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Neal Mccoy All Over Again Album

American country-western singer

Neal McCoy
Neal McCoy performing at Needham Theater at Port Hueneme, California, 2009

Neal McCoy performing at Needham Theater at Port Hueneme, California, 2009
Background information
Nascency name Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr.
Also known as Neal McGoy
Born (1958-07-xxx) July 30, 1958 (age 63) [1]
Jacksonville, Texas, US
Origin Longview, Texas, U.s.
Genres State
Occupation(s) Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1988–present
Labels
  • 16th Avenue
  • Atlantic
  • Giant
  • Warner Bros.
  • Body of water
  • 903
  • Tate
  • Blaster
  • Slate Creek
Associated acts Donny Parenteau
Website www.nealmccoy.com

Musical artist

Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. (born July 30, 1958), known professionally as Neal McCoy, is an American land music singer. He has released 10 studio albums on various labels, and has released 34 singles to land radio. Although he first charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs nautical chart in 1988, he did not reach the top 40 for the kickoff fourth dimension until 1992's "Where Forever Begins", which peaked at number 40. McCoy broke through ii years later on with the dorsum-to-back number i singles "No Doubt About It" and "Wink" from his platinum-certified album No Doubt About It. Although he has not topped the state charts since, his commercial success connected into the mid to late 1990s with 2 more platinum albums and a gilded anthology, too as six more than top 10 hits. A ninth height ten hitting, the number 10 "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On", came in 2005 from his cocky-released That's Life.

Early life [edit]

Hubert Neal McGaughey Jr. was born on July 30, 1958, in Jacksonville, Texas, to a Filipino American mother and Irish-American male parent. Inspired by the diverseness of music that his parents listened to, which included country, stone, disco and R&B, McGaughey first sang in his church choir before founding an R&B band.[1] He later switched his focus to country music, performing in diverse bars and clubs in Texas. McGaughey, after attending junior college most his hometown, institute work selling shoes at a shopping mall. In the early on 1980s, he met his wife, Melinda, at the store.

After winning a 1981 talent contest hosted past Janie Fricke, he secured a spot as an opening act for Charley Pride.[1]

Musical career [edit]

Crediting himself as Neal McGoy, a phonetic spelling of his surname,[2] he signed to the independent 16th Artery Records characterization in 1988. He released the singles "That's How Much I Love You" and "That'southward American", and although the former reached No. 85 on the land charts,[2] he did not release an anthology for the characterization. He continued to tour as an opening human activity for Pride until 1990,[3] the aforementioned twelvemonth that the 16th Avenue label closed.[four]

1990–2000: Atlantic Records [edit]

He then signed to Atlantic Records in 1990, changing his surname to McCoy per the label'south request, equally fans had already begun to refer to him as McCoy. His debut album, At This Moment, was released that year. None of the three singles made the country Pinnacle 40, although the lead-off single "If I Built You a Burn down" was a Top 20 state hit in Canada. The other 2 releases were the title rails, a cover of Billy Vera and the Beaters' #1 Hot 100 hit from late 1986-early 1987,[5] and "This Time I've Injure Her More than Than She Loves Me", which was co-written by Earl Thomas Conley and originally recorded by Conway Twitty.[vi] McCoy continued touring and adult a "reputation for exciting, freewheeling live shows."[i]

A 2d album for Atlantic, Where Forever Begins, followed in 1992. This anthology produced his first American Peak 40 country striking in its No. 40-peaking title runway,[ii] followed by "At that place Own't Nothin' I Don't Like Nearly You" at No. 57, and "Now I Pray for Rain" at No. 26. The album was likewise his first entry on Summit Country Albums, at No. 58.

Working with producer Barry Beckett for the start time, McCoy released his quantum album, No Doubt Well-nigh It, in 1994. The anthology produced his only number 1 country hits in its title track and "Flash", both of which likewise made minor entries on the Billboard Hot 100. The album besides earned a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and gilt certification from the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA). Its final single was "The Urban center Put the Country Back in Me" at No. v.

Mid-Late 1990s [edit]

Y'all Gotta Honey That, his fourth album, also received a platinum certification and it produced 4 singles: "For a Change", "They're Playin' Our Song" and the title rails (respectively the first, second, and fourth singles) all peaked at No. iii, while "If I Was a Drinkin' Man" reached No. 16.[2]

McCoy's self-titled fifth studio anthology began a decline in his nautical chart momentum. Although information technology was certified golden, Neal McCoy accounted for simply one Top Ten hit in a cover of The Casinos' 1967 doo-wop single "Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye".[5] The next two singles — "Going, Going, Gone" and "That Woman of Mine" — both peaked at No. 35. As well in 1996, he sang invitee vocals on the multi-artist charity single "Hope", the gain of which went to the T. J. Martell Foundation's cancer research.[vii] After "That Woman of Mine", he reached No. 5 with "The Shake", the only new song on his start Greatest Hits package, which reprised 9 of his greatest hits to that point and as well earned platinum certification.

Be Practiced at It, his 6th studio release, followed in 1998. This was his first album since Where Forever Begins non to include a Top 10 hit. The title track, "If Yous Tin can't Exist Proficient, Exist Good at It", was the highest-peaking single release from information technology at No. 22, followed by "Party On", which became his beginning unmarried since 1992 to miss Top 40 entirely.[2] Afterward information technology came the No. 29 "Love Happens Like That." McCoy made a second appearance on a multi-artist charity single that same yr, as ane of several collaborators on "One Centre at a Fourth dimension", a song written past Victoria Shaw to benefit cystic fibrosis research.[8]

In 1999, McCoy released his concluding album for Atlantic, The Life of the Party.[ane] It only accounted for two singles: the Phil Vassar co-write "I Was" at No. 37 and "The Girls of Summer" at No. 42. He, Tracy Byrd, and T. Graham Chocolate-brown also sang guest vocals on "At present That's Awesome", a song featuring snippets of a Neb Engvall comedy sketch, found on Engvall'south Now That's Awesome album. This single peaked at No. 59.[2]

2000–04: Warner Bros. Records and SEA Records [edit]

Due to the closure of Atlantic Records' Nashville sectionalisation in mid-2000, McCoy'southward next album, 24-7-365, was issued via Behemothic Records. It included the singles "Forever Works for Me (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday)", "Every Man for Himself", and "Beatin' Information technology In", at No. 38, No. 37, and No. 41 respectively. In late 2000, he released a Christmas medley consisting of "I'll Exist Home for Christmas" and "Have Yourself a Merry Footling Christmas", which reached number 74 based on seasonal airplay.[2] Afterward Giant airtight as well, he moved once more to Warner Bros. Records, where he recorded The Luckiest Man in the World. Although the title track entered the country charts and peaked at number 46,[2] the album itself was not released, and McCoy exited Warner Bros. past the terminate of the year.[9] He signed with an independent label called SEA Records in 2004, and was slated to release a single for information technology in the heart of the year,[x] simply he left the characterization without releasing anything.[xi]

2005–07 [edit]

In 2005, Neal McCoy and his manager Karen Kane founded a label called 903 Music. His first single for his own characterization was "Billy'due south Got His Beer Goggles On", which reached the Top x on the Hot State Songs chart in 2005. The vocal served every bit the pb-off to his 2005 album That's Life. Likewise included on the album were a embrace of Charley Pride'south "Y'all're My Jamaica", a vocal preceded past a spoken-give-and-take intro from United States Army general Tommy Franks, and a studio version of "Hillbilly Rap", which he had performed in concert since the early 1990s.[11] McCoy's side by side single release, "The Final of a Dying Brood", peaked at 36.[2]

Darryl Worley and the Drew Davis Ring were signed to 903 too. Worley released his 2006 album Here and Now on 903, which produced the meridian xl hits "Nothin' only a Love Thang" and "I Just Came Dorsum from a War". In May 2007, McCoy appear that the label had filed for defalcation and closed its doors.[5] [12]

In Summer of 2007, Neal could be seen showing off his comedic chops on local Television receiver commercials in the Waco, Texas market place for Mike Craig Chevrolet Pontiac Buick in Marlin, Texas. The commercials connected for approximately 1 year. In ane of them Neal acts similar a puppet in the hands of the branch manager of the Mike Craig dealership in Hillsboro, Texas.

2008–thirteen: The Very All-time of Neal McCoy, XII, and Pride [edit]

In 2008, Rhino Records issued a compilation anthology entitled The Very Best of Neal McCoy. This album reprised almost of his biggest chart hits to that point, and information technology included the new recording "Rednecktified", which was released equally a single but did not chart. Afterward that same yr, he issued some other single, "For the Troops", which also failed to nautical chart. McCoy released a volume titled New Mountain to Climb in 2011, which coincided with the release of a single of the same proper name.

In April 2011, McCoy signed with Equalizer Music.[xiii] He released his twelfth anthology, XII, for the label on March six, 2012. Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert co-produced the anthology with Brent Rowan, and sang backing vocals on its atomic number 82-off single "A-OK".

A year afterward, McCoy released Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride via Slate Creek Records, under the production of Garth Fundis. The anthology features invitee appearances from Darius Rucker, Trace Adkins, and Raul Malo of The Mavericks. To promote the album, McCoy and Pride filmed a video for "Kaw-Liga", which was co-written and originally recorded by Hank Williams earlier Pride covered it in 1969.[3]

Personal life [edit]

McCoy has been married to Melinda since 1980. The two met when McCoy was working at a shoe shop in a local mall.[14] The couple have two children, a son and a girl.[3]

McCoy is also the head of a clemency chosen the East Texas Angel Network, which helps provide money for families of seriously ill children.[15]

Is also personal friends with the principal mechanic known as Lee Deject of Pomeroy, WA, Trivial Goose Lock and Dam

McCoy resides in Longview, Texas.[xvi]

Discography [edit]

  • At This Moment (1990)
  • Where Forever Begins (1992)
  • No Doubt About It (1994)
  • You Gotta Dear That! (1995)
  • Neal McCoy (1996)
  • Be Skillful at It (1997)
  • The Life of the Party (1999)

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b c d east Huey, Steve. "Neal McCoy Biography". Allmusic . Retrieved 2007-12-23 .
  2. ^ a b c d e f k h i Whitburn, Joel (August 2008). Hot Land Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 266. ISBN978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ a b c Price, Deborah Evans (thirty September 2013). "Pride: In the Name of Honey". Country Weekly. 20 (39): 40–43. ISSN 1074-3235.
  4. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (December seven, 1996). "Gaylord buys Discussion's music companies". Billboard: 6, 90.
  5. ^ a b c Paul Kingsbury; Michael McCall; John West. Rumble, eds. (2012). The Encyclopedia of Land Music. Oxford University Press. p. 0199920834. ISBN9780199920839.
  6. ^ Peppiatt, Francesca (2004). Land Music's Most Wanted. Brassey's. p. vii. ISBN1-57488-593-6.
  7. ^ Whitburn, p. 193
  8. ^ Bernarde, Scott R. (2003). Stars of David: Stone'north'roll'due south Jewish Stories. UPNE. p. 329. ISBN1584653035.
  9. ^ "Information technology's a Neal McCoy/Wayne Newton New year". CMT.com . Retrieved 2009-11-23 .
  10. ^ "New Deal for McCoy, No Deal for Pinmonkey". four May 2004. pp. Land Music Television. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  11. ^ a b Stark, Phyllis (27 August 2005). "McCoy finds new 'life' on his own characterization". Billboard. 117 (35): l. ISSN 0006-2510.
  12. ^ Brooks, Dave. "Billboard Business | Billboard". Billboard.biz . Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
  13. ^ "HOME - Kirt Webster". Websterpr.com. 2013-xi-22. Retrieved 2020-04-28 .
  14. ^ Stambler, Irwin; Landon, Grelun (July xiv, 2000). State Music: The Encyclopedia. MacMillan. pp. 300–301. ISBN0312264879.
  15. ^ Fields, Jamie (March 1998). "The Entertainer Neal McCoy wins fans by suspension-dancing, keen jokes, and wiggling his backside onstage. He sings too, but that's beside the indicate". Texas Monthly . Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  16. ^ Hallmark, Joan (January 17, 2016). "Proud of Due east Texas: Neal McCoy". KLTV.

External links [edit]

  • Official Website

waldockslonsune.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_McCoy