Ella Mae Morse, with Freddie Slack and His Orchestra, singing "Cow Cow Boogie" in this soundie from the 1940's. Out on the plains down near Santa Fe I met a cowboy ridin the range one day And as he jogged along I heard him singin The most peculiar cowboy song It was a ditty, he learned in the city Comma ti yi yi yea Comma ti yippity yi yea Now get along, get hip little doggies Get along, better be on your way Get along, get hip little doggies He trucked em on down the old fairway Singin his cow cow boogie in the strangest way Comma ti yi yi yea Comma ti yippity yi yea (chorus) Singin his cowboy song He's just too much He's got a knocked out western accent with a Harlem touch He was raised on locoweed He's what you call a swing half breed Singin his cow cow booogie in the strangest way Comma ti yi yi yea Comma ti yippity yi yea (repeat chorus)
Lovely Dorothy Dandridge (CARMEN JONES) stars in this Soundie from 1942. Watch for comedian Dudley Dickerson--a familiar face in Three Stooges comedies--as a two-gun hombre who shouts, "Yippee! Solid, man, solid!" Read all about Soundies in THE SOUNDIES BOOK: A REVISED AND EXPANDED GUIDE TO THE "MUSIC VIDEOS" OF THE 1940s (2007) available from iUniverse at www.iuniverse.com
The inaugural class of the Cleveland Blues Society Hall of Fame is: Cow Cow Davenport, Bull Moose Jackson, Robert Lockwood, Jr, and Bill "Mr. Stress" Miller.
Memphis Slim (September 3, 1915 -- February 24, 1988) was an American blues pianist, singer, and composer. He led a series of bands that, reflecting the popular appeal of jump blues, included saxophones, bass, drums, and piano. A song he first cut in 1947, "Every Day I Have the Blues", has become a blues standard, recorded by many other artists. He made over 500 recordings.
