Jimmy 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. Daughter, Gertrude "Baby" Cox, sang with Duke Ellington's orchestra in 1928. Cox died on March 3, 1925, at age 42.
Also recorded as Jimmie Cox
Jimmy Cox
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- 1882 · Richmond.
- Died
- 1925 · Washington and D.C.
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- United States
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- composer · songwriter
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Born at Richmond in 1882, died in Washington, D.C. in 1925.
Jimmy Cox (1882–1925) was an American composer and songwriter.
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Jimmy Cox born at Richmond.
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Jimmy Cox died at Washington, D.C..
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