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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."