About: Bill Cox (folk musician)

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dbo:abstract	William Jennings Cox (August 4, 1897 – December 10, 1968) was an American folk singer known as the "Dixie Songbird", active from 1927 to 1940. Born in Eagle, West Virginia, the son of a railroad worker, he began playing guitar and singing at parties around Charleston, West Virginia in the 1920s. From 1928, he had his own radio program on station WOBU, and won a recording contract with Gennett Records. He recorded over forty songs between 1929 and 1931, including many cover versions of Jimmie Rodgers' songs, which the station played whenever Cox was unavailable. He moved to the American Record Corporation in 1933, under producer Art Satherley, and often recorded duets with the much younger singer Cliff Hobbs (1916–1961). They recorded some sixty songs together during the 1930s, including "Filipino Baby" and "Sparkling Brown Eyes". After retiring in 1940, Cox ended up falling on hard times. He was rediscovered in 1966 living in poverty in a converted chicken coop, but died before he was able to make further public appearances. (en)
dbo:activeYearsEndYear	1940-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
dbo:activeYearsStartYear	1927-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
dbo:alias	Clyde Ashley (en) Dixie Songbird (en) Luke Baldwin (en)
dbo:background	solo_singer
dbo:birthDate	1897-08-04 (xsd:date)
dbo:birthPlace	dbr:Eagle,_West_Virginia
dbo:deathDate	1968-12-10 (xsd:date)
dbo:genre	dbr:Folk_music dbr:Country_music
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dbp:alias	Clyde Ashley (en) Dixie Songbird (en) Luke Baldwin (en)
dbp:associatedActs	Cliff Hobbs (en)
dbp:background	solo_singer (en)
dbp:birthDate	1897-08-04 (xsd:date)
dbp:birthName	William Jennings Cox (en)
dbp:birthPlace	Eagle, West Virginia, U.S. (en)
dbp:deathDate	1968-12-10 (xsd:date)
dbp:genre	dbr:Folk_music dbr:Country_music
dbp:instrument	Vocals, guitar, harmonica (en)
dbp:name	Bill Cox (en)
dbp:occupation	Singer-songwriter, musician (en)
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rdfs:comment	William Jennings Cox (August 4, 1897 – December 10, 1968) was an American folk singer known as the "Dixie Songbird", active from 1927 to 1940. Born in Eagle, West Virginia, the son of a railroad worker, he began playing guitar and singing at parties around Charleston, West Virginia in the 1920s. From 1928, he had his own radio program on station WOBU, and won a recording contract with Gennett Records. He recorded over forty songs between 1929 and 1931, including many cover versions of Jimmie Rodgers' songs, which the station played whenever Cox was unavailable. (en)
rdfs:label	Bill Cox (folk musician) (en)
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foaf:givenName	William Jennings Cox (en)
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foaf:name	Bill Cox (en)
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