User:CowbellWikia

A cow bell or cowbell is a bell worn by freely roaming livestock, making animals easier to locate should they wander off. Although they are typically referred to as "cow bells", due to their extensive use with cattle, the bells are used on a wide variety of animals. Later, the Cowbell was dicovered as a musical instrument.

Although cowbells first appeared in American hillbilly music in the 1920s, they have also been used as an instrument in more recent popular music. The intro and ending to the 1958 track "Heartbeat" by the American artist Buddy Holly, a USA minor hit which reached No. 82 in the Billboard Hot 100, is perhaps the first use in the pop era.