Van McCoy
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Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony: Hustling Up The Charts
Interview by Vernon Gibbs, Essence, 1975
EVEN THOUGH he has been writing, arranging and producing hit records since 1961, Van McCoy is still technically a newcomer. He is of that breed ...
Profile and Interview by David Nathan, Blues & Soul, May 1975
THERE CAN be very few self-respecting soul fans around who don't own a record which has featured the name "Van McCoy" somewhere along the way. ...
Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, July 1975
Disco hero of 'Hustle' fame... man behind the Stylistics' current success... and writer, producer, arranger whose hits go back 15 years. The legendary VAN McCOY ...
Profile and Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, October 1975
Although 'Van McCoy: The Artist' has really only just arrived in terms of commercial acceptance, Van's creative influence has played a major role within the ...
Van McCoy: The World's Oldest Disco Kid
Interview by Tony Cummings, Black Music, January 1976
VAN McCOY has crossed the ten million sales mark with 'The Hustle', a dance tune which will rank in influence with 'The Twist'. Yet the ...
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, September 1977
John Abbey talks to Van McCoy who has just signed with MCA Records in a move to satisfy his desire to grow, as an artist ...
Van McCoy Comes Out Of Retreat
Interview by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, February 1979
Having now emerged from a somewhat less fruitful period, following his huge international smash, 'The Hustle', Van McCoy talks of his recent creative and emotional ...
Obituary by John Abbey, Blues & Soul, July 1979
JULY HAS been a devastating month for our music because of the tragic, sad deaths of Minnie Riperton and Van McCoy. Both were highly creative ...
Van McCoy, Minnie Riperton Cut Down in Their Prime
Obituary by Danny Baker, New Musical Express, 21 July 1979
WHEN LOWELL George died, a kind of half-hearted black joke about 'the season starting' was popular on many lips. In the brief space since his ...
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