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Clyde McCoy

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Also known as Clyde Lee McCoy

American jazz trumpeter and recording artist (1903–1990)

Person · Open Library

Works
1

Top works

  • Evolution of Skating

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
GB
Active from
1943-08-20

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
3,743
Total plays
11,829

Tags

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Clyde McCoy (December 29, 1903 in Ashland, Kentucky – June 11, 1990 in Memphis, Tennessee), a famous jazz trumpet player, is best remembered for his themes song, Sugar Blues, and popularity expanding seven decades. Introduced in 1967, the Vox Clyde McCoy Wah-wah pedal was the most significant guitar effect of its time. Invented by a young engineer named Brad Plunkett, who worked for the Thomas Organ Company — Vox/JMI’s U.S. counterpart — <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Clyde+McCoy">Read more

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Clyde
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Ashland
Place of death
Memphis
Occupation
jazz musician
Genre
jazz
Instrument
trumpet
Record label
Mercury Records
Image
Clyde McCoy 1942.jpg
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date of birth
1903-12-29
date of death
1990-06-11
Commons category
Clyde McCoy
start of work period
1917-00-00
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