Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
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"Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out" is a classic blues standard, famously recorded by Bessie Smith, that tells a cautionary tale about lost wealth and abandoned friendships.
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Target entity: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Context triple: [Bessie Smith, notableWork, Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out]
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Nobody Knows You
"Nobody Knows You" is a Grammy-winning bluegrass album by the Steep Canyon Rangers that showcases their contemporary take on traditional string-band music.
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No Name in the Street
No Name in the Street is James Baldwin’s 1972 autobiographical and political essay collection reflecting on race, civil rights, and his personal experiences in mid-20th-century America.
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No One Knows
"No One Knows" is a hit rock single by Queens of the Stone Age, known for its driving riff, enigmatic lyrics, and prominence on their breakthrough album "Songs for the Deaf."
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Nobody Knows My Name
Nobody Knows My Name is a 1961 collection of essays by James Baldwin that explores race, identity, and the African American experience in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
Poor Folk
Poor Folk is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s debut epistolary novel that portrays the struggles and inner lives of impoverished clerks in 19th-century St. Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Target entity description: "Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out" is a classic blues standard, famously recorded by Bessie Smith, that tells a cautionary tale about lost wealth and abandoned friendships.
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A.
Nobody Knows You
"Nobody Knows You" is a Grammy-winning bluegrass album by the Steep Canyon Rangers that showcases their contemporary take on traditional string-band music.
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B.
No Name in the Street
No Name in the Street is James Baldwin’s 1972 autobiographical and political essay collection reflecting on race, civil rights, and his personal experiences in mid-20th-century America.
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C.
No One Knows
"No One Knows" is a hit rock single by Queens of the Stone Age, known for its driving riff, enigmatic lyrics, and prominence on their breakthrough album "Songs for the Deaf."
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D.
Nobody Knows My Name
Nobody Knows My Name is a 1961 collection of essays by James Baldwin that explores race, identity, and the African American experience in mid-20th-century America.
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E.
Poor Folk
Poor Folk is Fyodor Dostoevsky’s debut epistolary novel that portrays the struggles and inner lives of impoverished clerks in 19th-century St. Petersburg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
blues standard
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song ⓘ |
| associatedEra | 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| firstPopularizedBy | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| firstRecordedBy | Bessie Smith ⓘ |
| firstRecordingYear | 1929 ⓘ |
| form | 12-bar blues ⓘ |
| genre | blues ⓘ |
| hasCulturalRole | cautionary song about money and friendship ⓘ |
| hasCulturalStatus | classic blues standard ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
blues music
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jazz repertoire ⓘ rock music ⓘ |
| hasLyricLine |
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nobody knows you when you’re down and out
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| hasLyricMotif |
friends disappear when money is gone
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lavish spending before bankruptcy ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant |
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down & Out
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| isCoveredIn |
Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs (40th Anniversary Edition)
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surface form:
Derek and the Dominos album "Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs"
live performances by Eric Clapton ⓘ |
| isStandardIn |
blues repertoire
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jazz repertoire ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| notableRecordingBy |
Bessie Smith
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Derek and the Dominos ⓘ Eric Clapton ⓘ John Lennon ⓘ Louis Thomas Jordan ⓘ
surface form:
Louis Jordan
Nina Simone ⓘ Otis Redding ⓘ Sam Cooke ⓘ |
| originalPublicationYear | 1923 ⓘ |
| performanceStyle | vocal blues ⓘ |
| recordLabelOfNotableRecording | Columbia Records ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
rise and fall of fortune
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social isolation in poverty ⓘ |
| theme |
abandoned friendships
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cautionary tale ⓘ financial ruin ⓘ lost wealth ⓘ |
| writer | Jimmy Cox ⓘ |
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Subject: Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out Description of subject: "Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out" is a classic blues standard, famously recorded by Bessie Smith, that tells a cautionary tale about lost wealth and abandoned friendships.
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