Solid Serenade. This is a real classic! Tom woos the girl cat with a popular old jazz song, ‘Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby’.
Listen to the whole serenade (just 275kb) at http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/sounds/isyouis2.wav (right-click and choose Save As to save it to your PC). You can download othersound files and lots of Tom & Jerry stuff at http://www.tomandjerryonline.com/
And if you’re willing to download 7 minutes of YouTube video, watch the whole episode at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdGpn8ZhPVg
The lyrics in Tom’s own style (the weird words are him scatting, and he pronounces ‘baby’ more like ‘bebby’):
I got a gal, always late
Every time we have a date
But I love her
I’m gonna ask her
Is you is or is you ain’t my baby?
The way you’re actin’ lately makes me doubt
You is still my baby-baby
Seems my flame in your heart done gone out
A woman is a creature that’salways been strange
Just when you’re sure of one
You find she’s gone and made a change
Is you is or is you ain’t my baby
Maybe baby’s found somebody new (Baduledey-dondeedee)
Or is my baby still my baby true?
Is you is or is you ain’t my baby
Maybe baby’s found somebody new(Badulu-daludu-deydulu-doda)
Or is my baby still my baby true?
THE SCOTTTCAST 
April 12, 07 at 5:35 am
Hi!
My question is about where can i found a version of this song without any cartoon sounds….
Many thanks
April 12, 07 at 8:30 am
As in, without the background sound effects like Jerry’s home getting wrecked or Tom getting hit with pies?
Browsing on Wikipedia, I found that for that episode they animated Tom in order to fit singer Louis Jordan’s recorded voice.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Jordan#.22King_of_the_Jukeboxes.22
I then managed to find a site which actually has the sound file of Louis Jordan singing “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t (My Baby)”, but I can’t access it since I’m outside of the USA. Try it out, please tell me if it sounds the same as Tom’s singing!
http://play.rhapsody.com/louisjordan/fiveguysnamedmoedeccarecordingsvol2/isyouisorisyouaintmybaby?didAutoplayBounce=true
It’s a very popular old Jazz song. Plenty of artistes have made their own versions. If you try a little, I’m sure you can find tons of versions of the song by various artistes and in various styles. I remember an all-ladies version, a big band swing version, and a blues version.
You can also try looking for Youtube videos of it at http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%22is+you+is+or+is+you+ain%27t%22
Good luck, and hope I helped!
June 5, 07 at 6:48 pm
there are plenty versions of the song, try the one by Armstrong or Joe Jackson.
September 7, 07 at 4:14 am
I love you for this man 🙂
I think its the old writer of the cartoons fred Quimby who sings??
September 7, 07 at 8:21 am
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solid_Serenade#Trivia says that many people believe that… We could know for sure by comparing Tom’s singing, Fred Quimby’s vocie and Louis Jordan’s original song.
Any takers for this task?
November 11, 07 at 2:20 pm
I just downloaded Louis Jordan’s original and it is not the same as the one Tom sings. I listened to about 20 different versions and none of them are the same as the one Tom does, so it’s either Quimby or someone else. I’m really itching for Tom’s version too without the background sound effects.
November 11, 07 at 2:50 pm
I found this on Wikipedia. Apparently the version in that toon isn’t available anywhere…
“The song that Tom sings to his sweetheart (Toodles) is Louis Jordan’s 1944 hit “Is You Is or Is You Ain’t My Baby.” The version of “Is You Is Or Is You Ain’t My Baby” used here is an up-tempo version of Louis Jordan’s hit, with cello accompaniment. It is believed by many fans that the song was sung by producer Fred Quimby.”
Could’ve very well been. I guess we’ll never know.
November 16, 08 at 1:12 am
COOL VIDEO’S WID LOT’S OF FUN AND MASTI………..TOM & JERRY U ROCKZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
February 26, 09 at 2:36 pm
Johseph Barbera?…ohh no that is scooby doo
Fred Quimby? have you checked the credits at the end!!!
The music is Scott Bradley
February 26, 09 at 3:21 pm
Yes, we know. Scott Bradley does the music, but who was the voice singing ‘Is You Is or Is You Ain’t my Baby’?
May 20, 09 at 11:24 am
By far, the best cover of “Is You Is….” This song is not Louis Jordan, as I have a couple variations of it. I also read in a book recently that the cartoon studios used “studio singers”, who were usually not credited for the work they did.
The singers didn’t have to be credited back in those days, as payment was sufficient for services rendered. Some kind of contractual mumbo jumbo the studios did to get around crediting all of the involved people. Could it be Bradley or Quimby singing? Possible, although there were plenty of stand-in singers for the studios in those days, which makes the latter more plausible.
Should anyone ever find a copy of this soundtrack(which is probably burried somewhere on the backlot archival building, please share it with the world! It was the BEST version I’ve heard, and made one of the most memorable cartoon episodes of Tom & Jerry.
January 9, 10 at 5:52 pm
yes pleaseee tom and jerrys version is what turned me on to this song – please share that complete version with me – thank you
January 25, 10 at 8:10 am
I would like to purchase the actual Tom and Jerry version of “is you is or is you aint my baby” My four your old son and I LOVE IT!!!
The cello solo is SO cool…so it HAS to be that particular singer and that version. Hope someone finds it and shares it. I also got on different websites and heard many artist (tiring) and it doesnt compare.
April 16, 10 at 11:21 pm
Hey man!!! Same here, my son’s the exact same age too. So please someone go and steal the original from their studios!!!
If they’re still around at least!
Definitely THE definitive version of this song.
April 19, 10 at 3:27 am
The version of “Is You Is…” in Solid Serenade is sung by Ira “Buck” Woods. He has a small listing over at the IMDB.
May 22, 10 at 11:37 pm
BAZINGA!
June 18, 10 at 2:12 am
any of you have a link to download buck woods vrsion?
June 30, 10 at 9:12 am
just great man its soo cool i love that episode and the song is just awesome :))))))))))
thanks alot for this!!
August 24, 10 at 11:23 am
I wanted this on my Ipod SOOOO bad. I tunes has nothing for Ira “Buck” Woods…maybe I can get the video of Tom & Toodles?!
October 4, 10 at 3:40 pm
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November 8, 10 at 9:03 pm
here, Buck’s version 😛 download it with some of those vid2mp3 thingies that you can find online
December 11, 11 at 1:48 am
i just go back from south africa & needed some toons to help me feel right @ home, so i turn on cartoon network & of all the episodes of tom & jerry “solid serenade” just happens to come on. classic, i’m 31 & this still brings joy & laughter to my life. i found the song, but it’s saying Billie Holiday sung it, I downloaded it from the android maket mp3 music player. same exact one i grew up listening & loving as a kid. hope this helps
June 16, 12 at 2:12 am
Ive loved this version of the song since I first watched it in 1972.. Ivery firmly believe the vocalist to the Tom & Jerry version was a little known 1950s-60s extreme blues singer named Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. Look him up- especially his older stuff. The voice and sound is exactly the same. He was fantastic.
July 22, 12 at 1:56 pm
This version was sung by a multi-talented actor/singer of the 1930s and 40s called Ira ‘Buck’ Woods. He was not credited for his excellent vocals here (something that used to happen a lot in those days, esp to black singers).
Passed away in 1974, RIP Buck!
August 21, 12 at 5:35 am
Jammy Dodger is absolutely correct. It was Ira “Buck” Wood who also did other Tom & Jerry vocal performances.
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