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erry Christmas ... I hope you have a white one, but for me, it's blue." That's the opening line of the jazz number "Blue Xmas (To Whom It May Concern)," by Miles Davis and Bob Dorough. Dorough's distinctive, honeyed voice continues with its bebop ease over the tumbling of Davis's instrumentation: "Blue Christmas, that's the way you see it when you're feeling blue / Blue Xmas, when you're blue at Christmastime you see right through / all the waste, all the sham, all the haste / and plain old bad taste." It's a striking and unusual Christmas song, and one that struck a chord for Canadian filmm...

Last year, Phoenix New Times shared a little dash of holiday joy with our "12 Days of Christmas" coverage. It was a chance to get to know some Valley stakeholders while sharing in the true gift of beloved Xmas music. That, and most folks clearly have a cutesy story about "Jingle Bells." Only this year isn't nearly as joyous and festive, and as we continue to isolate through the season, nobody's in the mood for caroling. So we're instead presenting a different kind of celebration: the season's most harsh and/or angriest tunes. Whether they're punching carolers, telling Santa to kick rocks, or...

The man who taught millions of us through catchy schoolhouse rock like "i'm just a bill," interplanet janet". >> "conjunction junction what's your function". >> we used to watch this stuff. that's jazz compose orrer bob dorough. he was diagnosed with cancer last year. his upbeat jazzy tunes helped teach kids with legislative process like mr. bill on capitol hill. >> that's how i learned about legislation. late night comedians had so much

>> and of course, "schoolhouse rock." for dorough, a song he wrote about a lucky rabbit and the number seven says it all. ♪ making people happy ♪ that's my favorite game >> of all the songs i wrote for "schoolhouse rock," that's sort of me. i've been very lucky. >> and we were lucky, too. bob dorough was 94. i'm david muir. we'll see you tomorrow. good night.

Finally tonight here, conjunction junction, what's your function? ♪ three, six, nine >> he turned multiplication into music for "schoolhouse rock." ♪ 21, 24, 27, 30 >> bob dorough's legacy, those catchy lyrics we all know. ♪ conjunction junction ♪ what's your function >> teaching generations of children, and adults, too, about math, history and tricky grammar. as he tells it, it all started with a magic number -- three. >> let's pick a number. three. that's a good number. >> it turns out dorough's boss was upset his sons could remember the words to jimi hendrix, but not their math. he ...