Cow Cow Davenport
Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (April 23, 1894 – December 3, 1955) was an American boogie-woogie and piano blues player as well as a vaudeville entertainer. He also played the organ and sang. Davenport, who also made recordings under the pseudonyms of Bat The Humming Bird, George Hamilton and The Georgia Grinder, is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. |
Birth and Death Data: Born April 23, 1894 (Anniston), Died December 2, 1955 (Cleveland)
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1924 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, composer, baritone vocal, lyricist, songwriter, speaker, author, vocalist
Notes: Listed in Victor ledgers as Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport. Listed on some disc labels as Chas. Davenport.
= Recordings are available for online listening.
= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings (Results 51-75 of 99 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Brunswick | TC3922 | 10-in. | 7/22/1929 | Back biten [sic] | Cow Cow Davenport ; Sam Theard | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
Brunswick | TC3928 | 10-in. | 7/22/1929 | Back bitin’ | Cow Cow Davenport ; Sam Theard | Comic dialogue | speaker, author | |
Brunswick | C3939 | 10-in. | 7/23/1929 | Mama don’t allow no easy riders here | Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | C3940 | 10-in. | 7/23/1929 | Saturday night scrontch | Hokum Jug Band ; Frankie Half Pint Jaxon ; Tampa Red | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Brunswick | C4078 | 10-in. | 8/14/1929 | Mama don’t allow no easy riders here | Happy Bud Harrison | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Brunswick | C4184 | 10-in. | 9/4/1929 | Mama don’t allow no easy riders here | Georgia Tom ; Tampa Red | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | composer | |
Brunswick | M198 | 10-in. | Sept. 1929 | Cow Cow blues | Jed Davenport | Harmonica solo, with guitar | composer | |
Gennett | 14977 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Light house blues | Southern Blues Singers | Vocal trio, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14978 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Chimes blues | Cow Cow Davenport | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14979 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Struttin' the blues | Cow Cow Davenport | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14981 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Runnin' wild | Southern Blues Singers | Vocal trio, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14982 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Shadow blues | Ivy Smith | Female vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14983 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Givin' it away | Cow Cow Davenport | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, piano, vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Gennett | 14984 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | No good man blues | Cow Cow Davenport ; Ivy Smith | Female vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14985 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Slow drag | Cow Cow Davenport | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14986 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Atlanta rag | Cow Cow Davenport | Piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14987 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Gin house blues | Cow Cow Davenport ; Ivy Smith | Female vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14988 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | It's tight like that | Southern Blues Singers | Vocal trio, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14989 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Doodlin' back | Southern Blues Singers | Vocal trio, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 14990 | 10-in. | 4/1/1929 | Mistreated mamma blues | Ivy Smith and Cow Cow Davenport | Female-male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 15495 | 10-in. | 8/27/1929 | Doin' that thing | Ivy Smith and her Buddies | Mixed vocal trio, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 15496 | 10-in. | 8/27/1929 | Somebody's got to knock a jug | Ivy Smith and her Buddies | Mixed vocal trio, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 15497 | 10-in. | 8/27/1929 | It's just all right | Sam Tarpley and Cow Cow Davenport | Male vocal duet, with piano | vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 15498 | 10-in. | 8/27/1929 | Everybody likes that thing | Cow Cow Davenport ; Ivy Smith ; Sam Tarpley | Female-male vocal duet, with piano | instrumentalist, piano | |
Gennett | 15499 | 10-in. | 8/27/1929 | Southern high waters blues | Ivy Smith | Female vocal solo, with piano | instrumentalist, piano |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Davenport, Cow Cow," accessed September 14, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105569.
Davenport, Cow Cow. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 14, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/105569.
"Davenport, Cow Cow." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 14 September 2024.
DAHR Persistent Identifier
Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Davenport, Cow Cow, 1894-1955 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87134726
Wikidata: Cow Cow Davenport - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q358619
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/5122116
MusicBrainz: Cow Cow Davenport - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/37279cee-02fb-43e0-8cb6-1200541f5296
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