Van McCoy died today – 29 years ago

Musician, songwriter (of The Hustle), and orchestra conductor Van Allen Clinton McCoy was born on January 6, 1940 in Washington, D.C. He said, “Dance ‘The Hustle’.” [Come on. You know that he probably said it many times.]... Mr. McCoy died on July 6, 1979 in Englewood, New Jersey.