FARAI CHIDEYA, host: What would the holidays be without a little more music?  All week we'll      end the show with some NEWS & NOTES favorite Christmas songs.  We end our      show today with some holiday blues--music, that is--Koko Taylor  singing      "Merry, Merry Christmas."</s>Ms. COCO TAYLOR: (Singing) Merry, merry Christmas.  Christmas      everywhere. Merry, merry Christmas.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: Taylor was born Cora Walton on a sharecropper's farm in      Memphis, Tennessee.  She got the nickname Koko for her love of chocolate.      Taylor started singing gospel in the church.  Later she made a career      for herself singing the blues.  Today her fans have dubbed her the      undisputed queen of the blues.</s>Ms. COCO TAYLOR: (Singing) ...and lying here with you.  Merry, merry      Christmas.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: That's our program for today.  To listen to the show, visit      npr.org. NEWS & NOTES was created by NPR News and the African American      Public Radio Consortium.</s>FARAI CHIDEYA, host: I'm Farai Chideya.  Ed Gordon will be back tomorrow.  This is NEWS &      NOTES.
A holiday treat — Koko Taylor sings "Merry, Merry Christmas." Taylor was born Cora Walton on a sharecropper's farm in Memphis, Tenn. She got the nickname "Koko" for her love of chocolate. She started singing gospel in church, and later she made a career for herself singing the blues.