James Gale Nobody knows you when you re down and out ( Jimmy Cox)

Back to the 1920s for this one: Nobody knows you when youre down and out. Although written by Jimmy Cox in 1923, the first big hit recording was by Bessie Smith in 1929. Covered thousands of times (probably) since then. Here s JG up near the Norwegian border a few years back. (for large numbers of generally lofi JG vids, check out and, or