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
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	vocalist, baritone vocal, instrumentalist, piano
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

(Results 51-75 of 99 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Davenport, Cow Cow," accessed July 7, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105569.

Davenport, Cow Cow. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved July 7, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/105569.

"Davenport, Cow Cow." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 July 2024.

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