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
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 composer, lyricist  
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 April 19, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.

Cox, Jimmie. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.

"Cox, Jimmie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 April 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506

External Sources

Wikipedia: Jimmy Cox

Discogs: Jimmie Cox

Allmusic: Jimmie Cox

IMDb: Jimmie Cox

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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