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“Papa” Charlie McCoy (26 May 1909 - 26 Jul 1950)

Male Person - United States 1930's delta blues musician

Releases (4)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. Complete 1928-1932 Recordings In Chronological Order

Single

  1. Times Ain’t What They Used to Be / Too Long 1932
  2. Bottle It Up / That Will Be Your End Blues 1932
  3. Boogie Woogie / Country Guy Blues 1932 (as Charlie McCoy)

Relationships (5)

Member Of

  1. The Harlem Hamfats
  2. Papa Charlie’s Boys
  3. Mississippi Mud Steppers

Supporting For

  1. Mississippi Sheiks guitar

Siblings

  1. Kansas Joe McCoy

Recordings by (41)

  1. Boogie Woogie ?:?? (1932)
  2. Country Guy Blues ?:?? (1932)
  3. Times Ain’t What They Used to Be ?:?? (1932)
  4. Too Long ?:?? (1932)
  5. Bottle It Up ?:?? (1932)
  6. That Will Be Your End Blues ?:?? (1932)
  7. Last Time Blues 3:03 (1991)
  8. Candy Man Blues 2:57 (1992)
  9. Charity Blues 3:09 (1992)
  10. Baltimore Blues 2:51 (1992)
  11. Motherless and Fatherless Blues 3:14 (1992)
  12. Baltimore Blues 2:50 (2001)
  13. Motherless and Fatherless Blues 3:13 (2004)
  14. Charity Blues 3:09 (14 Oct 2008)
  15. Candy Man Blues 2:56 (09 Sep 2011)
  16. Too Long 3:23 (2015)
  17. I’ve Been Blue Ever Since You Went Away 3:24 (2015)
  18. Always in Love With You 3:04 (30 Mar 2018)
  19. That Lonesome Train Took My Baby Away 3:01 (27 Jan 2023)
  20. Always In Love With You 3:07 ()
  21. I've Been Blue Ever Since You Went Away 3:18 ()
  22. You Gonna Need Me 3:22 ()
  23. It's So Good Pt. 1 2:49 ()
  24. It's So Good Pt. 2 3:18 ()
  25. The Northern Starvers Are Returning Home 3:36 ()
  26. Mississippi I'm Longing For You 3:23 ()
  27. Times Ain't What They Used To Be 3:24 ()
  28. Staggering Blues 3:44 ()
  29. Ha-Ha Blues 3:42 ()
  30. School Girl Blues 3:30 ()
  31. Hidin' On Me (Jackson Blue Boys) 3:04 ()
  32. Sweet Alberta (Jackson Blue Boys) 3:15 ()
  33. Pt.1 It Ain't No Good 3:07 ()
  34. Pt.2 It Ain't No Good 3:03 ()
  35. Last Time Blues (Sept.22,1929 At Peabody Hotel, Memphis) 3:04 ()
  36. Your Valves Need Grinding 3:01 ()
  37. It's Hot Like That 2:47 ()
  38. Glad Hand Blues 3:22 ()
  39. Blue Heaven Blues 3:02 ()
  40. Vicksburg Stomp 3:07 ()
  41. Sunset Waltz 2:58 ()

On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Cool Drink of Water Blues 3:35 Tommy Johnson (1928) guitar
  2. Big Road Blues 3:23 Tommy Johnson (1928) guitar
  3. Dresser Drawer Blues 3:17 Kansas Joe McCoy (1932) mandolin
  4. Devil’s Son‐In‐Law 3:25 Peetie Wheatstraw (02 May 1934) guitar
  5. Pete Wheatstraw 3:14 Peetie Wheatstraw (02 May 1934) guitar
  6. Weed Smokers Dream 3:19 The Harlem Hamfats (1936) mandolin, mandolin, guitar, guitar
  7. Little Girl 2:50 The Harlem Hamfats (1936) mandolin, mandolin, guitar, guitar
  8. If You're a Viper 3:11 Rosetta Howard & The Harlem Hamfats (1937) mandolin, guitar
  9. Rosetta Blues 2:52 Rosetta Howard and Harlem Hamfats (1937) mandolin, guitar
  10. Stavin Chain' 2:24 Johnny Temple & The Harlem Hamfats (1976) guitar
  11. Good Old Turnip Greens 3:10 Bo Carter (1984) mandolin
  12. Lead Pencil Blues 3:07 Johnny Temple (1990) guitar
  13. I Believe I’ll Make a Change 3:01 Casey Bill Weldon (1990) mandolin
  14. I Love You Baby 2:59 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) mandolin
  15. Meat Cutter Blues 2:55 Kansas Joe McCoy (1991) guitar
  16. Bye Bye Blues 3:04 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  17. Evil Devil Woman Blues 3:12 Kansas Joe McCoy (1991) guitar
  18. Working Man’s Blues 3:25 Walter Vinson acc Chatman’s Mississippi Hot Footers (1991) guitar
  19. If You Take Me Back 2:46 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) mandolin
  20. My Black Name Blues 2:45 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  21. Your Friends Gonna Use It Too - Part 2 2:49 Walter Vinson with Mary Butler (1991) mandolin
  22. I Have Got to Go 2:47 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  23. I’m Through With You 2:34 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) mandolin
  24. Black Panther Blues 2:32 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  25. Maggie Campbell Blues 3:36 Tommy Johnson (1991) guitar
  26. Your Friends Gonna Use It Too - Part 1 2:54 Walter Vinson acc Chatman’s Mississippi Hot Footers (1991) guitar
  27. Ground Hog Blues 2:44 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  28. She Don’t Love Me That Way 2:42 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  29. Broken Heart Blues 2:50 Sonny Boy Williamson (1991) guitar
  30. When You Said Goodbye 2:41 Big Joe & His Washboard Band (1991) mandolin
  31. Going Back Home Blues 3:02 Kansas Joe McCoy (1991) guitar
  32. Mississippi Yodelin’ Blues 3:30 Walter Vinson acc Chatman’s Mississippi Hot Footers (1991) guitar
  33. Lowland Blues 3:05 Big Bill Broonzy (1992) mandolin
  34. Oh, Babe 3:11 Big Bill Broonzy (1992) mandolin
  35. You Know I Got a Reason 2:52 Big Bill Broonzy (1992) mandolin
  36. Seven-Eleven 3:00 Big Bill Broonzy (1992) mandolin
  37. Meat Cutter Blues (alt. take) 3:11 Kansas Joe McCoy (1993) guitar
  38. I’d Rather Be With You 2:40 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  39. Jackass for Sale 2:52 Yas Yas Girl (1994) mandolin
  40. I Feel Like a Millionaire 2:45 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  41. Empty Bed Blues 2:53 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  42. I’m in So Much Trouble Now 2:45 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  43. Stay on It 2:29 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  44. Mean Baby Blues 2:55 Johnny Temple (1994) guitar
  45. You Done Tore Your Playhouse Down 2:47 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  46. It Was Red 2:39 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  47. I'm Cuttin' Out 2:34 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  48. Let's Get Drunk and Truck 2:57 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar
  49. Live and Die for You 2:38 The Harlem Hamfats (1994) mandolin, guitar

Vocals

  1. Let's Get Drunk and Truck 2:57 The Harlem Hamfats (1994)

Credited as (6)

  1. Papa Charlie McCoy
  2. Papa Charlie McCoy & Bo Carter
  3. Charlie McCoy
  4. “Papa” Charlie McCoy
  5. Charlie McCoy and Bo Chatman
  6. Charlie McCoy & Bo Carter

Works (1)

Composed

  1. Vicksburg Stomp

Links (11)

Other Databases

  1. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/357899
  2. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00027099
  3. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no00027099/
  4. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13938169x

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/700257

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001008184

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/12495653

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2050481

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/4LwB86Ve6LpHYtsbnu6bvC
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/73828

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/14463402