1 | '''Hubert Neal [=McGaughey=] Jr.''' (1958-), better known as '''Neal [=McCoy=]''', is a CountryMusic singer from Jacksonville, Texas whose career flourished in TheNineties. |
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3 | He won a talent contest in 1981 which led to an opening gig for his musical idol, Music/CharleyPride. Shortening his name to the phonetic spelling of [=McGoy=], he first recorded for the independent 16th Avenue label (for which Pride was also recording at the time) before said label closed. He then moved to Creator/AtlanticRecords where he began recording as Neal [=McCoy=]. |
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5 | While his first two Atlantic albums had little success, he would go on to have a commercial peak between 1994 and 1996 with the albums ''No Doubt About It'', ''You Gotta Love That!'', and ''Neal [=McCoy=]''. These albums established his musical persona, mixing lightweight uptempo material and impassioned ballads while also finding a calling as an energetic stage performer. Among his best-known songs in the 1990s were the uptempo "Wink" and the smooth ballad "No Doubt About It". |
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7 | Despite diminishing radio success later in the decade, [=McCoy=] has continued to record well into the 21st century. He had a momentary return to radio success with "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" in 2005, and achieved media attention in 2017 for his patriotic ProtestSong "Take a Knee, My Ass (I Won't Take a Knee)". |
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9 | [=McCoy=] also has an unusual heritage for a country musician, being of Philippine and Irish ancestry. |
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11 | From 2005 to 2007, [=McCoy=] owned the independent 903 Music label, whose talent roster also included the Drew Davis Band and Darryl Worley. |
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13 | !Albums |
14 | * ''At This Moment'' (1990) |
15 | * ''Where Forever Begins'' (1992) |
16 | * ''No Doubt About It'' (1994) |
17 | * ''You Gotta Love That!'' (1995) |
18 | * ''Neal [=McCoy=]'' (1996) |
19 | * ''Greatest Hits'' (1997) |
20 | * ''Be Good at It'' (1997) |
21 | * ''The Life of the Party'' (1999) |
22 | * ''24-7-365'' (2000) |
23 | * ''The Luckiest Man in the World'' (unreleased; was slated for a 2003 release) |
24 | * ''That's Life'' (2005) |
25 | * ''XII'' (2012) |
26 | * ''Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride'' (2013) |
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28 | !Tropes present in his work: |
29 | * TheAlcoholic: The subject of "If I Was a Drinkin' Man" is about a recovering alcoholic and the emotions he feels after his drinking destroyed his relationship. |
30 | * BeerGoggles: The subject of "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" is a man who loses all inhibitions when intoxicated. |
31 | * ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''XII'' |
32 | * TheCityVsTheCountry: "The City Put the Country Back in Me". The country boy moves to the city, but gains a newfound appreciation for his upbringing when he realizes that city folks listen to country music, too. |
33 | * CountryRap: He was known to rap the theme to ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' in concert. This later became the "Hillbilly Rap" on his SelfTitledAlbum. |
34 | * DaysOfTheWeekSong: "Forever Works for Me (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) has the line "I can see you Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday / How 'bout Friday night?" |
35 | * HappyRain: "Now I Pray for Rain": the rain is both a metaphor for him escaping a bad relationship for a good one, and a literal reason for his lover to stay inside and make love. |
36 | * HowManyFingers: Spoken at the end of "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On". |
37 | * ListingCities: "The Shake": |
38 | -->Gary, Indiana; Mobile, Alabama\ |
39 | Phoenix, Arizona; Bismarck, North Dakota\ |
40 | New York, LA, Houston, Tampa Bay\ |
41 | London, Tokyo, everywhere you go... |
42 | * ThePowerOfLove: "Love Happens Like That": |
43 | -->In the blink of an eye at the drop of a hat\ |
44 | We went from zero to love in nothing flat\ |
45 | And you smiled at me and before I knew\ |
46 | I was head over heels over you\ |
47 | Love happens like that... |
48 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: His original stage name, [=McGoy=], is a phonetic spelling of his birth name [=McGaughey=]. Due to fans interpreting this as the more common [=McCoy=], he chose to adopt this as his name upon moving to Atlantic. |
49 | * StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "The Shake" is about various women turning men on by shaking their butts. |
50 | * TruckDriversGearChange: |
51 | ** "Love Happens Like That" shifts from F to G at the last chorus. |
52 | ** "I Was" shifts from G to A at the chorus, and then back down for the verses. |
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