On this day we celebrate Black Poetry Day in honor of the first Black poet to have his work published in America, Jupiter Hammon. He lived his whole life as a slave, and had his first poem published in 1760.

On this day in 1922, Sarah Martin recorded “Sugar Blues” in New York City for the Okeh label.

On this day in 1960, Junior Wells recorded “Messin’ With The Kid.”

Today’s show features music performed by Junior Wells and Cozy Cole

On this day in Blues history is published every day in video format on Bluesland (on Facebook) and on BlueSky