Butterbeans & Susie

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Butterbeans and Susie were a comedy duo made up of Jodie Edwards (July 19, 1895 – October 28, 1967) and Susie Edwards, née Susie Hawthorne (1896 – 1963). Edwards began his career in 1910 as a singer and dancer. Meanwhile, Hawthorne performed in African-American theater. The two met in 1916 when Hawthorne was in the chorus of the Smart Set show. They married on stage the next year. The two did not perform as a comic team until the early 1920s. They had been touring with the Theater Owners Bookers Association (TOBA) with a black husband-and-wife comedy team known as Stringbeans and Sweetie May. Upon the death of Stringbeans (Butler May or Budd LeMay), a TOBA promoter asked Edwards to take the stage name "Butterbeans" and for him and his wife to take over Stringbeans and Sweetie May's act. "Butterbeans and Susie" appeared for the first time shortly thereafter. Their act, a combination of marital quarrels, comic dances, and racy singing, proved popular on the TOBA tour. They later moved to vaudeville and appeared for a time with the blackface minstrel troupe the Rabbit's Foot Company. Butterbeans and Susie published several recordings of blues songs interspersed with comic banter through Okeh Records. They later starred in a black-produced feature film. Butterbeans and Susie used their fame and influence to help younger black comedians. After seeing Moms Mabley in Dallas, for example, they helped her gain acceptance at better venues. Even after leaving show business, they stay

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Butterbeans & Susie Vol. 2 (1926-1927)

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Blues, Blues Christmas (1925-1955)

Where Will You Be Christmas Day?

Butterbeans & Susie Vol. 1 (1924-1925)

Please Warm My Weiner: Old Time Hokum Blues

Death Might Be Your Santa Claus

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A Vintage R&B Christmas

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Where Will You Be Christmas Day

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Those Dirty Blues, Vol. 1

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100 Christmas Blues - Songs to Get You Through the Cold

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Blues For Christmas

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Rockin' Blues Christmas

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