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Van McCoy
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American musician, producer and songwriter (1940–1979)
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Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter, singer and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song "The Hustle". He has approximately 700 song copyrights to his credit, and is also noted for producing songs for such recording artists as Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Stylistics,…
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- Sextette — Delegate1978
- The Mike Douglas Show — Self1961
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1943-08-20
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Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 - July 6, 1979) was a music producer, musician, songwriter, and orchestra conductor most famous for his massive 1975 disco hit "The Hustle", which is still played on dancefloors today, almost 30 years after his death. He is also notable for producing such 1970s recording artists as Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin, Stacy Lattisaw, and The Softones. After he droped out of college he formed his own label Rockin' Records, and relea
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Place of death
- Englewood
- Occupation
- conductor
- Educated at
- Howard University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- contemporary R&B
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.vanmccoymusic.com
- Residence
- Washington, D.C.
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- date of birth
- 1940-01-06
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of death
- 1979-07-06
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- birth name
- Van Allen Clinton McCoy
- copyright representative
- Broadcast Music, Inc.
- name in native language
- Van McCoy
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