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Alberta Hunter "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"

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Uploaded on Oct 12, 2008

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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  • denisethepainter

    denisethepainter 2 years ago

    LOVED it! I saw this song as theme song to a documentary about homeless people and ain't it the truth?It sure iS^^

    Thanks for posting this.

    hey, I was wondering, have you a video of her singing Always? I LOVE that song and she does such a fantastic job!

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  • mitchellivers

    mitchellivers 2 years ago

    I will check.

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  • dinobravo69

    dinobravo69 3 years ago

    and also love the piano being played by Gerald Cook!

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  • mitchellivers

    mitchellivers 3 years ago

    Ah, yes, Gerald Cook...what an elegant gentleman!

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  • emziiella

    emziiella 3 years ago

    i am just 22 and i adore early 70s jazz and blues!!! this is really amazing!!! i cant stop listening to the deep and powerful tone of Alberta Hunter!!!

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  • hupur

    hupur 4 years ago

    she's precious

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  • Michael Plante

    Michael Plante 1 month ago

    Alberta is amazing! I feel every lyric..an absolute ARTIST in every sense of the word!

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  • Max Monroy

    Max Monroy 3 months ago

    I love this and bessie smiths version's better than eric clapton's, idk it just feels right haha

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  • Victor Obiols

    Victor Obiols 3 months ago

    This is a master performance by a real Artist. She SINGS, she means, she feels, she expresses, she knows what she's saying, what she's talking about. That's all what's about the Art of performing a Song. Splendid, fascinating, Great. Viva Alberta Hunter!

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  • Themanwhocameback2

    Themanwhocameback2 5 months ago

    Blows Clapton's tepid version last night (121212) absolutely out of the water.

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  • TheMonkeybeat

    TheMonkeybeat 5 months ago

    A great performance of a bluesy vaudeville favorite. The lyric reads as true in today's hard times as it did back in the twenties and on into the great depression.

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  • birdstuckinchimney

    birdstuckinchimney 8 months ago

    My God she magnificent!! That pianee player is pretty remarkable as-well I gotta say!

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  • Patrick Harrison

    Patrick Harrison 10 months ago

    I only knew the Bessie Smith version. This one is lovely. 83 years old, she's delightful

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  • Kirk Barkley

    Kirk Barkley 11 months ago

    She's magnificent!

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  • Sharon R

    Sharon R 11 months ago

    And she was a nurse--gotta love that!!

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  • SirMonje

    SirMonje 11 months ago

    What a lyrics!!!

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