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Kansas Joe McCoy (11 May 1905 - 28 Jan 1950)

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (2)

Releases (8)

Official

Album - Compilation

  1. One in a Hundred 1999

Single

  1. I’m Wild About My Stuff / Botherin’ That Thing Feb 1931 (as Kansas Joe)
  2. She Wouldn’t Give Me None / My Mary Blues Mar 1931 (as Kansas Joe)
  3. My Wash Womans Gone / Shake Mattie 1931 (as Kansas Joe)
  4. Beat It Right / Preacher Blues 1931 (as Kansas Joe)
  5. I’m Fixed for You / That’s Your Yas Yas 1932 (as Kansas Joe)
  6. Joliet Bound / A Stranger’s Blues 1932 (as Kansas Joe)
  7. I’m Going Crazy / Dresser Drawer Blues 1932 (as Kansas Joe)

Relationships (4)

Member Of

  1. Hallelujah Joe & Congregation original, eponymous
  2. The Harlem Hamfats

Married

  1. Memphis Minnie (1929 - 1935)

Siblings

  1. “Papa” Charlie McCoy

Recordings by (51)

  1. Botherin' That Thing 3:16 (Feb 1931)
  2. I’m Wild About My Stuff 2:57 (Feb 1931)
  3. My Mary Blues 3:11 (Mar 1931)
  4. She Wouldn’t Give Me None ?:?? (Mar 1931)
  5. Pile Drivin' Blues 2:47 (1931)
  6. Preachers Blues 3:12 (1931)
  7. Shake Mattie 2:37 (1931)
  8. My Wash Woman's Gone 2:45 (1931)
  9. Beat It Right 3:28 (1931)
  10. Stranger’s Blues 2:53 (1932)
  11. I'm Going Crazy 3:36 (1932)
  12. Dresser Drawer Blues 3:17 (1932)
  13. I’m Fixed for You ?:?? (1932)
  14. That’s Your Yas Yas ?:?? (1932)
  15. Joliet Bound 3:08 (1932)
  16. You Know You Done Me Wrong 3:13 (1932)
  17. Evil Devil Woman Blues 3:12 (1991)
  18. Meat Cutter Blues 2:55 (1991)
  19. Going Back Home Blues 3:02 (1991)
  20. Someday I’ll Be in the Clay 3:13 (1991)
  21. I Got to Have a Little More 3:19 (1991)
  22. Greyhound Blues 3:12 (1992)
  23. My Babe, My Babe 2:42 (1992)
  24. Look Who's Coming Down the Road 2:46 (1992)
  25. The World Is a Hard Place to Live In 2:44 (1992)
  26. Well, Well 3:02 (1992)
  27. Please Baby 3:06 (1992)
  28. One in a Hundred 3:24 (1992)
  29. One More Greasing 3:12 (1992)
  30. The Prodigal’s Return 2:56 (1992)
  31. If I Be Lifted Up 3:04 (1992)
  32. Don't Need No Doctor When I Come to Die 3:04 (1992)
  33. That Great Love 3:27 (1992)
  34. Main Key to Heaven 3:07 (1992)
  35. Twenty Minutes to Hell tk B 3:25 (1992)
  36. Dry Bones In the Valley 3:25 (1992)
  37. Highway 61 3:08 (1992)
  38. Something's Gonna Happen to You 3:05 (1992)
  39. Your Money Can't Buy Me 2:45 (1992)
  40. I'm Alright Now 3:08 (1992)
  41. Meat Cutter Blues (alt. take) 3:11 (1993)
  42. What's the Matter With You 2:57 (1993)
  43. Let's Try It Again 3:00 (1998)
  44. You Done Tore Your Pants With Me 2:55 (1999)
  45. I Love You Baby 2:58 (1999)
  46. Weed Smoker’s Dream 3:12 (1999)
  47. Why Don't You Do Right 3:27 (1999)
  48. Hey Loretta 2:00 (2002)
  49. Too Much Going On 2:14 (2002)
  50. Why Don’t You Do Right 3:11 (2007)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. That Will Be Alright 3:07 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (1929) guitar
  2. When the Levee Breaks 3:11 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (1929) guitar
  3. Bumble Bee 2:48 Memphis Minnie (Mar 1930) guitar
  4. I’m Talking About You 2:42 Memphis Minnie (Mar 1930) guitar
  5. What Fault You Find of Me? Part 2 2:50 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Jul 1930) guitar
  6. What Fault You Find of Me? Part 1 2:44 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Jul 1930) guitar
  7. Can I Do It for You? Part 2 3:12 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Sep 1930) guitar
  8. Can I Do It for You? Part 1 3:09 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Sep 1930) guitar
  9. Cherry Ball Blues 3:12 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Oct 1930) guitar
  10. I Don’t Want No Woman I Have to Give My Money To 3:25 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Oct 1930) guitar
  11. North Memphis Blues 2:36 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Dec 1930) guitar
  12. What's the Matter With the Mill? 2:50 Memphis Minnie (Dec 1930) guitar
  13. I’m Gonna Bake My Biscuits 2:54 Memphis Minnie (1930) guitar
  14. Mister Tango Blues 3:37 Memphis Minnie (1930) guitar
  15. Bumble Bee No. 2 2:52 Memphis Minnie (Jan 1931) guitar
  16. I'm Talking 'Bout You (No. 2) 3:16 Memphis Minnie (Jan 1931) guitar
  17. I’m Wild About My Stuff 2:57 Kansas Joe McCoy (Feb 1931) guitar
  18. Botherin' That Thing 3:16 Kansas Joe McCoy (Feb 1931) guitar
  19. My Mary Blues 3:11 Kansas Joe McCoy (Mar 1931) guitar
  20. Plymouth Rock Blues 2:52 Memphis Minnie (Aug 1931) guitar
  21. I Called You This Morning 3:01 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy (Aug 1931) guitar
  22. Somebody’s Got to Help You 3:21 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Nov 1931) guitar
  23. Tricks Ain’t Walking No More 3:07 Memphis Minnie (Nov 1931) guitar
  24. Let’s Go to Town 3:10 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Dec 1931) guitar
  25. Pickin’ the Blues 3:05 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Dec 1931) guitar
  26. After While Blues 2:54 Memphis Minnie (1931) mandolin
  27. Crazy Cryin’ Blues 3:29 Memphis Minnie (1931) guitar
  28. She Put Me Outdoors 2:51 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (1931) guitar
  29. Beat It Right 3:28 Kansas Joe McCoy (1931) guitar
  30. New Bumble Bee 2:53 Memphis Minnie (1931) guitar
  31. I Don't Want That Junk Outta You 2:25 Memphis Minnie (1931) guitar
  32. Soo Cow Soo 2:39 Memphis Minnie (1931) guitar
  33. Georgia Skin Blues 3:26 Memphis Minnie (1931) guitar

Vocals

  1. When the Levee Breaks 3:11 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (1929)
  2. That Will Be Alright 3:07 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe (1929)
  3. What Fault You Find of Me? Part 2 2:50 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Jul 1930)
  4. What Fault You Find of Me? Part 1 2:44 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Jul 1930)
  5. Can I Do It for You? Part 2 3:12 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Sep 1930)
  6. Can I Do It for You? Part 1 3:09 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Sep 1930)
  7. Cherry Ball Blues 3:12 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Oct 1930)
  8. I Don’t Want No Woman I Have to Give My Money To 3:25 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Oct 1930)
  9. What's the Matter With the Mill? 2:50 Memphis Minnie (Dec 1930)
  10. Botherin' That Thing 3:16 Kansas Joe McCoy (Feb 1931)
  11. I’m Wild About My Stuff 2:57 Kansas Joe McCoy (Feb 1931)
  12. My Mary Blues 3:11 Kansas Joe McCoy (Mar 1931)
  13. I Called You This Morning 3:01 Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy (Aug 1931)
  14. Somebody’s Got to Help You 3:21 Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie (Nov 1931)
  15. Shake Mattie 2:37 Kansas Joe McCoy (1931)
  16. Pile Drivin' Blues 2:47 Kansas Joe McCoy (1931)
  17. Preachers Blues 3:12 Kansas Joe McCoy (1931)

Credited as (35)

  1. Kansas Joe McCoy
  2. Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe McCoy
  3. Rosetta Howard & Hamfoot Ham
  4. Rosetta Howard & Hamfoot Ham with The Harlem Hamfats
  5. Kansas Joe
  6. Memphis Minnie & Kansas Joe
  7. The Mississippi Mudder-Mud Dauber Joe
  8. Georgia Pine Boy
  9. Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
  10. Minnie McCoy & Joe Johnson
  11. Joe McCoy
  12. Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
  13. Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe
  14. Kansas Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie
  15. Memphis Minnie and Kansas Joe McCoy
  16. Mississippi Mudder
  17. Hallelujah Joe
  18. The Mississippi Mudder
  19. Robert Nighthawk & Kansas Joe McCoy
  20. Robert Nighthawk & Big Joe McCoy
  21. Kansas Joe And Memphis MinnieMemphis Minnie
  22. Kansas Joe McCoy arr. Dan Kaufman
  23. Joe McCoy & Memphis Minnie
  24. Memphis Minnie, Joe McCoy
  25. Bill Wilber
  26. Memphis Minnie / Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie
  27. Memphis Minnie / Kansas Joe & Memphis Minnie
  28. Kansas Joe and Memphis Minnie / Kansas Joe
  29. Memphis Minnie, Georgia Tom, Tampa Red and Kansas Joe / Georgia Tom and Tampa Red
  30. Memphis Minnie, Georgia Tom, Tampa Red and Kansas Joe
  31. Kansas Joe, Memphis Minnie / Memphis Minnie
  32. Kansas Joe / Memphis Minnie
  33. Kansas Joe McCoy and Memphis Minnie
  34. Joe Johnson & Minnie McCoy

Works (13)

Wrote

  1. When the Levee Breaks
  2. Plymouth Rock

Composed

  1. Weed Smoker’s Dream (1936)
  2. What's the Matter With the Mill
  3. Oh! Red
  4. Why Don't You
  5. Hello Babe
  6. Why Don’t You Do Right?

Lyrics

  1. Weed Smoker’s Dream (1936)
  2. Why Don’t You Do Right?
  3. What's the Matter With the Mill
  4. Why Don't You
  5. Hello Babe

Links (17)

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n90724288
  2. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/106298
  3. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13924743q
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90724288
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/joe-mccoy
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134418212

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/307455
  2. https://www.discogs.com/artist/648282
  3. https://www.discogs.com/artist/596160
  4. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1860176

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000172734

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/42553520

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q713859

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/10994

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/725JPXCUnObQTlBiBJnfXB
  2. https://www.deezer.com/artist/376036

Streaming Page

  1. https://music.apple.com/gb/artist/614904