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'''Bix Beiderbecke''' ([[March 10]], [[1903]] – [[August 6]], [[1931]]) was a notable [[jazz]] [[cornet]] player.

{{Infobox Single

| Name = Ain't No Other Man

| Cover = Anom single 1149215764.jpg

| Caption =

| Artist = [[Christina Aguilera]]

| from Album = [[Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)|Back to Basics]]

| A-side =

|UK]]) CD2 Maxi</small>

| Format = [[Digital download]], [[CD single]]

| Recorded =

| Genre = [[pop/r+b]]

| Length = 3:48

| Label = [[RCA Records|RCA]]

| Writer = Christina Aguilera, Charles Roane, Chris E. Martin, Harold Beatty, [[Kara DioGuardi]]

| Producer = [[DJ Premier]], Charles Roane

| Certification = Platinum <small>([[RIAA]])</small>

Platinum <small>([[CRIA]])</small>

Gold <small>([[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]])</small>

| Chart position =

* #1 <small>([[Portugal]])

* #2 <small>([[United World Chart]], [[Norway]], [[United Kingdom|UK]])</small>

* #3 <small>([[Brazil]], [[Ireland]], [[Canada]])</small>

* #4 <small>([[Europe]] </small>

* #5 <small>([[Finland]], [[Germany]], [[New Zealand]], [[Switzerland]])</small>

* #6 <small>([[Australia]], [[United States]])</small>

* #7 <small>([[Austria]]) </small>

* #10 <small>([[Belgium]]) </small>

| Last single = "[[Tilt Ya Head Back]]" <br>(2004)

| This single = "Ain't No Other Man" <br>(2006)

| Next single = "[[Hurt (Christina Aguilera song)|Hurt]]" <br> (2006)

| Misc = {{Extra album cover 2

| Upper caption = Alternative cover

| Type = Single

| Cover = Single Cd Ain't No Other Man (Maxi).jpg

| Lower caption = Maxi cover

}}

{{Audiosample

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| Audio file= AintNoOtherManSample.ogg

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"'''Ain't No Other Man'''" is lead single released by [[United States|American]] singer [[Christina Aguilera]] from her third studio album ''[[Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)|Back to Basics]]'' ([[2006]]). The single won a [[Grammy Award]] for the [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]] category in 2007.

==Song information==

It was widely believed, for many years, that Bix's real name was '''Leon Bismark Beiderbecke'''. It is now known that this — like so many other myths about Bix — is untrue. His real name was '''Leon Bix Beiderbecke'''. Bismark was a family name, reflecting the family's [[Germany|German]] origins, but it was not given to Bix.

Produced by [[DJ Premier]] and Charles Roane, the song contains [[sampling (music)|samples]] from The Moon People's ''Hippy, Skippy, Moon Strut'' (1969) and ''The Cissy's Thang'' (1969) by The Soul Seven. It was released as the first [[single (music)|single]] from ''Back to Basics'' in June 2006 (see [[2006 in music]]); originally meant to be available for purchase on [[June 13]], it was released early to [[iTunes Music Store]] on [[June 3]]. It debuted on UK radio on [[June 7]], and also on Brazilian radio stations on the same day. It is thought to be Aguilera's comeback single, due to its strong chart performance after Aguilera's four-year hiatus from her previous studio album ''[[Stripped (Christina Aguilera album)|Stripped]]'' (2002). This song, contrary to popular belief, does not have a live brass section. The brass interludes are samples from a 1970's Latin funk track called "Happy Soul", performed by Dave Cortez and the Moon People. Obviously the drum track has been largely edited, and made to sound a lot bassier, but the main structure of the repeated brass riff is still intact.

DJ Premier said about the track: "It's pretty much about how Aguilera's husband has stolen her from the beginning", and it began receiving airplay on American radio stations within the same day. [[SonyBMG|Sony-BMG]] issued a statement regarding the release of the song, claiming that a full investigation would be launched in order to find out how the song was leaked, as they did not intend for the song to be released until after it premiered at the [[MTV Movie Awards 2006|2006 MTV Movie Awards]] on [[June 3]]. Because of the leak, [[RCA]] Records officially released the single to all U.S. radio stations the day after it leaked.

Leon Bix Beiderbecke was born in [[Davenport, Iowa]] to a middle-class family. As a teenager he would sneak off to the banks of the [[Mississippi River|Mississippi]] to listen to the bands play on the [[riverboat]]s that would come up from the south.

[[Big Boi]] from [[OutKast]] was scheduled to contribute a rap verse on the remix of the single. It is rumored that his record label pressured him to remove himself from the song to prevent the "Ain't No Other Man" remix from competing with [[Outkast]]'s own single, "The Mighty O." RCA subsequently replaced [[Big Boi]] with [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] rapper, [[Chamillionaire]]. Nonetheless, Chamillionaire's additional rap verse on the song proved not to be popular amongst fans and hardly received any radio airplay.

Partially due to frequent absences due to illness, Bix's grades suffered. His parents felt that sending him to the exclusive [[Lake Forest Academy]] in [[Lake Forest, Illinois]], just northwest of [[Chicago]], would provide the attention and discipline needed to improve his schooling.

The single was released over two weeks in the UK. CD1, featuring the Radio Edit and Instrumental is released on 24th July 2006. CD2, featuring the Album & A cappella versions, and two remixes of the track was released on [[July 31]] [[2006]]. The two weeks release of the single in the UK prevented it from going to #1 in the UK singles chart and peaked at #2 being blocked off by Shakira's "Hips Don't Lie". Had "Ain't No Other Man" had just one release it would have reached the top spot of the UK singles chart because it sales for that 1 week would have been enough to block of "Hips Don't Lie" off the top spot.

Bix's schooling there soon suffered when the only subjects he showed avid interest in were [[music]] and [[sports]]. Bix soon began going into Chicago as often as possible to catch the hot jazz bands of the day at clubs and [[speakeasy|speakeasies]] around Chicago, and too often didn't return in time or was found out the next day.

"Ain't No Other Man" garnered Aguilera another nomination and win at the [[49th Annual Grammy Awards]] in the category [[Best Female Pop Vocal Performance]]. This is her fourth time being nominated in this category, and second win.

Bix was soon asked to leave the Academy due to his academic failings and extra-curricular activities in Chicago, and began his musical career in earnest.

==Music Influencesvideo==

[[Image:Ain'tNoOtherManScreen.PNG|thumb|200px|left|Aguilera in the music video for "Ain't No Other Man" (2006).]]

Beiderbecke's early influences were mostly [[New Orleans]] jazz cornetists. His first big influence was [[Nick LaRocca]] of the [[Original Dixieland Jass Band]]; the LaRocca influence is evident in a number of Beiderbecke's recordings (especially the [[cover record|covers]] of O.D.J.B. songs.) Other influences included [[Joe "King" Oliver]], [[Louis Armstrong]], and [[clarinet]]ist [[Leon Roppolo]]. The influence of older New Orleans players such as [[Freddie Keppard]] shows up on Beiderbecke's famous two note interjection on "Goose Pimples."

The [[music video]], directed by [[Bryan Barber]], was shot from [[May 1]] to [[May 3]] in [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. In an interview with [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1539161/08222006/aguilera_christina.jhtml MTV], Aguilera stated, "it intrigued me that this man, Bryan Barber, had been very locked into and had surrounded himself with this whole world of the '20s and '30s era," in response to Barber's film project, [[Idlewild (film)|Idlewild]]. It was released exclusively to iTunes on [[June 20]] and went to number-one the following day on the iTunes video chart. It then premiered on [[MTV]]'s ''[[Making the Video]]'' on [[June 21]].

The music video is supposed to be set back in the 1920s to 1930s Era, where Christina Aguilera plays the role of her [[alter ego]], Baby Jane (a [[Peggy Lee]]/[[Judy Garland]]-ish nightclub singer). The name is shown on the car's plate and on her dressing room door. The video takes place mostly at a club, with Christina getting ready in the backstage area, and then coming up the stage performing along with the song. In between scenes, there were short vignettes that showed Aguilera in gold and silver dresses, singing to a mic, while photographers are taking pictures. She appeared in several looks; in one of the scenes, Christina appeared using rhinestone studded headphones, showed a bit of a modern day portrayal.

According to many contemporaries Beiderbecke's single biggest influence was [[Emmett Hardy]], a highly regarded New Orleans cornetist of whom there are no extant recordings; several fellow musicians said that Hardy's influence is very evident in Beiderbecke's early recordings with ''The Wolverines''. New Orleans drummer [[Ray Bauduc]] heard Hardy playing in the early 1920s and said that he was even more inspired than Beiderbecke.

In the beginning and in the end of the music video there are clips from another song from ''[[Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)|Back to Basics]]'', entitled "I Got Trouble."

Bix was also influenced by music that had hitherto been far removed from jazz, such as the compositions of [[Claude Debussy]], [[Maurice Ravel]], and the American [[Impressionist music|Impressionists]], notably [[Eastwood Lane]].

The song played as if it were on the radio with minor white noise.

The music video has been well received by audiences. On MTV's ''[[Total Request Live]]'', it has achieved the number one video spot on the countdown twenty two times, and was retired at number one, making it Christina's most successful video and the most successful video of 2006 of TRL. "Ain't No Other Man" is third only to [[Behind These Hazel Eyes]] by [[Kelly Clarkson]] and [[Me Against the Music]] by [[Britney Spears]] as the most successful female video on TRL of all time. It has also been in the top 5 videos on [[VH1]]'s Top 20 Countdown and number one in [[TMF]]'s top ten countdown in [[Europe]]. It was nominated at the [[2006 MTV Video Music Awards]] for [[MTV Video Music Award for Video of the Year|Video of the Year]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Female Video|Best Female Video]], [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Pop Video|Best Pop Video]], and [[MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography|Best Choreography]]

== Career ==

Beiderbecke first recorded with his band The Wolverines in [[1924]], then became a sought-after musician in [[Chicago, Illinois]] and [[New York City, New York]]. He made innovative and influential recordings with [[Frankie Trumbauer]] ("Tram") and the [[Jean Goldkette]] Orchestra. When the Goldkette Orchestra disbanded after their last recording ("My Merry Oldsmobile"), in May 1927, Bix and Trambauer, a 'C' Melody and alto saxophone player, briefly joined Adrian Rollini's band at the Club New Yorker, New York, before moving on to the [[Paul Whiteman]] Orchestra, the most popular and highest paid band of the day.

==Chart performance==

Beiderbecke also played [[piano]], sometimes switching from cornet for a chorus or two during a song (eg: 'For No Reason at All in C', 1927). He wrote several compositions for the piano, and recorded one of them, "In a Mist", after it was transcribed from his improvisations by the Goldkette / Whiteman arranger Bill Challis). His piano compositions were later recorded by (amongst others) Jess Stacy, Bunny Berigan, Jimmy and Marion McPartland, Dill Jones and Ralph Sutton.

On [[June 15]], [[2006]], "Ain't No Other Man" debuted at number nineteen on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] as a result of strong [[digital download|download]]s. The song became Aguilera's highest debut on the Hot 100, a title that was previously held by "[[I Turn to You (Christina Aguilera song)|I Turn to You]]" (2000).<ref>''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. Bronson, Fred. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/chart_beat/bonus.jsp "Aguilera bounds into the Hot 100 with her highest debut yet"]. [[June 15]] [[2006]]. Retrieved [[June 21]] [[2006]].</ref> The song soared into the top ten before quickly peaking at number six. However, the song has proven to have longevity as it has spent nineteen consecutive weeks within the top forty. It has sold over 1,000,000 digital downloads in the United States making it [[Music recording sales certification|Platinum]]. "Ain't No Other Man" has been proven very successful, as it is Aguilera's first top ten hit on the Hot 100 since "Beautiful" back in late [[2002 in music|2002]]. The song has proven to be a big dance hit as well, where it reached number one on Billboard's [[Hot Dance Airplay]] and [[Hot Dance Club Play]] chart.

In the [[United Kingdom|UK]] "Ain't No Other Man" reached number two due in part to RCAs ridiculous release of spreading out the single to be released in 2 different weeks. This cost the song the #1 spot of the UK singles chart where it was blocked off by hips don't lie. The song debuted on the Canadian [[Nielsen Broadcast Data Systems|BDS]] Airplay Chart the same week it did in the U.S. (at number thirty-eight) and peaked at number three on [[August 19]] [[2006]]. It also reached number three on the Canadian Dance Chart. However, despite commercial success on these formats, it did not chart highly on the [[Canadian Singles Chart]] (number fourteen) perhaps because of the release of ''Back to Basics'' (that same week). "Ain't No Other Man" became Aguilera's most commercially successful single in Canada (10.000 units sold; Platinum) since "[[Fighter (song)|Fighter]]" (2003).

Beiderbecke suffered health problems from a young age, though the relentless schedule of the road and heavy drinking leading to [[alcoholism]] began to contribute to and exacerbate a decline in his health. Bix suffered from severe pain in his legs and other ill effects of [[prohibition]] era alcohol and with declining work around the New York City area, he took a turn for the worse.

"Ain't No Other Man" became Aguilera's tenth top ten hit on [[Top 40 Mainstream|Top 40 Radio]], where it peaked at number seven. The song's performance on pop radio is similar to those of many of her past hits like "Fighter", "[[Can't Hold Us Down]]", and "[[Come on over Baby (All I Want Is You)|Come on Over Baby]]". It was also her first top ten hit on Top 40 Radio in over three years, with the last one being "Can't Hold Us Down" in [[2003 in music|mid-2003]].

Though his [[death certificate]] described the cause of death as [[pneumonia]], and he was in seriously ill health, the circumstances immediately surrounding his death are still unclear. He died at the age of 28, in his apartment at 43-30 46th Street, Sunnyside, [[Queens]], within the confines of the [[City of New York]] on [[August 6]], [[1931]].

The song has gone on to have unusual longevity on the radio charts. However, "Ain't No Other Man" has only peaked at number six. This song is now considered a successful comeback single due to its slow paced decline. On the Billboard 2006 Hot 100 Year-End chart, "Ain't No Other Man" was ranked thirty-second.<ref>''[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]''. Bronson, Fred. [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/yearend/2006/charts/hot100_2.jsp "2006 Hot 100 Year-End Chart"]. [[December 21]] [[2006]]. Retrieved [[December 26]] [[2006]].</ref>

== Later influence ==

[[Louis Armstrong]] once remarked that he never played the tune "Singin' the Blues" because he thought Beiderbecke's classic recording of the song shouldn't be touched. As he later said, "Lots of cats tried to play like Bix; ain't none of them play like him yet".

==Track listings==

The character Rick Martin in the novel ''[[Young Man With a Horn]]'' ([[1938]]) by [[Dorothy Baker]] was a work of fiction partially based on Beiderbecke's life. It was later made into a movie ([[1950]]) starring [[Kirk Douglas]] as Martin (with horn playing dubbed by [[Harry James]] after first choice Bobby Hackett - according to some sources - blew the job because of unreliability). It was later parodied in the [[BBC]] [[radio]] series ''[[Round The Horne]]'' as "''Young Horne With a Man''", featuring "Bix Spiderthrust".

;American CD maxi single

# "Ain't No Other Man" (radio edit) – 3:49

# "Ain't No Other Man" (instrumental) – 3:57

# "Ain't No Other Man" (call out hook) – 0:10

;European basic CD maxi single

The most obviously Bix-influenced follower was cornetist [[Jimmy McPartland]], who replaced Bix in the 'Wolverine' Orchestra in 1925, and continued to pay tribute to Bix throughout his long career (McPartland died in 1991). Bix's influence was most noticeable amongst white musicians, but there were also black players who fell under his spell, notably trumpeters [[John Nesbitt]] (of [[McKinney's Cotten Pickers]]), [[Rex Stewart]] ([[Fletcher Henderson]]'s Orchestra, [[Duke Ellington]]'s Orchestra), and [[Doc Cheatham]] ([[Cab Calloway]]'s Orchestra).

# "Ain't No Other Man" (album version) – 3:47

# "Ain't No Other Man" (instrumental) – 3:47

;European premium CD maxi single

In the 1930's [[Bobby Hackett]] was widely billed as the "new Bix", especially after he reprised Bix's "I'm Coming Virginia" solo at [[Benny Goodman]]'s famous [[1938]] [[Carnegie Hall]] concert.

# "Ain't No Other Man" (album version) – 3:47

# "Ain't No Other Man" (Jake Ridley remix) – 6:01

# "Ain't No Other Man" (Ospina & Sullivan remix) – 3:45

# "Ain't No Other Man" (a cappella) – 3:30

==Remixes==

Later Bix-influenced trumpet/cornet players have included: [[Ruby Braff]], [[Dick Sudhalter]], [[Warren Vache]], [[Randy Sandke]] and (perhaps the closest to capturing Bix's elusive tone and phrasing), [[Tom Pletcher]].

;Official Remixes

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Ospina & Sullivan Radio Mix] 3:44

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Ospina & Sullivan Radio Mix - Vox Up] 3:44 - This is the version released on the main CD single.

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Ospina & Sullivan Mixshow] 5:16

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Ospina & Sullivan Club Mix] 7:11

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Ospina & Sullivan Dub] 5:38

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Junior Vasquez Mix] 5:56

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Junior Vasquez Radio Edit] 3:57

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Jake Ridley Remix] 6:00

* "Ain't No Other Man" [Shapeshifters Mixshow Mix] 5:24

* "Ain't No Other Man" [feat. [[Chamillionaire]]] 4:15

== Charts ==

[[Miles Davis]] was fascinated by Bix's playing, and sought out people who had known and played with him. Miles's silvery tone and understated, "cool" phrasing clearly hark back to one aspect of Bix's playing.

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|align="left"|[[ARIA Charts|Australian ARIA Singles Chart]]

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|align="left"|Austrian Singles Chart

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|align="left"|Belgian Singles Chart

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|align="left"|Brazilian Singles Chart

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|align="left"|[[Canadian Hot 100]]

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|align="left"|Czech IFPI Chart <ref>http://www.ifpicr.cz/hitparada/index.php?a=titul&hitparada=2&titul=143774&sec=1fcdaf9d133ede1f81aa62254bc0d68f</ref>

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|align="left"|Dutch Singles Chart

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|align="left"|[[Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|European Singles Chart]]

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|align="left"|Finnish Singles Chart

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|align="left"|French Singles Chart

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|align="left"|German Singles Chart

|align="center"|5

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|align="left"|[[Irish Singles Chart]]

|align="center"|3

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|align="left"|[[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart]]

|align="center"|5

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|align="left"|Malaysian Singles Chart

|align="center"|2

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|align="left"|Norwegian Singles Chart

|align="center"|2

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|align="left"|Russian Airplay Chart

|align="center"|32

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|align="left"|Swedish Singles Chart

|align="center"|15

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|align="left"|Swiss Singles Chart

|align="center"|5

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|align="left"|[[UK Singles Chart]]

|align="center"|2

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|align="left"|U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]

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|align="left"|U.S. ''Billboard'' [[Pop 100]]

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==Notes==

Beiderbecke's music features heavily in three [[United Kingdom|British]] comedy-drama [[television]] series, all written by [[Alan Plater]]: ''[[The Beiderbecke Affair]]'' ([[1984]]), ''The Beiderbecke Tapes'' ([[1987]]) and ''The Beiderbecke Connection'' ([[1988]]).

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==External links==

* [http://ms.cc.sunysb.edu/~alhaim/ Bix Beiderbecke Resources: A Bixography]

* [http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=Davenport Davenport Blues] - An mp3 of Beiderbecke's first recording under his own name.

* [http://www.arborsrecords.com/recordtemplate.html?ProductID=19271 "Celebrating Bix"] - A tribute album created to commemorate the centenary of Bix's birth by some of the world's finest traditional jazz musicians.

* Bix: Man and Legend by Richard M. Sudhalter & Philip R. Evens (Quartet; 1974).

* Bix: The Definitive Biography of a Jazz Legend by Jean Pierre Lion with the assistance of Gabriella Page-Fort, Michael B. Heckman and Norman Field (Continuum, New York / London; 2004).

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