{{Short description|Jump blues song first recorded by Louis Jordan}} {{Infobox song | name = Buzz Me | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Louis Jordan and His Tympany Five | released = 1946 | recorded = January 19, 1945 | studio = | genre = Jump blues | length = 2:48 | label = Decca | writer = Fleecie Moore, Danny Baxter {{a.k.a.}} Dave Dexter, Jr. | producer = | prev_title = <!--for a singles chronology--> | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}
"'''Buzz Me'''" is a 1946 song by Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five that is credited to Fleecie Moore and Danny Baxter (a.k.a. Dave Dexter Jr.<ref name="Dexter">{{cite AV media |title = The Best of Louis Jordan |last = Dave Dexter, Jr. |type = Liner Notes}}</ref>). Released by Decca Records as a single, it was the first song in 1946 to reach the number one spot on the R&B chart and was the first of five Louis Jordan releases to achieve the top position in 1946.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |pages=798, 309, 415}}</ref> "Buzz Me" also peaked at number nine on the pop chart.<ref name="Whitburn"/> The single became a double-sided hit when the B-side "Don't Worry 'Bout That Mule" also hit number one on the R&B chart later in the year.
Later in 1946, Ella Mae Morse recorded her own version, which peaked at number two on the R&B charts and number fifteen on the pop chart.<ref name="Whitburn"/>
==See also== * ''Billboard'' Most-Played Race Records of 1946
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{{Louis Jordan}} {{Ella Mae Morse}}
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Category:1946 songs Category:Louis Jordan songs Category:Songs written by Louis Jordan Category:Blues songs
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