- His disco anthem, "The Hustle," was a number 1 recording in July of 1975. It sold ten million copies, won a Grammy as "Best Pop Instrumental of 1975" and is considered the best-selling disco disk of all time.
- His big hit song "The Hustle" was written in under an hour and was the last track recorded for the 1975 album "Disco Baby".
- Prolific songwriter/producer/arranger. Wrote "Giving Up" for Gladys Knight & The Pips, "Sweet Bitter Love" for Aretha Franklin, "The Sweetest Thing This Side Of Heaven" for Chris Bartley, "I Get The Sweetest Feeling" for Jackie Wilson, "Suddenly, I'm All Alone" for Walter Jackson and "Right On The Tip Of My Tongue" for 'Brenda & The Tabulations', among others. Produced and/or arranged hits for artists such as David Ruffin, Faith, Hope & Charity, The Stylistics and Zulema. Discovered by Mitch Miller.
- Wrote a song called "We're Just Two of a Kind" for the late Mary Wells, on her self-titled 1965 album for 20th Century-Fox.
- Founder of Vando Records.
- Brother of Norman McCoy, Jr, and Mattie Taylor.
- Son of Norman S. McCoy, Sr. and Lillian Ray.
- Grandson of Mary Lindsay.
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