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MAE WEST, who starred and wrote the screenplay for "Sextette," had asked Van McCoy [1940 — 1979] to write the theme song, and to make a cameo appearance in her motion picture. 
• • "Sextette" was released on 3 March 1978.
• • Singer, songwriter, and music producer Van Allen Clinton McCoy was born in January — — on 6 January 1940 — — in Washington, DC.
Van McCoy's musical venture started early on when she sang in the choir.
• • When his brother, Norman, Jr. and two high school buddies formed doo-wop group called the Starlighters, Van became the lead singer, writer, and music director for the group.
• • During the 1960s, Van McCoy penned numerous hit songs for such artists as the Shirelles ("Stop the Music"), Jackie Wilson ("I Get the Sweetest Feeling"), Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Giving Up"), Betty Everett ("Getting Mighty Crowded"), Ruby and the Romantics ("When You're Young and in Love"), Brenda & the Tabulations ("Right on the Tip of My Tongue"), Chris Bartley ("The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven"), and Barbara Lewis ("Baby, I'm Yours").
• • In 1966 Van McCoy recorded a solo album for Columbia Records, produced by Mitch Miller.
• • In addition to his many projects, Van McCoy arranged several hits for the Stylistics, formed his own orchestra [Soul City Symphony], and — — with singers Faith, Hope, and Charity — — recorded several albums and gave numerous live performances.
• • In 1975 Van McCoy, then 35 years old, scored an enormous smash hit with a catchy disco instrumental "The Hustle"; his #1 hit peaked on the Billboard charts during July 1975, sold over a million copies, and won a Grammy Award. He became a household name — — associated with the youth culture and trendy disco fever.
• • Unfortunately, the 39-year-old star was stricken with heart failure in his fashionable home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Without regaining consciousness, he died on 6 July 1979 at Englewood General Hospital.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • 1978 • •
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Mae West.
MAE WEST, who starred and wrote the screenplay for "Sextette," had asked Van McCoy [1940 — 1979] to write the theme song, and to make a cameo appearance in her motion picture.
• • "Sextette" was released on 3 March 1978.
• • Singer, songwriter, and music producer Van Allen Clinton McCoy was born on 6 January 1940 in Washington, DC. Van McCoy's musical venture started early on when she sang in the choir. When his brother, Norman, Jr. and two high school buddies formed doo-wop group called the Starlighters, Van became the lead singer, writer, and music director for the group.
• • During the 1960s, Van McCoy penned numerous hit songs for such artists as the Shirelles ("Stop the Music"), Jackie Wilson ("I Get the Sweetest Feeling"), Gladys Knight & the Pips ("Giving Up"), Betty Everett ("Getting Mighty Crowded"), Ruby and the Romantics ("When You're Young and in Love"), Brenda & the Tabulations ("Right on the Tip of My Tongue"), Chris Bartley ("The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven"), and Barbara Lewis ("Baby, I'm Yours").
• • In 1966 Van McCoy recorded a solo album for Columbia Records, produced by Mitch Miller.
• • In addition to his many projects, Van McCoy arranged several hits for the Stylistics, formed his own orchestra [Soul City Symphony], and — — with singers Faith, Hope, and Charity — — recorded several albums and gave numerous live performances.
• • In 1975 Van McCoy, then 35 years old, scored an enormous smash hit with a catchy disco instrumental "The Hustle"; his #1 hit peaked on the Billboard charts during July 1975, sold over a million copies, and won a Grammy Award. He became a household name — — associated with the youth culture and trendy disco fever.
• • Unfortunately, the 39-year-old star was stricken with heart failure in his fashionable home in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey. Without regaining consciousness, he died on 6 July 1979 at Englewood General Hospital.
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • "Sextette" • •
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Mae West.
MAE WEST and a number of notables tried to cash in on the phenomenon known as The Beatles. 
The Stranger's staff writer Ari Spool, in his mini review of a new book — — Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Beatles... and More! [authored by Stuart Shea and Robert Rodriguez; published by Hal Leonard, 2007] — — offers some bittersweet backward glances.
• • According to Ari Spool, In Chapter 34 of Fab Four FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Beatles... and More!, there is a list of 10 odd covers of Beatles songs. It's a pretty star-studded list — — MAE WEST, Lena Horne, and Bing Crosby are all on it.
• • When the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, every label that wasn't carrying Beatles records took a huge hit in sales. In desperation — — today's RIAA willy-nilly litigation party is not the first time the record industry has been driven by desperation — — many record labels persuaded their old-school failing artists to try and contemporize by covering Beatles songs.
• • This strategy revived exactly zero careers, which is probably why I'd never heard of any of the recordings. Mae West's cover of "Day Tripper" is said to "have growled rather uncomfortably through the Fab's guitar-laden rave up." [This bombed for Mae. However, Mitch Miller's corny cover of "Give Peace a Chance" did no better — — even though he was then the president of Columbia Records.] . . .
• • Source: The Stranger [Seattle, Wash.]
• • Byline: Ari Spool
• • Published: 26 September 2007
— — http://www.thestranger.com/ — —
• • Come up and see Mae every day online: http://MaeWest.blogspot.com/
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Mae West
• • Photo: • • Mae West • • 1928 • •
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Mae West.
