a 1949 jump blues song by Louis Jordan and Tympany Five, released by Decca. It was written by Fleecy Moore and Fred B. Clark^[1]

It is used as the theme song for the WTBS program Dinner and a Movie as well as being featured in the 1992 film Malcolm X.

Beans and cornbread was also the traditional meal served to NASA launch crews following a successful space shuttle launch. The tradition was begun on April 12, 1981, by NASA test director Norm Carlson and was continued after every successful launch.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Beans and Cornbread," BMI Repertoire
↑ Enter the Firing Room. Kennedy Space Center. NASA. October 29, 2004. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
↑ A Space Shuttle Tradition that’s Full of Beans Universe Today. April 5, 2010. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
↑ John Glenn at Full Throttle Washington Post. October 29, 1998. Retrieved September 10, 2011.
↑ Spilling the Beans: A NASA Tradition Revealed GainesvilleActivities.com. May 18, 2011. Retrieved September 10, 2011.

Louis Jordan

Singles	"Barnacle Bill the Sailor" "Keep a-Knockin'" "Honeysuckle Rose" "I'm Alabama Bound" "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby" "Caldonia" "Stone Cold Dead in the Market (He Had It Coming)" "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" "Ain't That Just Like a Woman (They'll Do It Every Time)" "Ain't Nobody Here but Us Chickens" "Let the Good Times Roll "Open the Door, Richard" "Early in the Mornin'" "Beans and Corn Bread" "Saturday Night Fish Fry" "School Days" "Ain't Nobody's Business but My Own" "Tear Drops from My Eyes" "I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby" "How Blue Can You Get?" "Junco Partner" "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "Perdido "Whatever Lola Wants (Lola Gets)"

Related	Discography Tympany Five Jump blues Rhythm and blues Origins of Rock and Roll Five Guys Named Moe Let the Good Times Roll

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