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 (Results 1-25 of 41 records)

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  
(Results 1-25 of 41 records)

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Cox, Bill," accessed May 8, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246.

Cox, Bill. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 8, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/110246.

"Cox, Bill." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 8 May 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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