Rose Marie McCoy
American singer-songwriter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rose Marie McCoy (April 19, 1922 ā January 20, 2015) was an American songwriter. She began her career as an aspiring singer before becoming a prolific songwriter during the 1950s and 1960s. Many artists have recorded some of the over 800 songs she published, including Big Maybelle, James Brown, Ruth Brown, Nat King Cole, Aretha Franklin, Elvis Presley, and Ike & Tina Turner.
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Birth name | Rose Marie Hinton |
Born | (1922-04-19)April 19, 1922 Oneida, Arkansas, U.S. |
Died | January 20, 2015(2015-01-20) (aged 92) Champaign, Illinois, U.S. |
Genres | Country, jazz, rhythm & blues, soul, traditional pop |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter, singer |
Years active | 1942ā2015 |
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