Bessie Smith - Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
 

Third World - Try Jah Love Live at Sunsplash 83
 

Luther Vandross - My Favorite Things
 

Cyrus Chestnut - Grandmama's Blues
 

The Spinners - How Could I Let You Get Away
 

Marvin Gaye - Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
 

Threshold: the choir who sing to the dying - documentary from The Guardian
 

Warning: This documentary discusses death and dying.

“Just as lullabies send babies to sleep, so songs can help those at the other end of life on their way. The leader of a Threshold Choir reveals what they do – and the personal tragedies that convinced her we need to get better at dealing with death.”

https://www.theguardian.com/society/...heir-deathbeds

Bessie Smith - At the Christmas Ball
 

Roy Milton And His Solid Senders - Christmas Time Blues
 

Carl Carlton - Everlasting Love
 

One of my besties in middle and high school, Wanda Reneé, had a crush on him. We went to see him in concert and got to go back stage. We saw him but didn’t meet him, still it was a special night for us.

He lived on the same side of town as we did for a while. She knew where he lived but we would never go to his house. People didn’t do that in the back in the day in Detroit. Everyone had homes in the D. Aretha, the Temps, the Gordy’s, Jackie Wilson, etc. The Gordy’s had a mansion but most of the homes were accessible and not gated, but you didn’t bother them. Different times, different rhymes…

Carl brings back good memories. RIP

Jimmy Liggins & His Drops of Joy - I Want My Baby For Christmas
 

Cecil Grant - Hello Santa Claus
 

Hey Orema, do you remember this group BT Express, from back in 1974?
This tune sounds familiar to me and it feels like it was in a soundtrack to a movie, back in the day. Happy Holidays to you, my sister friend!!

:smileyXmasTree:

Imer Santiago Latín Jazz Quintet - Mustang Mambo
 

Detroit Mass Choir - One Step
 

Cyrus Chestnut Trio - Yu's Blues
 

Phil Upchurch & Booker T & the MGs - "Love And Peace" - stereo