When Miami faculty members discovered that he was playing rock and roll for a square dance, they warned him not to continue with such "lower forms of music". Meanwhile, he continued to perform on the "Jamboree".
He enrolled at the Miami University, majoring in musical education. Since his efforts to start a musical career in Nashville had failed, he went back to Miami. During his stay in Nashville he visited numerous producers and record companies but all to no avail. During this time skills had developed to where he decided to pursue a career in music.įollowing an invitation from Mel Tillis, the eighteen-year-old McCoy went to Nashville, Tennessee, for a week's stay in 1959. About this time the band took part in a local rock and roll contest, winning first prize. His band consisted of Donny Lytle, later known as Johnny Paycheck, on bass Bill Johnson on steel guitar Charlie Justice on guitar and Bill Phillips, vocal. McCoy's performance that night, along with the positive response from the audience, led to him and his band being signed to the Old South Jamboree. Upon their arrival, McCoy's friend left him in the crowd and went to talk to Happy Harold, the host of the show, with the intention of coaxing McCoy up on stage to sing. At age sixteen he reluctantly accompanied a friend to a Miami-based country music barn dance radio show called the "Old South Jamboree". While attending Southwest Miami high school, he put together a rock and roll band called "Charlie McCoy and the Agendas" as a guitarist and singer. He also learned to play the guitar, and in his teens, the bass and trumpet. At age eight, he began playing the harmonica, starting on an instrument his mother bought for 50 cents. His family moved to nearby Fayetteville when he was a boy and then to Miami, Florida. McCoy was born in Oak Hill, West Virginia, United States. In 2022, he was invited to become a member of the Grand Ole Opry. In 2007, McCoy was inducted into the International Musicians Hall of Fame as a part a group of session musicians dubbed " The Nashville A-Team". He was a member of Area Code 615 and Barefoot Jerry.
Thirteen of his singles have entered the Billboard country charts. He has recorded thirty-seven studio albums, including fourteen for Monument Records. Based in Nashville, McCoy's playing is heard on recordings by Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Chet Atkins, Waylon Jennings, Leon Russell, and Loretta Lynn. In 2009, he was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Charles Ray McCoy (born March 28, 1941) is a Grammy-winning American session musician, harmonica player, and multi-instrumentalist.
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