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Bessie Smith's "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" became one of her biggest hits, but was released before "race records" were tracked by record industry publications, such as Billboard magazine. Today, it "more than any other, is the song that most people associate with Bessie Smith". [9]
James Cox (July 28, 1882 – March 3, 1925) [1] was an American vaudeville performer, [2] and songwriter famous for his Jazz Age hit, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", written in 1923 in the wake of the 1920–1921 economic depression. Jimmy Cox's daughter, Gertrude "Baby" Cox, sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1928. [2]
The title comes from the 1923 blues song "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out," which had been covered by Eric Clapton with Derek and the Dominos in 1970. [3] [6] Lennon said that "Nobody Loves You (When You're Down and Out)" was an ideal song for Frank Sinatra to sing. [3] [4] [5] This likely refers to the song's lethargic tone. [2]
Let the Good Times Roll: The Music of Louis Jordan is the thirty seventh studio album by B. B. King, released in 1999.It is a tribute album to jazz saxophonist and singer Louis Jordan, and is made up entirely of covers of songs written or performed by Jordan.
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" 1929-05-15 14451 D "Take It Right Back" 1929-07-25 14464 D "It Makes My Love Come Down" 1929-08-20 14464 D
"Nobody Wants You When You're Down and Out" 29 2 — Facts of Life "I'm Through Trying to Prove My Love to You" — 80 — 1974
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" "El Voh" (Dorival Caymmi) "The Comedy Bit" "Guantanamera" (Joseíto Fernández; original words by José Martí; adapted and arranged by Westerly Garde) "No Dogs Allowed" (José Feliciano, Hilda Feliciano) "Mama Don't Allow It" (Cow Cow Davenport)
"Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" b/w "Black Is the Color of My True Love's Hair" (from Nina Simone at Town Hall) 93 23 — Colpix "Trouble in Mind" b/w "Cotton Eye Joe" (from At Town Hall) 92 11 — Colpix Nina at Newport: 1961 "Work Song" b/w "Memphis in June" — — — Colpix Forbidden Fruit "Gin House Blues"