Columbia matrix W148534. Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith

Additional Information
  • Description: Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quintet
  • Instrumentation: Tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, cornet, tuba, and piano
  • Category: Vocal
  • Language: English
  • Master Size: 10-in.
Notes
Source(s): Johnson and Shirley (accompaniment; personnel); Brown (issues); Rigler-Deutsch Index.
Take Date and PlaceTakeStatusLabel Name/NumberFormatNote
5/15/1929 New York, New York 1 Unknown
5/15/1929 New York, New York 2 Master
5/15/1929 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia 14451-D 10-in.
5/15/1929 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia (France) DF-2264 10-in.

Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith

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Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith - Columbia (France) DF-2264 - Take 3 - 5/15/1929
Audio of this recording from the UCSB Library
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5/15/1929 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia 37577 10-in.
5/15/1929 New York, New York 3 Master Columbia C-142 10-in. Album set

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Columbia matrix W148534. Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith," accessed December 11, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000038095/W148534-Nobody_knows_you_when_youre_down_and_out.

Columbia matrix W148534. Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 11, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000038095/W148534-Nobody_knows_you_when_youre_down_and_out.

"Columbia matrix W148534. Nobody knows you when you're down and out / Bessie Smith." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 11 December 2025.

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