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

This is what a true performer looks like. Alberta's voice control, her command of the microphone, her stage presence. Everything about her is polished and perfect! She makes me a better singer and a better person just by listening.

I loved her story, She was a Nurse working at New York City's Coney Island Hospital, I once worked in the E.R. there !!! then they realized she was a bit too old and retired her, even though she did her job well, then she went back to singing, this is her after ! She was so great !!!! I will always admire and love her !

OH, could she preach to today young woman singers!!!!! LISTEN UP GIRLS!

They dont make people like this anymore, strong to the bone.

I'll never think of this song in the vain of Clapton after hearing this beautiful piece done with so much soul....

A truly phenomenal woman. I saw her in Greenwich Village in New York about 35 years ago. She was awesome. Truly a unique talent.

I also used to see her at the Cookery in the Village in the early 1970s. Thanks for posting these videos, she was remarkable and through the magic of video and You Tube, her music lives on. Plus she is right - save some of your money to keep your personal strength and integrity!

"if you have a dime save a nickel" WISDOM!

Amazing that she can still work magic with her voice in this great interpretation of the song that Bessie made famous !!!!

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.

I had read about her when I lived in NY and a friend took me out on a date and we saw and spoke to Ms Hunter in the village in the seventies --She was gracious and it was so nice

She inspires me ,wisdom, poise and talent.

True class and showmanship!

A timeless beautiful woman! Extremely talented!

I worked as a host at the front, showing people to their tables. Hope I gave you a good one. ;-}

a LEGEND, what strength, amazing lady and so strong, your a LEGEND Alberta, love ya.

Power, drive and presence. Thanks for posting.

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

REST IN PEACE MISS ALBERTA HUNTER! YOU WERE THE BEST-EVER!

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

That was the Cookery, she actually lived upstairs. I went to see her about 3 times a year when I lived in NYC.

alberta hunter bessie smith two of the greatest in blues of all time!!

I remember her on 70's when she was preformed in a club the village NYC. She would talk to the audiences like they were her children.

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!!!

lIsten to this GREAT old Lady what she saying/Singing, the thought!

I was in the audience, Slaytheday..., and she was everything you say, and then some.

sooo much LOVE this woman can give us all

If you're fortunate you get to live what these women sing about....only if you're ready!

Wonderful!!!! just wonderful!!!!!!!! bless her!!

She could stand up for EVERYTHING!!!!!

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

2016 and the message is as meaningful as her beautiful voice

Toda una joya este excelente video inpensable para cualquier admirador el siquiera poder verlo y es cierto ALBERTA HUNTER con mayusculas una maravillosa cantante en una entrañable canción.

What a lovely lady !

Been There,Done That! Words To Live By

She is a memory of the eternity.

Saw this special on PBS-she rocked the house-someone had already turned my on to Amtrac Blues album-Amazing lady

And the singer of the memory with me and the girlfriend, Thank you are splendid. You and Alberta Hunter have good luck.

so beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What a delightful performance! Wow, how incredible at her age! Fantastic! Thank you for the post. Cheers! :-)

Respect!!!

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

WOW WOW WOW W!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! From a mad keen 73yo Aussie fan.

She is incredibly wonderful. I recorded this onto VHS tape when it appeared on TV and I played it over and over. It never gets old. I am SO THANKFUL that you uploaded it to RU-vid. :)

If you do not have the anesthetized heart you will not be able to sing blues with your soul and cry at the door of paradise.

Beautiful 💕

Damn, this ole gal could still sing & looked great at 83! Good advice too!

I love it I love her

you are NOT forgotten albertha rip sing it !!!!

How in the hell could anyone dislike this? amazing!!

Jimmy Cox-whose daughter, "Baby Cox" recorded memorably with Duke Ellington's orchestra-did not write this specifically for Bessie, but she made the definitive recording of it.

...remember...friendship is a boat that's big enough to carry two people in fair weather...but only one in foul!

and also love the piano being played by Gerald Cook!

Thanks, thanks, thanks... B.R From France

Awesome! Thanks for posting.

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

Beautiful Song and version. soo true

Excellent.Oui.

Ejemplo de Vida! 1/4/1895 nace la cantante Alberta Hunter pionera de las cantantes y vigente casi 80 años en la escena musical

She's magnificent!

Powerful! Perfect for the yellow chakra. x

Divina:)

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

she's precious

Alberta, I miss you !

magnifique voix !

Who could possibly have hit disliked this?

Aaah. Isn't she just lovely?

She didn't live upstairs. She lived on Roosevelt Island.

Thank you so much for this video :-)

something you learn from a role model

linda de viver amo

Another lover... From Brazil.. Thanks for posting that! Thats a precious material!

J'ai la vu souvent pendant le 70's

WOW!

I've met prettier women, but none so beautiful!

what a formidable female...the kind of graceful aging we'd all like to achieve! i do believe, however, she was NEVER "Down and Out"!!!!

Lindo!!!! Lindo!

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

@denisethepainter I will check.

西野やすし　ザ KANSAI

She got that audience in the palm of her hand...

Alberta Hunter, sabe demais, sabe da vida, sabe de Tudo!! Absolutely amazing!!!! I love this song!