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Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport, boogie woogie piano player born April 23, 1894 in Anniston, Alabama, died December 3, 1955, in Cleveland, Ohio. He also played the organ and sang. Boogie woogie has two different meanings: a piano based music style, boogie woogie (music) a dance that imitates the rocknroll of the 50s, boogie woogie (dance) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Pianist Glenn Gould, Toronto, 1974 A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Nickname: The Model City Location in Alabama Coordinates: County Calhoun Settled April 1872 Incorporated 3 July 1883 Mayor Hoyt W. “Chip” Howell, Jr. ... Nickname: The Forest City Motto: Progress and Prosperity Location in Cuyahoga County, Ohio Coordinates: Country United States State Ohio County Cuyahoga Founded 1796 Incorporated 1836 Mayor Frank G. Jackson (D) Area    - City 82. ... An organ is the following: In anatomy, an organ is a group of tissues which perform some function. ...


His best-known song was "Cow Cow Blues". He claimed to have been the composer of "Mama Don't Allow It". He also said he had written the Louis Armstrong hit, "I'll be Glad When Youi're Dead (You Rascal You)", but sold the rights and credit to others. Louis Daniel Armstrong (August 4, 1901[1] – July 6, 1971) (also known by the nicknames Satchmo for satchel-mouth and Pops) was an American jazz musician. ...


Davenport's career began in the 1920s when he joined Banhoof's Traveling Carnival, a medicine show. His first fame came as accompaniest to blues singers Dora Carr and Ivy Smith. He also performed with Tampa Red. He recorded for many labels, and was a talent scout and artist for Vocalion Records. He suffered a stroke in the early 1930s and lost movement in his hands and was washing dishes when he was found by jazz pianist Art Hodes in 1938. Hodes assisted in his rehabilitation and helped him find new recording contracts. Clark Stanleys Snake Oil Liniment. ... Tampa Red (1904-1981), born Hudson Woodbridge, was an influential American musician. ... 1921 Vocalion label Vocalion Records was a record label historically active in the United States and in the United Kingdom. ...


He is a member of the Alabama Music Hall of Fame. Cripple Clarence Lofton called him a major influence. Biography Cripple Clarence Lofton, was born Albert Clemens on January 9th, in Kingsport, Tennessee Though he was born with a limp (from which he derived his trade-mark name), Clarence actually started his career as a tap-dancer. ...


The 1940s hit song, "Cow Cow Boogie" was probably named for him, but he did not write it. This song is a Tin Pan Alley number combining the then-popular "Western song" craze (exemplified by Johnny Mercer's "I'm an Old Cowhand" with the big-band boogie-woogie fad. Tin Pan Alley was the name given to the collection of New York City-centered music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th century and early 20th century. ... Johnny Mercer John Herndon Johnny Mercer (November 18, 1909 – June 25, 1976) is regarded as one of Americas greatest songwriters. ...


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Cow Cow Davenport (333 words)
Cow Cow Davenport is remembered most for his famous song "Cow Cow Blues" which is one of the earliest recorded examples of the Boogie-Woogie or Barrelhouse, as it's sometimes called.
Davenport learned to play piano and organ in his father's church from his mother who was the organist and it looked like he was going to follow in the family footsteps until he was expelled from the Alabama Theological Seminary in 1911 for playing Ragtime at a church function.
Davenport briefly teamed up with Blues singer Ivy Smith in 1928 and worked as a talent scout for Brunswick and Vocalion records in the late 1920s and played rent parties in Chicago.
Charles Davenport (123 words)
Charles "Cow Cow" Davenport is one of those seldom remembered names in the annals of early blues history.
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.
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