Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out

~ Release by Bessie Smith (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

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1Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
recording of:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
lyricist and composer:
Jimmy Cox
publisher:
B. Feldman & Co. Ltd. (publisher est. 1946), EMI Music Ltd., Help, I’m a Publisher and MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated)
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, volume I)
Bessie Smith2:58
2A Good Man Is Hard to Find
recording of:
A Good Man Is Hard to Find
composer:
Eddie Green (1920's Jazz composer and actor) (in 1918)
publisher:
Mayfair Music Corp.
Bessie Smith2:59
3Kitchen Man
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1929-05-08)
guitar:
Eddie Lang (US jazz guitarist, also recorded as Blind Willie Dunn) (on 1929-05-08)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1929-05-08)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1929-05-08)
recording of:
Kitchen Man (on 1929-05-08)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith2:56
4Summertime
recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
Billie Holiday2:42
5Baby, Won't You Please Come Home
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-04-11)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-04-11)
recording of:
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home (on 1923-04-11)
writer:
Charles Warfield and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
publisher:
Redwood Music Ltd. (Carlin), Universal‐MCA Music Publishing (US) and Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!)
Bessie Smith42:55
6Hot Springs Blues
Bessie Smith2:54
7Empty Bed Blues, Pt. 1 & 2
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1928-03-20)
piano:
Porter Grainger (on 1928-03-20)
trombone:
Charlie Green (Trombonist) (on 1928-03-20)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1928-03-20)
recording of:
Empty Bed Blues (Part 1 & 2) (on 1928-03-20)
writer:
J.C. Johnson
Bessie Smith6:24
8Lonesome Desert Blues
Bessie Smith3:25
9Me and My Gin
recording of:
Me and My Gin (on 1928-08-25)
lyricist and composer:
Harry Burke
Bessie Smith2:52
10Lady Luck Blues
Bessie Smith3:07
11Alexander's Ragtime Band
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-03-02)
banjo:
Charlie Dixon (Jazz banjoist) (on 1927-03-02)
clarinet:
Coleman Hawkins (on 1927-03-02)
cornet:
Joe Smith (American jazz trumpeter/cornetist) (on 1927-03-02)
piano:
Fletcher Henderson (on 1927-03-02)
trombone:
Jimmy Harrison (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
Alexander’s Ragtime Band (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin (in 1911)
publisher:
Williamson Music, Inc.
Bessie Smith2:58
12Aggravatin' Papa
recording of:
Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Try to Two-Time Me) (on 1923-04-11)
composer:
J. Russel Robinson and Roy Turk
Bessie Smith3:16
13After You've Gone
clarinet:
Buster Bailey (clarinetist) (on 1927-03-02)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-02)
recording of:
After You’ve Gone (on 1927-03-02)
lyricist:
Henry Creamer (Lyricist) (in 1918)
composer:
Turner Layton (in 1918)
publisher:
Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. and Morley Music Corp.
part of:
For Me and My Gal (1942 movie)
Bessie Smith2:56
14Weeping Willow Blues
Bessie Smith3:09
15Trombone Cholly
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-03-03)
recording of:
Trombone Cholly (on 1927-03-03)
writer:
George Brooks and George Johnson (1930s American jazz musician, worked primarily in Europe)
Bessie Smith3:09
16Down Hearted Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1923-02-16)
piano:
Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader) (on 1923-02-16)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1923-02-16)
part of:
National Recording Registry (a list of sound recordings that are “culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant, and/or inform or reflect life in the United States”) (number: 1923, inducted: 2002)
recording of:
Down Hearted Blues (on 1923-02-06)
lyricist:
Alberta Hunter (in 1922)
composer:
Lovie Austin (in 1922)
Bessie Smith43:25
17St. Louis Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1925-01-14)
cornet:
Louis Armstrong (on 1925-01-14)
reed organ:
Fred Longshaw (on 1925-01-14)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1925-01-14)
recording of:
St. Louis Blues (on 1925-01-14)
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
publisher:
Handy Bros. Music Co., Inc.
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
Bessie Smith43:10
18Send Me to the 'Lectric Chair
recording of:
Send Me to the ’Lectric Chair (on 1927-03-03)
lyricist and composer:
George Brooks (composer, early 20th century)
Bessie Smith3:21
19Blue, Blue
recording of:
Blue Blue (on 1931-06-11)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer)
Bessie Smith3:11
20Back Water Blues
recorded in:
New York, New York, United States (on 1927-02-17)
piano:
James P. Johnson (on 1927-02-17)
vocals:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (on 1927-02-17)
recording of:
Backwater Blues (on 1927-02-17)
lyricist and composer:
Bessie Smith (Tennessee blues singer) (in 1927)
piano arranger:
James P. Johnson (in 1927)
Bessie Smith3:17
21Cake Walking Babies From Home
recording of:
Cake Walking Babies from Home (on 1925-05-05)
writer:
Chris Smith (Ragtime composer), Henry Troy and Clarence Williams (US jazz pianist, composer, singer and bandleader)
Bessie Smith3:11
22Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town
Bessie Smith3:19