Alberta Hunter Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out

The great Alberta Hunter, who had a comeback at age 83, singing “Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out,“ written originally by Jimmie Cox for Bessie Smith. Alberta had written one of Bessie’s great blues songs, “Downhearted Blues.“ From the out-of-print VHS video “Alberta Hunter: Jazz at the Smithsonian.“
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