Jimmie Cox

James Cox (July 28, 1882 – March 3, 1925) was an American vaudeville performer, and songwriter famous for his Jazz Age hit, "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out", written in 1923 in the wake of the 1920–1921 economic depression. Jimmy Cox's daughter, Gertrude "Baby" Cox, sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1928. Jimmy Cox died on March 3, 1925 at age 42.

Birth and Death Data: Born Richmond (capital city of Virginia, United States of America), Died March 3, 1925 (Washington, D.C. (capital city of the United States of America) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1920 - 1929

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, lyricist

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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	composer, lyricist
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	composer, lyricist
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	composer, lyricist
OKeh	S-71106	10-in.	Dec. 1922	Last go round blues	Sara Martin ; Thomas Waller	Female vocal solo, with piano	composer, lyricist

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cox, Jimmie," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.

Cox, Jimmie. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/114506.

"Cox, Jimmie." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

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