Coo-Coo Bird

~ Recording by Clarence Ashley

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyAnthology of American Folk Music, Volume Three: SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Folkways RecordsFP 253
5.1The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyAnthology of American Folk MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US1997-08-19
Smithsonian Folkways (imprint of Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)SFW 40090
1.4Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyGreenback Dollar: The Music of Clarence "Tom" Ashley 1929-1933Clarence "Tom" AshleyAlbum + Compilation
County RecordsCO-CD-3520
1.4Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyThe Music Of Clarence Ashley 1929-1933 - Greenback DollarClarence Ashley
County RecordsCO-CD-3520
1.7Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyO Brother: Music in the TraditionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Country Stars (reissues)CTS 55475
1.10The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyThe Rose and the Briar: Death, Love and Liberty in the American BalladVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2004-09-28
1.13The Coo‐Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyDesperate Man BluesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988)504674627
2.7Coo Coo Bird2:56Clarence AshleyO BrotherVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Golden Stars (reissues, cat. no. GSS ####)GSS 5412
1.7Coo Coo Bird2:58Clarence AshleyOld Time Mountain BanjoVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
County RecordsCO-CD-3533
1.11The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyOdyssee Second Serie: Pas Si BêtesVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2006-10-26
1.13The Coo‐Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyDesperate Man Blues: Discovering the Roots of American Music (reissue)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Dust‐to‐DigitalDTD-05A
1.12The Coo-Coo Bird2:54Clarence AshleyThe Roots of DroneVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Chrome Dreams (“Maximum” bootleg biography series)CDCD5078
4.12The Coo-Coo Bird?:??Clarence AshleyThe Johnson City Sessions: Can You Sing or Play Old-Time Music? (1928-1929)Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • DE2013-08-06
Bear Family RecordsBCD16083
1.1The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyAnthology of American Folk Music, Volume Three: SongsVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Mississippi RecordsMRP-072
1.1The Coo‐Coo Bird2:58Clarence AshleyAmerican EpicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XE2017-05-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment), Lo-Max, Third Man Records88875099692
1.3The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo)2:58Clarence AshleyAmerican Epic: The Best of CountryVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-05-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)
1.1The Coo Coo Bird (The Cuckoo)2:58Clarence AshleyAmerican Epic: The CollectionVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • US2017-05-12
Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment)64178
1.8The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyThe Rough Guide to the Roots of Country MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2019-08-30
World Music NetworkRGNET1391CD
1.8The Coo Coo Bird2:54Clarence AshleyThe Rough Guide to the Roots of Country MusicVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2019-08-30
World Music NetworkRGNET1391DD
1.21The Coo-Coo Bird2:56Clarence AshleyTell It to Me: Revisiting the Johnson City Sessions 1928-1929Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 17591
Promotion
1.6The Coo Coo Bird2:57Clarence AshleyDrifter's Escape: The Music That Inspired Bob Dylan's John Wesley Harding and Nashville SkylineVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
  • GB2008-01-03
Uncut (magazine)UNCUT 2008 02
(unknown)
5.1The Coo Coo Bird?:??Clarence AshleyAnthology Of American Folk MusicHarry SmithAlbum + Compilation
  • US2014-02-18
Mississippi Records[none]

Relationships

recorded in:Johnson City, Tennessee, United States (on 1929-11-23)
banjo:Clarence Ashley (aka Tom Ashley) (on 1929-11-23)
vocals:Clarence Ashley (aka Tom Ashley) (on 1929-11-23)
recording of:The Cuckoo (on 1929-11-23)

Related works

The Cuckoo

lyricist and composer:[traditional] (special purpose artist)
is the basis for:The Dove