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Cow Cow Davenport Vol. 1 (1925-1929)

216.3K streams

216,307

Cow Cow Blues

179K streams

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Cow Cow Davenport Vol. 2 (1929-1945)

2K streams

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Cow Cow Davenport - The Accompanist (1...

6.4K streams

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Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport 1926-1938

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5th Street Blues

Cow Cow Davenport Vol. 3 (1940s)

Top 90 Classics - The Very Best of Cow...

5th Street Blues

Classic Blues Piano

Biography

Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport is one of those seldom remembered names in the annals of early blues history. But a little investigation will unearth the salient fact that he played an important part in developing one of the most enduring strains of the music; yes, "Cow Cow" Davenport was one hell of a boogie-woogie piano player. Davenport worked on numerous vaudeville tours on the TOBA circuit in the '20s and early '30s, usually in the company of vocalist Dora Carr. While he's principally noted as the composer of his signature tune, "The Cow Cow Boogie," which would be revived by jazz band vocalist Ella Mae Morse during the boogie-woogie craze of the early '40s, he also claimed to have written Louis Armstrong's "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead, You Rascal You," selling the tune outright and receiving no royalties or composer credits. He recorded for a variety of labels from 1929 to 1946, eventually settling in Cleveland, Ohio, where he died in 1955 of hardening of the arteries. ~ Cub Koda, Rovi