# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/van-mccoy
# Generated: 2026-08-12T18:18:11.005Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/van-mccoy"
name: "Van McCoy"
slug: "van-mccoy"
description: "Van Allen Clinton McCoy was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer. He is known for his 1975 internationally successful hit \"The Hustle\". He has approximately 700 song copyrights to his credit, and produced songs by such recording artists as Brenda & the Tabulations; David Ruffin; The Stylistics; The Presidents; Faith, Hope & Charity; New Censation; Gladys Knight & the Pips; Aretha Franklin; Peaches & Herb; Lesley Gore; and Stacy Lattisaw."
tagline: "American musician, producer and songwriter (1940–1979)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/ff/Van_McCoy.jpg"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1940-01-06"
deathDate: "1979-07-06"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.51
  momentum:             15.83440102498398
  historical:           15.77687333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0566817/"
    handle:    "nm0566817"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.vanmccoymusic.com"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "فان مكوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D9%83%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "فان مكوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "وان مک‌کوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%DA%A9%E2%80%8C%DA%A9%D9%88%DB%8C"
    title: "وان مک‌کوی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%83%E3%82%B3%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ヴァン・マッコイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/Van_McCoy"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/0f081bd8-d324-4738-8197-f30b933dc2df"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1886750"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1064487"
    title: "Van McCoy"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump