Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955)
Various Artists
Released:
Nov 2005
Label:
Document Records
An expansive 52-song collection, this holiday themed blues record includes a great number of original and fairly obscure blues by known and unknown wailers. The pre-war tracks are expectedly rough around the edges, but the best comes with lesser known holiday heartbreakers, like Julia Lee and Her Boyfriends' "Christmas Spirit" and Little Esther's "Faraway Christmas Blues."
Play Album
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3:32Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon
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2:38Titus Turner
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2:38The Cats & The Fiddle
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2:43Ralph Willis
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5:02Willie Blackwell
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3:20Butterbeans & Susie
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1:56Jimmy Butler
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3:00Gatemouth Moore
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2:45Harry Crafton With Doc Bagby Orchestra
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2:56Bertha "Chippie" Hill
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3:00Cecil Gant
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3:11Bumble Bee Slim
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2:42Felix Gross
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2:43Lonnie Johnson
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3:28Tampa Red
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2:59Amos Milburn
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2:52Julie Lee And Her Boyfriends
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3:30Bessie Smith
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3:27Rev. A. W. Nix
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2:47Harmon Ray
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3:00Jimmy Witherspoon
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2:38Joe Turner With Pete Johnson & His Orchestra
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2:19Sugar Chile Robinson
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2:47Leadbelly
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3:18Lightnin' Hopkins
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2:28Rev. Edward Clayborn
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3:17Bo Carter
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2:49Black Ace
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3:13Mary Harris
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3:28Charlie Jordan
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2:47Johnny Otis Orchestra
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3:23Little Esther & Mel Walker With Johnny Otis
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3:27Sonny Boy Williamson I
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3:15Leroy Carr
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3:19Kansas City Kitty
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2:57Rev. J.M. Gates
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3:04Rev. J.M. Gates
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2:58Blind Lemon Jefferson
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2:46Smokey Hogg
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2:57Larry Darnell
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2:38Sons Of Heaven
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2:33J.B. Summers With Doc Bagby's Orchestra
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2:46Sonny Parker With Lionel Hampton Orchestra
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2:32Roy Milton Solid Serenaders
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2:37Sonny Boy Williamson II
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2:58Roosevelt Sykes
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3:23Elzadie Robinson
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3:05Walter Davis
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3:30Victoria Spivey
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3:09Boll Weevil
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3:06Floyd Dixon
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2:14Mabel Scott With Les Welch & His Orchestra
Document Records