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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).

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1	The Hustle	349
2	The Hustle (original mix) full track	81
3	Soul Cha Cha full track	25
4	The Shuffle full track	15
5	Theme From Star Trek full track	11
5	The Hustle (Super Hustle Mix) full track	11
7	Do the Hustle	10
8	Keep on Hustlin' full track	8
8	African Symphony full track	8
8	Sweet and Easy	8
11	Love Is the Answer full track	6
12	Party full track	5
13	Love at First Sight full track	4
13	Disco Baby full track	4
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Suzysgotmynumbe wrote:
last week

I shall be doing the hustle

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HerrDick wrote:
October 2009

Ooooooh Yeahhhhh ! It Reminds me to the golden 70th

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Int3r wrote:
September 2009

Just do the hustle!

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dopemoves wrote:
May 2009

The best is doing the Hustle drunk lol

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jalenkorr wrote:
January 2009

y es la cancion que usa Fry en Futurama para recuperar a su perro... ¿a que no os acordabais? In futurama, Fry uses this song in the museum to recover his dog...

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Tr1xx wrote:
January 2009

I have to admit, I'd expect more; "The Hustle" is one of THE significant tracks in the history of Disco music

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gayle_grenade wrote:
January 2009

*ONLY* 7 shouts?

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OSCARCHOICE-CHI wrote:
November 2008

5 EXITOS PASE EN LAS DISCOS DE URUGUAY---------------------------------------------------------

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80sfever wrote:
July 2008

I still do the Hustle!

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TheMusicMaestro wrote:
May 2008

a #1 pop & #1 R&B single in 1975, it is one of the top 10 dance singles of the Rock N' Roll Era!

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marcosvenicio wrote:
January 2008

Van Mc Coy é o cara !!!

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uniaocontabilid wrote:
November 2007

gostaria de ter a musica GOOD NIGHT BABY, faixa do LP (VINIL) HOT ISSIMO2 (+-) 1975/1978

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Tr1xx wrote:
July 2007

Don't forget The Shuffle

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Constantines wrote:
May 2007

Do the hustle! :D

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