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  
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  
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, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
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, yodeling, instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar  
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 vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
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, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
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 vocalist, instrumentalist, guitar, harmonica  
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, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
Gennett 17295 10-in. 11/21/1930 The ramblin' railroad boy Bill Cox Male vocal solo and yodeling, with guitar vocalist, yodeling, instrumentalist, guitar  
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 instrumentalist, harmonica, guitar, vocalist  
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  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cox, Bill," accessed June 26, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246.

Cox, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved June 26, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246.

"Cox, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 26 June 2024.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: https://adp.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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