Every time you see me I'm in my sin

It's Boxing Day, "the morning after", the day when all the leftovers from the huge Xmas dinner get used for their true purpose of existence - Bubble'n'Squeak.* With fried eggs (and possibly bacon, too)!

And, invitably, more booze...

...we know a song about that, don't we, dear chums?

Louis Jordan and his Tympany Five - What's the Use of Getting Sober?

Clink, clink, sweeties! Hair of the dog...

[* Read my blog post from 2015 for more traditional British dishes that are largely a complete mystery across the pond...]

King of the Jukebox

Never as esteemed or recognised in musical history as his contemporaries Count Basie or Duke Ellington, nor as fondly admired as quirky "cult" figures like Cab Calloway, nevertheless today's birthday boy Mr Louis Jordan was more commercially prosperous than any of them in his day.

According to Billboard magazine, he ranked fifth in the list of the most successful black recording artists of all time, and he made several million-selling hits in the pre-rock'n'roll era, working with Chick Webb and Ella Fitzgerald before forming his own big band.

Among his million-sellers was this one, a house fave here at Dolores Delargo Towers:

Louis Jordan - Caldonia

Now, that's cheered me up...

Louis Thomas Jordan (8th July 1908 – 4th February 1975)