Kansas Joe
Wilbur "Kansas Joe" McCoy (May 11, 1905 – January 28, 1950) was an American Delta blues singer, musician and songwriter. |
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victor | BVE-59992 | 10-in. | 5/26/1930 | I'm going back home | McCoy and Johnson | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | BVE-62537 | 10-in. | 5/29/1930 | Midnight special | Bessie McCoy ; Memphis Minnie | Female vocal duet, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-62538 | 10-in. | 5/29/1930 | I never told a lie | McCoy and Johnson | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-62539 | 10-in. | 5/29/1930 | Don't want no woman (T'have t'give my money to) | McCoy and Johnson | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars and dialogue | vocalist, songwriter, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BVE-62540 | 10-in. | 5/29/1930 | Georgia skin | McCoy and Johnson | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-96262 | 10-in. | 11/1/1935 | Something gonna happen to you | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-96263 | 10-in. | 11/1/1935 | Well! Well! | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with guitar, piano, and string bass | composer, vocalist | |
| Victor | BS-034855 | 10-in. | 6/5/1939 | You tore up my heart | Four Clefs | Instrumental quartet, with vocal | composer | |
| Victor | BS-044975 | 10-in. | 5/9/1940 | Just rockin' | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-049038 | 10-in. | 3/22/1940 | Oh babe! | Washboard Sam's Band | Male vocal solo with instrumental quartet | composer | |
| Victor | BS-049370 | 10-in. | 8/5/1940 | I'm going to Saint Louis | Washboard Sam's Band | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
| Victor | BS-049372 | 10-in. | 8/5/1940 | Oh Joe! | Washboard Sam's Band | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
| Victor | BS-049374 | 10-in. | 8/5/1940 | Yes, I got your woman | Washboard Sam's Band | Instrumental ensemble, with vocal | composer | |
| Victor | BS-053727 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | I'm going home | Gideon Honore ; Jimmie Noone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-053728 | 10-in. | 12/11/1940 | They got my number now | Jimmie Noone Trio | Instrumental trio, with male vocal solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064130 | 10-in. | 4/23/1941 | Why don't you do it right? | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064131 | 10-in. | 4/23/1941 | Love me | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064723 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | What will I do? | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with washtub band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-064724 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Oh! Red's twin brother | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with washtub band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-064725 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | We can't agree | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with washtub band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-064726 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Let's try it again | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with washtub band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist, composer | |
| Victor | BS-064727 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | Hello babe | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064728 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | If I didn't love you | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064732 | 10-in. | 7/23/1941 | You're just full of jive | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064739 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | I got somebody else | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with washtub band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064741 | 10-in. | 7/24/1941 | It looks bad for you | Jazz Gillum | Male vocal solo, with washtub band | composer | |
| Victor | BS-064873 | 10-in. | 9/11/1941 | Black pony blues | Arthur Crudup | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064874 | 10-in. | 9/11/1941 | Death Valley blues | Arthur Crudup | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064875 | 10-in. | 9/11/1941 | Kind lover blues | Arthur Crudup | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064876 | 10-in. | 9/11/1941 | If I get lucky | Arthur Crudup | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064884 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | Des'e my blues | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064885 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | Cross cut saw blues | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064886 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | Classy Mae blues | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064887 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | You can't read my mind blues | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064888 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | Travelin' highway man | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064889 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | Deep blue sea blues | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064890 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | I'm a guitar king | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-064891 | 10-in. | 9/15/1941 | It's a cryin' pity | Tommy McClennan | Male vocal solo, with guitar and imitation string bass | instrumentalist, imitation bass (tub-bass) | |
| Victor | BS-070198 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | You got me to the place | Lil Green Trio | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-070695 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | I'll get you off my mind | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Washboard band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | BS-070696 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | It ain't no lie | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Washboard band | leader, instrumentalist, guitar, composer | |
| Victor | BS-070800 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | I have a place to go | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-070801 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | If you want to share your love | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-070802 | 10-in. | 1/21/1942 | If I'm a fool | Lil Green | Female vocal solo, with instrumental trio | composer | |
| Victor | BS-074000 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | Got to go blues | Big Joe and his Rhythm ; Harmon Ray | Washboard band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-074001 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | Come over and see me | Big Joe and his Rhythm ; Harmon Ray | Washboard band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-074002 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | Sleeping by myself | Big Joe and his Rhythm ; Harmon Ray | Washboard band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-074003 | 10-in. | 1/30/1942 | Bessie Lee blues | Big Joe and his Rhythm ; Harmon Ray | Washboard band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Victor | BS-074058 | 10-in. | 2/10/1942 | Rockin' my blues away | Washboard Band (Washboard Sam) | Male vocal solo, with washboard band | composer | |
| Victor | D4AB-0332 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | Your money can't buy me | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D4AB-0333 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | That's all for you | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D4AB-0334 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | I'm alright now | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Victor | D4AB-0335 | 10-in. | 12/15/1944 | What you're doing is wrong | Big Joe and his Rhythm | Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble | composer, instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Columbia | W147379 | 10-in. | 11/2/1928 | Miss meal cramp blues | Alec Johnson | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W147380 | 10-in. | 11/2/1928 | Sister Maud Mule | Alec Johnson Band | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W147383 | 10-in. | 11/2/1928 | Mysterious coon | Alec Johnson Band | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W147384 | 10-in. | 11/2/1928 | Toodle doo | Alec Johnson | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with instrumental quartet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148707 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | I want that | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148708 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | That will be alright | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148709 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | Goin' back to Texas | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet ("blues singers"), with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148710 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | Frisco Town | Memphis Minnie ; Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148711 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | When the levee breaks | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148712 | 10-in. | 6/18/1929 | Bumble bee | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148717 | 10-in. | 6/19/1929 | No mo' cherry ball | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Columbia | W148718 | 10-in. | 6/19/1929 | You can't do it to me | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo ("blues singer"), with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO108 | 10-in. | 1/28/1931 | Bumble bee blues | Tampa Red | Guitar solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | VO109 | 10-in. | 1/30/1931 | Shake Mattie | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
| Brunswick | VO110 | 10-in. | 1/30/1931 | My wash woman's gone | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
| Brunswick | VO111 | 10-in. | 1/30/1931 | I don’t want that junk outta you | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO116 | 10-in. | 2/9/1931 | Somebody’s got to help you | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | |
| Brunswick | VO117 | 10-in. | 2/9/1931 | That’s your yas-yas-yas | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | VO118 | 10-in. | 2/9/1931 | Don’t bother it | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO119 | 10-in. | 2/9/1931 | Today today blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO123 | 10-in. | 2/11/1931 | Lay my money down (If you run around) | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO124 | 10-in. | 2/11/1931 | Pickin’ the blues | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO125 | 10-in. | 2/11/1931 | Let’s go to town | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO137 | 10-in. | 3/16/1931 | Somebody’s got to help you | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO138 | 10-in. | 3/16/1931 | Pickin’ the blues | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO139 | 10-in. | 3/16/1931 | Let’s go to town | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | VO112 | 10-in. | 1/30/1931 | Crazy cryin’ blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | TVO140 | 10-in. | 3/16/1931 | Rowdy old soul | The Hill Billy Plowboy | Male vocal solo, with guitar | composer | |
| Brunswick | C5817 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | I don’t want no woman I have to give my money to | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5818 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | Bumble bee no. 2 | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5819 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | Botherin’ that thing | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C5820 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | I’m wild about my stuff | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C5821 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | Cherry ball blues | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C5822 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | Memphis Minnie-jitis blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5823 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | Good girl blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5824 | 10-in. | 6/5/1930 | Georgia skin blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5829 | 10-in. | June 1930 | I called you this morning | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5830 | 10-in. | June 1930 | My Mary blues | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5831 | 10-in. | June 1930 | Plymouth Rock blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5864 | 10-in. | 6/24/1930 | Cherry ball blues | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C5865 | 10-in. | 6/24/1930 | Botherin’ that thing | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C5866 | 10-in. | 6/24/1930 | Bumble bee no. 2 | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C5867 | 10-in. | 6/24/1930 | Georgia skin blues | Memphis Minnie | Female vocal solo, with 2 guitars | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C6011 | 10-in. | 7/8/1930 | She put me out doors | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C6012 | 10-in. | 7/8/1930 | Pile driving blues | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C6013 | 10-in. | 7/8/1930 | I called you this morning | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C6440 | 10-in. | 10/11/1930 | That’s your yas-yas-yas | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
| Brunswick | C6441 | 10-in. | 10/11/1930 | I’m fixed for you | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C6442 | 10-in. | 10/11/1930 | What’s the matter with the mill? | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C7138 | 10-in. | Dec. 1930 | Bumble bee blues | Tampa Red | Guitar solo | composer | |
| Brunswick | C7246 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | Beat it right | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
| Brunswick | C7247 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | Preacher’s blues | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist, composer | |
| Brunswick | C7248 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | Let’s go to town | Joe McCoy ; Memphis Minnie | Guitar duet | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C7249 | 10-in. | 1/21/1931 | Pickin’ the blues | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | C7539 | 10-in. | 3/24/1931 | I’m crazy ‘bout my Bozo | Lovin’ Sam from Down in ‘Bam | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | C7540 | 10-in. | 3/24/1931 | That new kinda stuff | Lovin’ Sam from Down in ‘Bam | Male vocal solo, with guitar and piano | instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | MEM732 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | She wouldn’t give me none | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | MEM733 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | My Mary blues | Kansas Joe | Male vocal solo, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | MEM738 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | I called you this morning | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with guitar | vocalist | |
| Brunswick | MEM765 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | What fault you find of me? | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | MEM766 | 10-in. | Feb. 1930 | What fault you find of me? | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | MEM790 | 10-in. | 2/21/1930 | Can I do it for you? | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Brunswick | MEM791 | 10-in. | 2/21/1930 | Can I do it for you? | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | Female-male vocal duet, with 2 guitars | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | |
| Decca | 62425 | 10-in. | 7/20/1937 | No need knockin' on the blind | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62428 | 10-in. | 7/20/1937 | Chocolate to the bone | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62643 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Let your linen hang low-1 | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62644 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | If you're a viper | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62645 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Rosetta blues | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62646 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | It's your turn | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62647 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Let's fall in love again-1 | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62648 | 10-in. | 10/5/1937 | Worried mind blues | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62649 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Rattlesnake bite | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62650 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | I believe I been hoodood | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62651 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | She wants to rattle me all the time | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62652 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Plenty trouble on your hand | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62653 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Gimme some of that yum yum yum | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62654 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Hoodoo women | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62655 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Mama's bad luck child | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62656 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Mean baby blues | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62657 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Tempo de bucket | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62658 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | You got the devil to pay | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62659 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Time's a wastin' | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62660 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Black gal you better use your head | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62661 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Root hog or die | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62662 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | You got to be satisfied | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 62663 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Toodoe oo blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62664 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | Rampart and Gravier blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62665 | 10-in. | 10/6/1937 | What's on your mind? | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 62674 | 10-in. | 10/8/1937 | Broken hearted blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63624 | 10-in. | 4/20/1938 | Don't start no stuff | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63635 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Let me feel it | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63636 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Little girl | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63637 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | I'd rather be with you | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63638 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | I'm in so much trouble now | The Harlem Hamfats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63639 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | I believe I'll make a change | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63640 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | It will never happen again | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63641 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Trading old love for new | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63642 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Stay on it | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63643 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Delta bound | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63644 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | You got to go when the wagon comes | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63645 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | How long baby | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63646 | 10-in. | 4/21/1938 | Harlem jamboree | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63662 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Mellow little devil | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 63663 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | The barefoot boy | The Harlem Hamfats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63664 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | She loves so good | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63665 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Riff it | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63666 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Some sweet day | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63667 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | I'm gonna steal you | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63668 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | I knocks myself out | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63669 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | They put the big britches on me | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63670 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | What is that smells like gravy? | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63671 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Every dog must have his day | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63672 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Fare you well | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63673 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Stavin' chain | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63674 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | County jail blues | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 63675 | 10-in. | 4/22/1938 | Gonna ride 74 | Johnnie Temple | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90002 | 10-in. | 5/15/1935 | The main key to heaven | Joe McCoy | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90003 | 10-in. | 5/15/1935 | Twenty minutes in hell | Joe McCoy | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90004 | 10-in. | 5/15/1935 | Dry bones in the valley | Joe McCoy | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90005 | 10-in. | 5/15/1935 | Highway 61 | Joe McCoy | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90007 | 10-in. | 5/16/1935 | The time is drawing high | Joe McCoy | speaker, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90198 | 10-in. | 7/22/1935 | My babe, my babe | Bill Wilber | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90291 | 10-in. | 9/5/1935 | Look who's corning down the road | Joe McCoy | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90292 | 10-in. | September 1935 | The world is a hard place to live in | Joe McCoy | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90689 | 10-in. | 4/18/1936 | What a time I'm havin' | Red Nelson | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90690 | 10-in. | 4/18/1936 | Empty bed blues | Red Nelson | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90691 | 10-in. | 4/18/1936 | Oh! Red | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90692 | 10-in. | 4/18/1936 | Lake Providence blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90780 | 10-in. | 7/2/1936 | Live and die for you | The Harlem Hamfats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90781 | 10-in. | 6/2/1936 | New Oh Red! | The Harlem Hamfats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90782 | 10-in. | 7/2/1936 | What you gonna do? | The Harlem Hamfats | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90783 | 10-in. | 7/2/1936 | She's gone again | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90835 | 10-in. | 8/14/1936 | Let's get drunk and truck | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90836 | 10-in. | 8/14/1936 | Move your hand | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90837 | 10-in. | 8/14/1936 | Sales tax on it (but it's the same thing) | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90838 | 10-in. | 8/14/1936 | You done tore your playhouse down | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90912 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | Little girl | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90913 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | Southern blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90914 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | The garbage man | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90915 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | Weed smoker's dream (Why don't you do it now? De. 8650) | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90916 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | If you want to live | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90917 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | Don't take away my P.W.A. | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90918 | 10-in. | 10/2/1936 | She sells good meat | Jimmie Gordon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 90947 | 10-in. | 10/22/1936 | I feel like a millionaire | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90948 | 10-in. | 10/22/1936 | Bad luck man | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90949 | 10-in. | 10/22/1936 | My Daddy was a lovin' man | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90950 | 10-in. | 10/22/1936 | She's trickin' me | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90982 | 10-in. | 11/13/1936 | We're gonna pitch a boogie woogie | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90983 | 10-in. | 11/13/1936 | Hamfat swing | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90984 | 10-in. | 11/13/1936 | Who done it? | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 90985 | 10-in. | 11/13/1936 | Growling dog | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 91038 | 10-in. | 12/12/1936 | Keep it swingin' 'round and 'round | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 91039 | 10-in. | 12/12/1936 | Ooh-wee babe | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 91040 | 10-in. | 12/12/1936 | I don't want you loving me | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 91041 | 10-in. | 12/12/1936 | She's a mellow mother for you | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91074 | 10-in. | 1/14/1937 | Hallelujah Joe ain't preachin' no more | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91075 | 10-in. | 1/14/1937 | What's my baby doin'? | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91076 | 10-in. | 1/14/1937 | It was red | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 91123 | 10-in. | 3/1/1937 | I feel like going to town | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 91124 | 10-in. | 3/1/1937 | I'm so glad | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 91125 | 10-in. | 3/1/1937 | Jam jamboree (Jam sesh jam) | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 91126 | 10-in. | 3/1/1937 | Down in shady lane | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91130 | 10-in. | 3/12/1937 | The dirty dozens | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91131 | 10-in. | 3/12/1937 | She brings me down | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91132 | 10-in. | 3/12/1937 | Take it easy greasy | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91133 | 10-in. | 3/12/1937 | Wet it | Frankie Half Pint Jaxon | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91200 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | I'm cuttin' out | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91201 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | Hoodooin' woman | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91202 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | I love that | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91203 | 10-in. | 4/28/1937 | My old lady blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91244 | 10-in. | 5/12/1937 | Baby won't you tear my clothes | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91245 | 10-in. | 5/12/1937 | You drink too much | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91268 | 10-in. | 5/21/1937 | I'm Alabama bound | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91269 | 10-in. | 5/21/1937 | Empty bed blues | The Harlem Hamfats | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91301 | 10-in. | 10/27/1937 | We gonna move | Palooka Washboard Band | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91302 | 10-in. | 10/27/1937 | Backdoor | Palooka Washboard Band | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91303 | 10-in. | 10/27/1937 | You done tore your pants with me | Palooka Washboard Band | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | 91304 | 10-in. | 10/27/1937 | Save me some | Palooka Washboard Band | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91552 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Stomp it out gate | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91553 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | The candy man | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91554 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Oh rider | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91555 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | Stay away from my door | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | 91556 | 10-in. | 10/21/1938 | All on account of you | Rosetta Howard | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9289 | 10-in. | 8/13/1934 | I got to have a little more | Mississippi Mudder [i.e. Joe McCoy] | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9290 | 10-in. | 8/13/1934 | Someday I'll be in the clay | Mississippi Mudder [i.e. Joe McCoy] | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9299 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Evil devil woman blues | Joe McCoy | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9300 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Going back home blues | Joe McCoy | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9301 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Meat cutter blues | Joe McCoy | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9302 | 10-in. | 8/16/1934 | Baltimore blues | Charlie McCoy | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9380 | 10-in. | 8/24/1934 | You got to move, part 1 | Kansas Joe ; Memphis Minnie | vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9389 | 10-in. | 8/31/1934 | You got to move, part 2 | Memphis Minnie | vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9402 | 10-in. | 9/6/1934 | Hole in the wall | Memphis Minnie | vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9407 | 10-in. | 9/6/1934 | Give it to me in my hand | Memphis Minnie | vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9426 | 10-in. | 9/10/1934 | Squad it | Memphis Minnie | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9427 | 10-in. | 9/10/1934 | Moaning the blues | Memphis Minnie | instrumentalist, guitar | ||
| Decca | C 9634 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | Please baby | Joe McCoy | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9635 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | One in a hundred | Joe McCoy | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9638 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | One more greasing | Joe McCoy | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9639 | 10-in. | 1/9/1935 | What's the matter with you | Joe McCoy | instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist | ||
| Decca | C 9649 | 10-in. | 1/15/1935 | The prodigal's return | Joe McCoy | speaker | ||
| Decca | C 9650 | 10-in. | 1/15/1935 | If I be lifted up | Joe McCoy | speaker | ||
| Decca | C 9651 | 10-in. | 1/15/1935 | Don't need no doctor when I come to die | Joe McCoy | speaker | ||
| Decca | C 9652 | 10-in. | 1/15/1935 | That great love (He's so good to me) | Joe McCoy | speaker |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Kansas Joe," accessed November 9, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106298.
Kansas Joe. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 9, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/106298.
"Kansas Joe." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 9 November 2024.
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LCNAR: Kansas Joe, 1905-1950 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90724288
Wikidata: Kansas Joe McCoy - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q713859
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/303041009
MusicBrainz: Kansas Joe McCoy - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/302886da-969c-44da-b6c5-3f4eea07ea49
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