music clip of the day

Merry Christmas

Blind Lemon Jefferson, “Christmas Eve Blues,” 1928

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Victoria Spivey (with Lonnie Johnson, guitar), “Christmas Morning Blues,” 1928

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Bessie Smith (with Joe Smith, cornet; Charlie Green, trombone; Fletcher Henderson, piano), “At the Christmas Ball,” 1925

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Leroy Carr, “Christmas In Jail—Ain’t That A Pain,” 1929

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Johnny Moore’s Three Blazers (feat. Charles Brown, vocals, keyboards), “Merry Christmas, Baby,” 1947

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Lowell Fulson, “Lonesome Christmas (I & II),” 1950

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Sonny Boy Williamson II, “Sonny Boy’s Christmas Blues,” 1951

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John Lee Hooker, “Blues For Christmas,” 1959

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lagniappe

art beat

Helen Levitt (MCOTD Hall of Fame), New York, early 1940s