Jimmie Cox
James Cox (July 28, 1882 – March 3, 1925) was an American vaudeville performer, and songwriter famous for his Roaring Twenties hit, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", written in 1923. Jimmy Cox's daughter, Gertrude "Baby" Cox, sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1928. |
Birth and Death Data: Born July 28, 1882 (Richmond), Died March 3, 1925 (Washington, D.C.)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1929
Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist
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Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Columbia | 79277 | 10-in. | 6/15/1920 | Think of me little daddy | Wilbur Sweatman's Original Jazz Band | Jazz/dance band | composer | |
Columbia | 80838 | 10-in. | 2/7/1923 | Last go round blues | Irene Gibbons ; Clarence Williams | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81262 | 10-in. | 10/4/1923 | I'm going back to my used-to-be | Fletcher Henderson ; Bessie Smith ; Clara Smith | Female vocal duet ("blues singers"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | 81353 | 10-in. | 11/14/1923 | I'm goin' out tonight and strut my stuff | Fletcher Henderson ; George W. Williams | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with piano | lyricist, composer | |
Columbia | W148534 | 10-in. | 5/15/1929 | Nobody knows you when you're down and out | Bessie Smith | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet | lyricist, composer | |
OKeh | S-71106 | 10-in. | Dec. 1922 | Last go round blues | Sara Martin ; Thomas Waller | Female vocal solo, with piano | composer, lyricist |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cox, Jimmie," accessed September 2, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.
Cox, Jimmie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 2, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.
"Cox, Jimmie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Cox, Jimmie, 1882-1925 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008160482
Wikidata: Jimmy Cox - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1568230
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/17051401
MusicBrainz: Jimmy Cox - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/895f7b71-0d7c-4b21-9f66-3ec95a00372a
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