Wonderland Burlesque's The Twelve Days Before Xmas - Day Nine: At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith

Wonderland Burlesque's

The Twelve Days Before Xmas

 Day Nine:

 At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith

"Christmas time comes once a year..."

And I, for one, wouldn't survive the season without a little Bessie Smith in the mix. Her sly, knowing vocals grace this song like black lace on a grieving widow. So cut the treacly sweetness of the season and lend your ears to this fine, fine tune.

 At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith

At The Christmas Ball  was written by Fred Longshaw and recorded on November 18, 1985 by Bessie Smith featuring: Buster Bailey on clarinet, Joe Smith on cornet, Fletcher Henderson on the piano, Charlie Green on trombone. It was released by Columbia Records as single 35842 in 1925. It has been reissued several times since.

Bessie Smith

Three more! That's all, folks!