NOBODY KNOWS YOU WHEN YOU'RE DOWN AND OUT
Created on 28/05/2007Latest update on 21/03/2024
Artist: Jimmie Cox
Author: Jimmie Cox
Year: 1923
Alias 'the Black Charlie Chaplin'. Was part of his vaudeville act. Died in '25 before he could record it. Not related to Ida Cox.
Covers:
- 1927:
Blind Bobby Baker [alias Bobby Leecan; oldest known recording on Pathé-Perfect as Nobody Needs You When You're Down And Out]
- 1928:
- 1929:
- 1929:
Bessie Smith [toured with the author, knew it first-handed]
- 1929:
Scrapper Blackwell [as Down And Out Blues]
- 1943:
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- 1971:
Derek & The Dominos [with Duane Allman]
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- 1989:
- 1989:
Alberta Hunter [a late tip of the hat to Bessie Smith for covering her Down Hearted Blues (see there)]
- 1989:
- 1991:
Big Bill [as Nico's Blues]
- 1992:
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- 2003:
- 2007:
Bas De Haan [as Blut Blauw Gebroken]
- 2009:
- 2010:
Preservation Hall Jazz Band [vocal: Jason Isbell]
- 2012:
- 2021:
Tedeschi Trucks Band [with Trey Anastasio]
John Lennon's Nobody Loves You When You're Down And Out is another song.
