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    Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful hit " The Hustle ".

  2. Jul 7, 1979 · Van McCoy, who helped pioneer the disco craze with his 1975 hit song, “The Hustle,” died yesterday morning of cardiac arrest in Englewood, N.J., after entering Englewood Hospital a week earlier.

  3. Jul 6, 2010 · Van McCoy January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979. Van McCoy was a musician, producer, arranger and prolific songwriter who has penned upwards of 700 songs during his career. But, he is perhaps best remembered for just one, “The Hustle,” which was massive disco hit of 1975 and to this day, arguably defines the era.

  4. Jul 6, 2014 · McCoy was only 39 when he died of a heart attack July 6, 1979. But he lives on via “The Hustle” and other songs he wrote and produced for such artists as Gladys Knight and the Pips and Aretha ...

  5. Jan 7, 2023 · Van McCoy died in Englewood, New Jersey on July 6, 1979 of a heart attack. He was only 39 years old. McCoy did not live to see the racist, homophobic anti-disco backlash that closed out the seventies and delayed his vision of eventual racial unity through music, which got its symbolic kickoff less than a week after his death.

  6. Van McCoy was overwhelmed by the sudden burst of stardom and life in the fast lane. He never got back to the mellow life and fun career he had so dearly cherished. The 39 year old star was stricken with heart failure in his fashionable home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey and died July 6, 1979 at Englewood General Hospital.

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  8. Feb 13, 2022 · Let it play in the background as you study and immerse yourself in this topic! Composer, conductor, and lyricist Van Allen Clinton McCoy was born on January 6, 1940, in Washington, D.C., to Norman S. McCoy Sr. and Lillian Ray. Van had one brother, Norman S. McCoy Jr., and a sister Mattie McCoy Taylor. Van began piano studies at four before ...