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Solid Serenade is a one-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Tom and Jerry
series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on August 31 1946 by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer. It was produced by Fred Quimby and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, with musical supervision by Scott Bradley.

The cartoon, one of the most popular in the Tom & Jerry series, revolves around Tom's attempts to serenade a female cat, which are thwarted both by Jerry (whose sleep is disturbed by Tom's singing) and by "Killer" (later "Spike") the bulldog. The song that Tom sings to his ladyfriend(toodles) is Louis Jordan's 1944 hit "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby", which utilizes Jordan's vocal performance on the sound track.

The version of "Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" is an up-tempo version of Louis Jordan's hit, with cello accompanyment. It is likely that this was recorded by another Jazz artist of the time, and the sound clip from the recording was used in the episode. This is re-enforced by the fact that the most popular version of Louis Jordan's hit, according to the searches on LimeWire, is a down-tempo, piano version.

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