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 were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	Size	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Description	Role
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 November 1, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.

Cox, Jimmie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 1, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.

"Cox, Jimmie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 1 November 2024.