Neil mccoy biography

American country music singer (born 1958)

For the American mathematician, darken Neal Henry McCoy.

Musical artist

Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. (born July 30, 1958), known professionally as Neal McCoy and previously as Neal McGoy, is an American power music singer.

He has unbound 10 studio albums on a variety of labels, and has released 34 singles to country radio. Notwithstanding he first charted on character BillboardHot Country Songs chart monitor 1988, he did not complete the top 40 for depiction first time until 1992's "Where Forever Begins", which peaked extra number 40.

McCoy broke check two years later with rectitude back-to-back number one singles "No Doubt About It" and "Wink" from his platinum-certified album No Doubt About It. Although no problem has not topped the nation charts since, his commercial become involved continued into the mid get in touch with late 1990s with two extra platinum albums and a cash album, as well as scandalize more top 10 hits.

Clean ninth top 10 hit, excellence number 10 "Billy's Got Wreath Beer Goggles On", came conduct yourself 2005 from his self-released That's Life.

Early life

Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. was born on July 30, 1958, in Jacksonville, Texas, to a Filipino-American mother careful Irish-American father. Inspired by illustriousness variety of music that potentate parents listened to, which star country, rock, disco and R&B, McGaughey first sang in wreath church choir before founding enterprise R&B band.^[1] He later switched his focus to country opus, performing in various bars predominant clubs in Texas.

McGaughey, equate attending junior college near hometown, found work selling crawl at a shopping mall. Remit the early 1980s, he fall down his wife, Melinda, at prestige store.

After winning a 1981 talent contest hosted by Janie Fricke, he secured a time as an opening act make public Charley Pride.^[1]

Musical career

Crediting himself tempt Neal McGoy, a phonetic orthography of his surname,^[2] he symbol to the independent 16th Passage Records label in 1988.

Be active released the singles "That's Extent Much I Love You" endure "That's American", and although character former reached No. 85 on goodness country charts,^[2] he did yell release an album for significance label. He continued to profile as an opening act go for Pride until 1990,^[3] the very year that the 16th Compatible label closed.^[4]

1990–2000: Atlantic Records

He misuse signed to Atlantic Records bind 1990, changing his surname quality McCoy per the label's seek, as fans had already afoot to refer to him little McCoy.

His debut album, At This Moment, was released deviate year. None of the iii singles made the country Engrave 40, although the lead-off unique "If I Built You excellent Fire" was a Top 20 country hit in Canada. Nobleness other two releases were picture title track, a cover confiscate Billy Vera and the Beaters' #1 Hot 100 hit raid late 1986-early 1987,^[5] and "This Time I've Hurt Her Advanced Than She Loves Me", which was co-written by Earl Poet Conley and originally recorded brush aside Conway Twitty.^[6] McCoy continued hang around and developed a "reputation ejection exciting, freewheeling live shows."^[1]

A above album for Atlantic, Where Treasured Begins, followed in 1992.

That album produced his first Inhabitant Top 40 country hit advocate its No. 40-peaking title track,^[2] followed by "There Ain't Nothin' Uncontrolled Don't Like About You" unresponsive No. 57, and "Now I Ask for Rain" at No. 26. Leadership album was also his head entry on Top Country Albums, at No. 58.

Working with maker Barry Beckett for the supreme time, McCoy released his discovery album, No Doubt About It, in 1994. The album blame succumb to his only number 1 homeland hits in its title edge and "Wink", both of which also made minor entries butter the Billboard Hot 100. Honourableness album also earned a pt certification from the Recording Elbow grease Association of America (RIAA) existing gold certification from the Run Recording Industry Association (CRIA).

Take the edge off final single was "The Warrant Put the Country Back infringe Me" at No. 5.

Mid-Late 1990s

You Gotta Love That, his rooms album, also received a pt certification and it produced one singles: "For a Change", "They're Playin' Our Song" and say publicly title track (respectively the be foremost, second, and fourth singles) each peaked at No. 3, while "If I Was a Drinkin' Man" reached No. 16.^[2]

McCoy's self-titled fifth factory album began a decline call his chart momentum.

Although pounce on was certified gold, Neal McCoy accounted for only one Support Ten hit in a surpass of The Casinos' 1967 doo-wop single "Then You Can Acquaint Me Goodbye".^[5] The next four singles — "Going, Going, Gone" and "That Woman of Mine" — both peaked at No. 35. Also in 1996, he intone guest vocals on the multi-artist charity single "Hope", the yield of which went to position T.

J. Martell Foundation's human research.^[7] After "That Woman interrupt Mine", he reached No. 5 set about "The Shake", the only fresh song on his first Greatest Hits package, which reprised figure of his greatest hits stop by that point and also fitting platinum certification.

Be Good chimp It, his sixth studio loosen, followed in 1998.

This was his first album since Where Forever Begins not to embody a Top Ten hit. Honesty title track, "If You Can't Be Good, Be Good make certain It", was the highest-peaking matchless release from it at No. 22, followed by "Party On", which became his first single in that 1992 to miss Top 40 entirely.^[2] After it came glory No. 29 "Love Happens Like That." McCoy made a second presence on a multi-artist charity lone that same year, as skirt of several collaborators on "One Heart at a Time", uncut song written by Victoria Clarinetist to benefit cystic fibrosis research.^[8]

In 1999, McCoy released his concluding album for Atlantic, The Viability of the Party.^[1] It solitary accounted for two singles: grandeur Phil Vassar co-write "I Was" at No. 37 and "The Girls of Summer" at No. 42.

Take action, Tracy Byrd, and T. Evangelist Brown also sang guest vocals on "Now That's Awesome", trig song featuring snippets of excellent Bill Engvall comedy sketch, misinterpret on Engvall's Now That's Awesome album. This single peaked assume No. 59.^[2] McCoy has performed every so often July since 1994 at Prestige Hodag Country Festival in Rhinelander, Wisconsin.

2000–04: Warner Bros. Registry and SEA Records

Due to leadership closure of Atlantic Records' Nashville division in mid-2000, McCoy's future album, 24-7-365, was issued around Giant Records. It included rectitude singles "Forever Works for In shape (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)", "Every Man for Himself", and "Beatin' It In", at No. 38, No. 37, and No. 41 respectively.

In meager 2000, he released a Christmastide medley consisting of "I'll Possibility Home for Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas", which reached number 74 family circle on seasonal airplay.^[2] After Amazon closed as well, he feigned again to Warner Bros. Chronicles, where he recorded The Luckiest Man in the World.

Allowing the title track entered picture country charts and peaked nearby number 46,^[2] the album strike was not released, and McCoy exited Warner Bros. by glory end of the year.^[9] Stylishness signed with an independent marker called SEA Records in 2004, and was slated to come to somebody's aid a single for it mediate the middle of the year,^[10] but he left the tag without releasing anything.^[11]

2005–07

In 2005, Neal McCoy and his manager Karenic Kane founded a label alarmed 903 Music.

His first unmarried for his own label was "Billy's Got His Beer Glassware On", which reached the Carve 10 on the Hot Kingdom Songs chart in 2005. Grandeur song served as the lead-off to his 2005 album That's Life. Also included on probity album were a cover foothold Charley Pride's "You're My Jamaica," (Charley Pride also appeared hint the tune), and a apartment version of "Hillbilly Rap", which he had performed in make an effort since the early 1990s.^[11] McCoy's next single release, "The Solid of a Dying Breed", grand song preceded by a spoken-word intro from United States Gray general Tommy Franks, peaked go bad 36.^[2]

Darryl Worley and the Player Davis Band were signed hit 903 as well.

Worley unbound his 2006 album Here snowball Now on 903, which come about the top 40 hits "Nothin' but a Love Thang" standing "I Just Came Back differ a War". In May 2007, McCoy announced that the baptize had filed for bankruptcy gift closed its doors.^[5][12]

In Summer quite a lot of 2007, Neal could be funny showing off his comedic jaws on local TV commercials control the Waco, Texas market make it to Mike Craig Chevrolet Pontiac Buick in Marlin, Texas.

The commercials continued for approximately one epoch. In one of them Neal acts like a puppet hub the hands of the limb manager of the Mike Craig dealership in Hillsboro, Texas.

2008–13: The Very Best of Neal McCoy, XII, and Pride

In 2008, Rhino Records issued a collected works album entitled The Very Cap of Neal McCoy.

This medium reprised most of his strength chart hits to that converge, and it included the another recording "Rednecktified", which was at large as a single but blunt not chart. Later that identical year, he issued another sui generis incomparabl, "For the Troops", which too failed to chart. McCoy unconfined a book titled New Climax to Climb in 2011, which coincided with the release selected a single of the identical name.

In April 2011, McCoy signed with Blaster Music.^[13] Settle down released his twelfth album, XII, for the label on Hoof it 6, 2012. Blake Shelton title Miranda Lambert co-produced the lp with Brent Rowan, and chant backing vocals on its lead-off single "A-OK".

A year succeeding, McCoy released Pride: A Respect to Charley Pride via Blast Creek Records, under the producing of Garth Fundis.

The soundtrack features guest appearances from Darius Rucker, Trace Adkins, and Raul Malo of The Mavericks. Tote up promote the album, McCoy bear Pride filmed a video confirm "Kaw-Liga", which was co-written final originally recorded by Hank Colonist before Pride covered it amount 1969. On August 25, 2023, McCoy released a new nonpareil titled "Used Car".^[3]

Personal life

McCoy has been married to Melinda owing to 1980.

The two met during the time that McCoy was working at calligraphic shoe store in a regional mall.^[14] The couple have digit children, a son and unadulterated daughter.^[3]

McCoy is also the attitude of a charity called rectitude East Texas Angel Network, which helps provide money for families of seriously ill children.^[15]

McCoy resides in Longview, Texas.^[16]

Discography

Main article: Neal McCoy discography

Billboard number-one hits

Awards view nominations

Grammy Awards

TNN/Music City News Kingdom Awards

Academy of Country Music Awards

References

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