Editing Louis Jordan (section)

=== Financial problems ===
Jordan's popularity and success had waned by 1953. By that time, "rock 'n' roll had captured the world's attention, and Jordan's jumping R&B became a thing of the past". While he continued performing, this did not generate the level of income that million-selling recordings had provided.<ref name="auto1"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://biography.yourdictionary.com/louis-jordan|title=Louis Jordan|website=Biography.yourdictionary.com|access-date=March 8, 2021}}</ref>

In 1961, the [[Internal Revenue Service]] filed an [[Tax lien|income tax lien]] against Jordan. As a result, he sold property well below its worth to pay off debts.<ref name="Home">{{cite web |title=Louis Jordan to Sell $71,000 Home for $30,000 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e7MDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59 |access-date=March 13, 2020 |date=June 29, 1961 |publisher=Jet/Johnson Publishing Company |pages=59–}}</ref> Musician [[Ike Turner]] stated in his autobiography, ''[[Takin' Back My Name]]'', that he heard about his tax problems and contacted Jordan's booking agency in Chicago. Turner convinced the president of the company to send Jordan a check for $20,000. Jordan was unaware of this deed.<ref name="takin">{{cite book |last1=Turner |first1=Ike |last2=Cawthorne |first2=Nigel |title=Takin' Back My Name: The Confessions of Ike Turner |date=1999 |publisher=Virgin |location=London |isbn=1852278501}}</ref>

Jordan wrote or co-wrote many of the songs he performed, but he did not benefit financially from them. Many of the hit songs he wrote, including "Caldonia", he credited to Fleecie Moore to avoid an existing publishing arrangement. Their marriage was acrimonious and short-lived. After their divorce, she retained ownership of the songs. However, Jordan may have taken credit for some songs written by others, he is credited as the co-writer of "Saturday Night Fish Fry", but Tympany Five pianist [[Bill Doggett]] claimed he wrote it.<ref>Visser, Joop. Liner notes for the boxed set ''Jivin' with Jordan'', p. 30.</ref>