Van McCoy

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The Hustle 04:09 Tools
The Hustle - Original Mix 04:04 Tools
The Hustle (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Soul Cha Cha 00:00 Tools
The Shuffle 04:14 Tools
The Hustle (Super Hustle Mix) 04:12 Tools
Love Is the Answer 03:20 Tools
Do the Hustle 00:00 Tools
Disco Baby 03:32 Tools
Theme from Star Trek 04:45 Tools
African Symphony 04:33 Tools
Party 04:15 Tools
Soul Improvisations 00:00 Tools
Change With the Times 03:16 Tools
Keep On Hustlin' 00:00 Tools
The Hustle - Super Hustle Mix 00:00 Tools
Hey Girl, Come and Get It 03:11 Tools
My Favorite Fantasy 03:22 Tools
Love At First Sight 04:29 Tools
Night Walk 00:00 Tools
Sweet and Easy 00:00 Tools
Mr DJ 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisations, Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Hustle 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisations Pt 2 00:00 Tools
Get Dancin' 03:37 Tools
Sweet & Easy 00:00 Tools
The Disco Kid 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Pick Up The Pieces 00:00 Tools
Doctor's Orders 00:00 Tools
Fire 00:00 Tools
Good night, baby 04:02 Tools
Spanish Boogie 00:00 Tools
Jet Setting 00:00 Tools
Turn This Mother Out 00:00 Tools
Shakey Ground 00:00 Tools
Boogie Down 00:00 Tools
The Hustle [Original Mix] 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (1975) 00:00 Tools
back stabbers 00:00 Tools
Love Is the Answer (feat. The Soul City Symphony) 00:00 Tools
The Hustle And Best Of - The Hustle (Original Mix) 00:00 Tools
Earthquake 00:00 Tools
Night Time Is Lonely Time 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Disco Mix) 00:00 Tools
Indian Warpath 00:00 Tools
That's The Joint 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisation 00:00 Tools
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life 00:00 Tools
Rhythms Of The World 00:00 Tools
My Reverie 00:00 Tools
The Walk 00:00 Tools
Van McCoy - The Hustle 04:03 Tools
Girls Are Sentimental 00:00 Tools
Roll With The Punches 00:00 Tools
How High The Moon 00:00 Tools
Swahili Boogie 00:00 Tools
You Were My First Love 00:00 Tools
the hustle (1975) (HQ) 00:00 Tools
touch me in the morning 00:00 Tools
Oriental Boogie 00:00 Tools
a rainy night in georgia 00:00 Tools
Do The Hussle 00:00 Tools
Let Me Down Easy 00:00 Tools
I'm In Love With You Baby 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Disconet Remix) 00:00 Tools
I'm in Your Corner (Remastered) 00:00 Tools
I Can Dream Can't I? 00:00 Tools
(To Each His Own) That's My Philosophy 00:00 Tools
Everytime We Say Goodbye 00:00 Tools
Love Child 00:00 Tools
Through A Long And Sleepless Night 00:00 Tools
I'm Gonna Love You 00:00 Tools
Proud mary 00:00 Tools
I Get Along Without You Very Well 00:00 Tools
The House That Love Built 00:00 Tools
I'll Close My Eyes 00:00 Tools
A Young Fool In Love 00:00 Tools
Van McCoy-The Hustle 00:00 Tools
The Hustle [Super Hustle Mix] 00:00 Tools
Just In Case 00:00 Tools
Funky feet 00:00 Tools
Don't Hang Me Up 00:00 Tools
So Many Mountains 00:00 Tools
Don't Rock The Boat 00:00 Tools
Two Points 00:00 Tools
Now That You're Gone 00:00 Tools
To Each His Own 00:00 Tools
Sweet, Sweet Rhythm 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Remix) 00:00 Tools
The Bustle - Tema De Abertura 00:00 Tools
I Would Love To Love You 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (12 Inch Version) 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisations, Part 2 00:00 Tools
soul improvisations part 1 00:00 Tools
Help is on the way 00:00 Tools
Ain't no mountan high 00:00 Tools
That's The Story Of My Life 00:00 Tools
Every Year When Summer Turns to Fall 00:00 Tools
The Hustle - Van McCoy 00:00 Tools
Baby I'm Yours 00:00 Tools
Hustle, The 00:00 Tools
Ain't got no love 00:00 Tools
soul improvisations (part 2) 00:00 Tools
Words Spoken Softly At Midnight 00:00 Tools
Born into slavery 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Damgroove Remix) 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Re-Recorded / Remastered) 00:00 Tools
Van McCoy 00:00 Tools
My Favourite Fantasy 00:00 Tools
Right Now 00:00 Tools
Love theme 00:00 Tools
"The Hustle" 00:00 Tools
That's Why I Love You So Much 00:00 Tools
african symphony (tribal drums edit) 00:00 Tools
Earthquake by Van McCoy 00:00 Tools
The Husle 00:00 Tools
I get lovin on my mind 00:00 Tools
Ain't No Mountain High Enough 00:00 Tools
Lonely Dancer 00:00 Tools
Follow Your Heart 00:00 Tools
13 - The Hustle - Van McCoy(1975 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (12 Inch) 00:00 Tools
Shuffle 00:00 Tools
Sweet Sweet Rhythm 00:00 Tools
Before And After 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisations, Pt 2 00:00 Tools
You're So Right For Me 00:00 Tools
Hey Girl, Come and Get Get It 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Radio Edit) 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Hot Tracks Remix)192 00:00 Tools
I'm Beginning To Feel Like My Old Self Again 00:00 Tools
He who hath ears to hear (let him hear) 00:00 Tools
Soul Cha Cha 1977 00:00 Tools
The Hussle 00:00 Tools
It Ain't No Big Thing 00:00 Tools
Touchdown 00:00 Tools
I must go 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (12'' Version) 00:00 Tools
Keep on Hustlin (The Second Hustle) 00:00 Tools
Theme From Shaft/Lara's Theme (Isaac Hayes/Dr. Zhivago) 00:00 Tools
Love Is The Answer (Disco Mix) 00:00 Tools
A Woman Called Moses 00:00 Tools
03 The Hustle 00:00 Tools
EL PERSEGUIDOR 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (feat. The Soul City Symphony) 00:00 Tools
Arrastra los Pies 00:00 Tools
That's My Philosophy 00:00 Tools
Tou Are The Sunshine Of My Life 00:00 Tools
Do The Hustle (djDH Dance mix) 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisations Pt. 2 00:00 Tools
Do The Hustle 1975 00:00 Tools
Wings Of Love 00:00 Tools
Trying To Make The Best Of It 00:00 Tools
Doctor's Order 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (1995 remix) 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Single Version) 00:00 Tools
01 Disco Baby 00:00 Tools
Shake Your Booty 00:00 Tools
What's The Matter Baby? 00:00 Tools
The hustler 00:00 Tools
Colleman's theme 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisations (Part 1) 00:00 Tools
Thema From Star Trek 00:00 Tools
The Hustel 00:00 Tools
Van McCoy / The Hustle 00:00 Tools
Plantin time 00:00 Tools
The Hustle(extended) 00:00 Tools
Love Is the Answer (12" Mix) 00:00 Tools
04 Get Dancin' 00:00 Tools
05 Doctor's Orders 00:00 Tools
01. Mr. DJ 00:00 Tools
02 Fire 00:00 Tools
06 Turn This Mother Out 00:00 Tools
08 Spanish Boogie 00:00 Tools
Do the Hustle [loop] 00:00 Tools
07 Shakey Ground 00:00 Tools
Killing Me Softly 00:00 Tools
Soul improvisations part.1 00:00 Tools
09 Pick Up The Pieces 00:00 Tools
Chenge With Times 00:00 Tools
The Hustle - Sable Blanc's Sunshine Edit 00:00 Tools
I Wish You Well 00:00 Tools
Born into the slavery 00:00 Tools
Keep On Hustlin 00:00 Tools
Disco Movies medley 1 00:00 Tools
Decisions 00:00 Tools
アフリカン・シンフォニー 00:00 Tools
Mr. D.J 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisation Pt.1 00:00 Tools
Do The Hustle (1975) 00:00 Tools
The Hustle || 161 || S 00:00 Tools
Clown Shoes 00:00 Tools
The hustle 1975 00:00 Tools
The Hustle '75 00:00 Tools
(To Each Hisown) That's My Philosophy 00:00 Tools
Do The Hustle (Maxi 45t) 00:00 Tools
I Get Lovin' on My Mind 00:00 Tools
Hey Girl,Come And Get It 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Hot Tracks Remix) 00:00 Tools
Love is the answer (original mix) 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisation pt 2 00:00 Tools
baby i'm yours (original demo) 00:00 Tools
Love Theme [Game - 'Born in the Trap'] 00:00 Tools
The Hustle @ 4UsOnly.biz 00:00 Tools
The Hustle [Original Mix] [Original Mix] 00:00 Tools
10 Hey Girl, Come And Get It 00:00 Tools
Hey Girl, Come & Get It 00:00 Tools
The Hustle || 472 || S 00:00 Tools
Van McCoy - Do the Hustle 00:00 Tools
Words Spoken Softley At Midnight 00:00 Tools
He Who Hath Ears To Hear 00:00 Tools
Soul Improvisation 2 00:00 Tools
Merry go around 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (extended) 00:00 Tools
Disco Movies medley 2 00:00 Tools
Love At The First Sight 00:00 Tools
Do the samba (hustle 2) 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (song) Mister Dee Rework 00:00 Tools
13 - The Hustle 00:00 Tools
The Hustle - 1975 00:00 Tools
To Each His Own, That's My Philosohy 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (12 inch remix) 00:00 Tools
soul improvisation, pt. 2 00:00 Tools
The Hustle (Disco Baby) 00:00 Tools
Disco - Do The Hustle 00:00 Tools
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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 released his first single Hey Mr. DJ in 1959. This single gained the attention of Scepter Records owner Florence Greenberg, who hired McCoy as a staff writer and A&R Representative. As a writer there, McCoy penned his first hit Stop the Music for the female vocal group the Shirelles in 1962. However he didn't really come into his own until signing on with producers Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller as a writer with their Tiger and Daisy labels. McCoy would go on to write a string of hits as the '60s progressed with them. He also penned the cult classic You're Gonna Make Me Love You for his then-girlfriend Kendra Spotswood during that period. In 1966, McCoy recorded a solo LP for Columbia Records entitled Nighttime Is a Lonely Time, and, a year later, started his own short-lived label Vando, as well as his own production company VMP (Van McCoy Productions). In the early-'70s, McCoy began a long and acclaimed collaboration with songwriter and producer Charles Kipps, and arranged several hits for the soul group the Stylistics before releasing a solo LP Soul Improvisations in 1972, which wasn't a success. He also formed his own orchestra Soul City Symphony, and, with singers Faith, Hope and Charity, produced several albums and gave many performances. In 1975, to low expectations, McCoy released another LP Disco Baby for the Avco label. Unexpectedly, the single "The Hustle" from the album, written about the dance of the same name and recorded last for the album, went to the top of the Billboard pop charts, and won a Grammy. McCoy, then regarded a disco hitmaker, never did repeat the success of the song, and, after a series of follow-up albums (From Disco to Love (1975 reissue of Soul Improvisations), The Disco Kid (1975), The Real McCoy (1976), Rhythms of the World (1976), My Favorite Fantasy (1978), Lonely Dancer (1979), and Sweet Rhythm (1979)) of which only the first few sold somewhat well yet spawned no hits, returned to producing and writing. He died from a heart attack in Englewood, New Jersey on July 6, 1979. Prior to the above Van McCoy had a group and sang at a club named The Birdland on Columbia Road in Washington, D.C. They made a song called the birdland and a very popular dance in D.C. was called The Birdland. The group was named The Birdlanders and later became the Starlighters. Van later formed a Washington group named Anacostia that had a popular Album. Anacostia was named after a neighborhood in D.C. The high school, Anacostia was integrated by a student named Spottswood Robinson whos father became a famous Federal judge in D,C, (2) Although best known to the listening public at large for his lone headlining hit, the disco blockbuster "The Hustle," Van McCoy in fact enjoyed a long and remarkably prolific career behind the scenes as a songwriter and producer, piling up a series of soul hits prior to his premature death at the age of just 39. Born Van Allen Clinton McCoy on January 6, 1940, in Washington, D.C., as a child he sang with the Metropolitan Baptist Church choir, and by the age of 12 he was writing his own songs in addition to performing in local amateur shows alongside older brother, Norman Jr. The McCoy siblings eventually partnered with high-school friends Freddy Smith and Paul Comedy in the doo wop combo the Starlighters. Serving as their lead vocalist, writer, and music director, Van masterminded the Starlighters' 1956 debut single, "The Birdland," a novelty dance record that generated enough local interest to earn them an invitation to tour the East Coast in support of drummer Vi Burnsides. As military and marital obligations forced the group to dissolve during the months to follow, McCoy entered Howard University to study psychology, but dropped out after a year to pursue a full-time career in music, relocating to Philadelphia and forming his own label, Rockin' Records. In 1959 Rockin' issued McCoy's debut solo single, "Hey Mr. DJ." While not a major hit, the record did earn the attention of Scepter Records owner Florence Greenberg, who hired him as a staff writer and A&R rep -- there he penned the 1962 hit "Stop the Music" for the Shirelles before signing on with producers Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller as a writer with their Tiger and Daisy labels. Over the next several years McCoy penned a series of hits, among them Jackie Wilson's "I Get the Sweetest Feeling," Gladys Knight & the Pips' "Giving Up," Betty Everett's "Getting Mighty Crowded," Ruby & the Romantics' "When You're Young and in Love," and -- best of all -- Barbara Lewis' celestial "Baby, I'm Yours." With then-girlfriend Kendra Spotswood, he also wrote, produced, and performed a series of pseudonymous singles, including the Pacettes' "You Don't Know Baby," Jack & Jill's "Two of a Kind," and the Fantastic Vantastics' "Gee What a Boy." (Under the name Sandi Sheldon, Spotswood also recorded the McCoy-penned stomper "You're Gonna Make Me Love You," one of the crown jewels of Britain's Northern soul club scene.) In 1966 McCoy signed to Columbia to record a solo LP, the Mitch Miller-produced Nighttime Is a Lonely Time; the following year he formed his own short-lived label, Vando, as well as his own production company, VMP (Van McCoy Productions, natch). Beginning in 1971, McCoy began a long and fruitful collaboration with fellow songwriter and producer Charles Kipps -- together they helmed a series of sessions, including David Ruffin's acclaimed 1975 Motown comeback, Who I Am, which yielded the smash "Walk Away from Love." McCoy also arranged several hits for Philly soul legends the Stylistics, but despite his success as a writer and producer, he still sought approval as a performer. In 1972 he issued a solo LP, Soul Improvisations (later retitled From Disco to Love), but it went nowhere. Expectations were similarly low for 1975's Avco label effort Disco Baby -- McCoy authored "The Hustle" after hearing about the dance from New York City disc jockey David Todd, and the song, written in under an hour, was the last track recorded for the album. "The Hustle" went on to top the Billboard pop charts in July 1975, also earning a Grammy, although McCoy acknowledged he felt extreme discomfort in his new and narrow role as a disco hitmaker -- a series of follow-up albums (among them The Disco Kid, 1976's The Real McCoy and Rhythms of the World, and 1979's Lonely Dancer) failed to recapture the massive popularity of "The Hustle," however, and he gradually receded back into the shadows, producing new talent including Faith, Hope & Charity. He died of a massive heart attack in Englewood, NJ, on July 6, 1979, exactly six months shy of his 40th birthday. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.