Bill Cox

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 192 - 1946

Roles Represented in DAHR: vocalist, guitar, harmonica, yodeling, songwriter

Notes: Also known as "The Dixie Songbird"

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor D6VB-2843 10-in. 9/11/1946 Filipino baby Panhandle Punchers ; Texas Jim Robertson Male vocal solo, with instrumental ensemble songwriter  
Gennett 15328 10-in. 7/11/1929 In the Big Rock Candy Mountain no. 2 Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15329 10-in. 7/11/1929 California blues Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 15330 10-in. 7/11/1929 Nigger loves a watermelon Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15331 10-in. 7/11/1929 The moonshine in the hills Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15332 10-in. 7/11/1929 Jackson County Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15333 10-in. 7/11/1929 Daddy Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, yodeling  
Gennett 15334 10-in. 7/12/1929 My old pal Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, yodeling  
Gennett 15335 10-in. 7/12/1929 Back home in Tennessee Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15336 10-in. 7/12/1929 Go long mule no. 2 Charley Blake Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, vocalist  
Gennett 15337 10-in. 7/12/1929 When we meet on the beautiful shore Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15338 10-in. 7/12/1929 She'll be coming 'round the mountain Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15339 10-in. 7/12/0192 Hungry hash house blues Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15815 10-in. 10/28/1929 The death of Frank Bowen Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15816 10-in. 10/28/1929 When we sing of home Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, yodeling  
Gennett 15817 10-in. 10/28/1929 The old axe shop Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15818 10-in. 10/28/1929 I love the jailer's daughter Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15819 10-in. 10/28/1929 Guitar blues Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 15820 10-in. 10/28/1929 Alabama blues Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15821 10-in. 10/28/1929 In all my dreams Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15822 10-in. 10/28/1929 We're running on the Dummy Dummy line Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15823 10-in. 10/28/1929 It won't happen again Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15824 10-in. 10/29/1929 Down in Arkansas Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15825 10-in. 10/29/1929 Bring back the sunshine and roses Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15826 10-in. 10/29/1929 Please stay home tonight Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15827 10-in. 10/29/1929 You can't give your kisses to someone else Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15828 10-in. 10/29/1929 The dollar and the devil Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 15829 10-in. 10/29/1929 My old Carolina home Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 15830 10-in. 10/29/1929 Clouds gwine roll away Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 16544 10-in. 4/28/1930 My rough and rowdy ways Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 16545 10-in. 4/28/1930 My old log cabin home Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 16546 10-in. 4/28/1930 Since we landed over here Charley Blake Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, vocalist  
Gennett 16547 10-in. 4/28/1930 The yodeling cowboy Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, yodeling  
Gennett 16549 10-in. 4/28/1930 My high silk hat and gold top walking cane Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 16550 10-in. 4/28/1930 The hell bound train Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16551 10-in. 4/28/1930 Cause all my good times are taken away Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16552 10-in. 4/28/1930 [Unknown title(s)] Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 16553 10-in. 4/28/1930 The hand car yodel Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 16554 10-in. 4/29/1930 Down in Arkansas Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 17292 10-in. 11/21/1930 Got them drunken blues Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 17293 10-in. 11/21/1930 When the roses bloom in Dixie Luke Baldwin Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 17294 10-in. 11/21/1930 The bootlegger's plea Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17295 10-in. 11/21/1930 The ramblin' railroad boy Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17296 10-in. 11/21/1930 Where the red roses grow Luke Baldwin Male vocal solo, with guitar instrumentalist, guitar, vocalist  
Gennett 17297 10-in. 11/21/1930 Aint'cha comin out tonight Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 17298 10-in. 11/21/1930 Woman suffrage Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17299 10-in. 11/21/1930 High silk hat and gold top walking cane Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17300 10-in. 11/21/1930 Bury me in the Tennessee mountains Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, yodeling  
Gennett 17301 10-in. 11/21/1930 Pray for the lights to go out Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica, yodeling  
Gennett 17302 10-in. 11/21/1930 Don't ever marry a widow Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Gennett 17303 10-in. 11/21/1930 Song of the bandits Bill Cox Male vocal solo, with guitar and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Vocalion 20263 10-in. 11/17/1936 Gonna make whoopee tonight Bill Cox ; Cliff Hobbs Male vocal duet, with two guitars and harmonica vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
Vocalion 20303 10-in. 11/20/1936 I wanna be loved Bill Cox ; Cliff Hobbs Male vocal duet, with two guitars vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cox, Bill," accessed September 19, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246.

Cox, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved September 19, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246.

"Cox, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 19 September 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246

Linked Open Data Sources

LCNAR: Cox, Bill, 1897-1968 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no96024855

VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/19271829

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