Charles Edward "Cow Cow" Davenport (Anniston, April 26, 1894 - Cleveland, December 3, 1955) was an American blues and arcade pianist and singer. His best-known song was his "Cow Cow Blues", which was one of the first boogiewie songs featured on the album.
Davenport learned to play his twelfth piano and become a wild musician. His father, a clergyman, had other plans and sent him to the seminar. There Davenport was sent off because he played ragtime in the church. In the twenties he started a career in the vaudeville circuit, including the accompanist of blues singer Dora Carr and Ivy Smith. In these years, in Chicago, he recorded several songs for the record labels Vocalion and Brunswick, of which Cow Cow Blues became the best known. This song is considered to be one of the first boogiewie songs featured on the record. For Vocalion, Davenport was also a talent scout.
By 1930, Davenport moved to Cleveland, Ohio, where he performed, performed and recorded with Sam Price. In 1938 he got a stroke, causing him to get paralyzed. He continued singing until he was forced to take jobs in bad times. In 1938 he was discovered in a kitchen by jazz pianist Art Hodes, who then helped him to record contracts. In 1942 Freddie Slack's orchestra had a big hit with Cow Cow Boogie, based in part on Davenport's Cow Cow Blues. The hit led to an archery craze and new interest in his music, but Davenport did not get much wiser about it. He made studio recordings until 1945. In recent years he has been in bad health.
Davenport has dozens of compositions on its name. According to him, he would also be the composer of "Mama Do not Allow It" and "I'll Be Glad When You're Dead" (known as Louis Armstrong). Discography
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