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Joe Mccoy

real name Joe Wilbur McCoy

Joe Mccoy is credited on 679 releases across 266 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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Credits

266

Albums

8

Decades active

621

In collections

Biography

Born: May 11, 1905 in Jackson (or) Raymond, Mississippi.
Died: January 28, 1950 in Chicago, Illinois.
Blues guitarist and singer Joe McCoy was the older brother of Charlie McCoy (opens in a new tab), and was married to another notable blues artist, Memphis Minnie (Lizzie Douglas). He was active in Memphis, Tennessee in the 1920s and then moved to Chicago, where he played with his brother Charlie in The Harlem Hamfats. In the 1940s he formed a band called Big Joe & His Rhythm.

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Credited work

679 releases · 266 albums · active 1951–2025

  • Performance · 976
  • Other credits · 6

Studios: The Lighthouse, Hermosa Beach · Group IV Recording Studios · A&R Studios · A&M Studios

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