'''Hubert Neal [=McGaughey=] Jr.''' (1958-), better known as '''Neal [=McCoy=]''', is a CountryMusic singer from Jacksonville, Texas whose career flourished in TheNineties.

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=].

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".

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)".

[=McCoy=] also has an unusual heritage for a country musician, being of Philippine and Irish ancestry.

From 2005 to 2007, [=McCoy=] owned the independent 903 Music label, whose talent roster also included the Drew Davis Band and Darryl Worley.

!Albums
* ''At This Moment'' (1990)
* ''Where Forever Begins'' (1992)
* ''No Doubt About It'' (1994)
* ''You Gotta Love That!'' (1995)
* ''Neal [=McCoy=]'' (1996)
* ''Greatest Hits'' (1997)
* ''Be Good at It'' (1997)
* ''The Life of the Party'' (1999)
* ''24-7-365'' (2000)
* ''The Luckiest Man in the World'' (unreleased; was slated for a 2003 release)
* ''That's Life'' (2005)
* ''XII'' (2012)
* ''Pride: A Tribute to Charley Pride'' (2013)

!Tropes present in his work:
* 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.
* BeerGoggles: The subject of "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On" is a man who loses all inhibitions when intoxicated.
* ChronologicalAlbumTitle: ''XII''
* 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.
* CountryRap: He was known to rap the theme to ''Series/TheBeverlyHillbillies'' in concert. This later became the "Hillbilly Rap" on his SelfTitledAlbum.
* DaysOfTheWeekSong: "Forever Works for Me (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday) has the line "I can see you Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday / How 'bout Friday night?"
* 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.
* HowManyFingers: Spoken at the end of "Billy's Got His Beer Goggles On".
* ListingCities: "The Shake":
-->Gary, Indiana; Mobile, Alabama\\
Phoenix, Arizona; Bismarck, North Dakota\\
New York, LA, Houston, Tampa Bay\\
London, Tokyo, everywhere you go...
* ThePowerOfLove: "Love Happens Like That":
-->In the blink of an eye at the drop of a hat\\
We went from zero to love in nothing flat\\
And you smiled at me and before I knew\\
I was head over heels over you\\
Love happens like that...
* 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.
* StuffyOldSongsAboutTheButtocks: "The Shake" is about various women turning men on by shaking their butts.
* TruckDriversGearChange:
** "Love Happens Like That" shifts from F to G at the last chorus.
** "I Was" shifts from G to A at the chorus, and then back down for the verses.
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