DAVENPORT, CHARLES

DAVENPORT, CHARLES (COW COW). Boogie-woogie pianist (26 April 1895 in Anniston, Alabama; 2 December 1955 in Cleveland, Ohio). He studied theology at Selma University in Alabama, then left for a career in music, touring with vaudeville acts and carnivals (1914-1930). During those years he teamed with Dora Carr and Ivy Smith ; he also organized his own act, Cow Cow's Chicago Steppers. In 1937 he settled in Cleveland, although he left occasionally to perform for periods of time in...