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Otis Leon McCoy

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Otis Leon McCoy

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27 Mar 1995 (aged 98)
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Winston County, Alabama, USA Add to Map
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Married December 1919

Otis Leon McCoy
1897 - 1995
Inducted 2003


Otis McCoy is one of the pioneering giants in Southern Gospel Music history who had an enduring impact on it as a singer, songwriter, instructor and music publisher.

McCoy had an innovative teaching style and tutored many of the industry's most well-known artists. He was certified to teach in musical theory, harmony, voice, brass instruments and composition. McCoy was also a "Sacred Harp" singer of great renown and was one of few people who could set "Shaped Note" type-setting by hand.

He sang lead for the Vaughan Radio and Vaughn Office/Saxaphone Quartet. McCoy also founded the Homeland Harmony Quartet. He also initiated and managed the Tennessee Music and Printing Company, for the Church of God Publishing Company. This company was one of gospel music's leading producers of shaped-note singing instructional materials.

McCoy also wrote hundreds of gospel songs, most notably "Keep On The Firing Line" and "Heaven Bound Train."
Married December 1919

Otis Leon McCoy
1897 - 1995
Inducted 2003


Otis McCoy is one of the pioneering giants in Southern Gospel Music history who had an enduring impact on it as a singer, songwriter, instructor and music publisher.

McCoy had an innovative teaching style and tutored many of the industry's most well-known artists. He was certified to teach in musical theory, harmony, voice, brass instruments and composition. McCoy was also a "Sacred Harp" singer of great renown and was one of few people who could set "Shaped Note" type-setting by hand.

He sang lead for the Vaughan Radio and Vaughn Office/Saxaphone Quartet. McCoy also founded the Homeland Harmony Quartet. He also initiated and managed the Tennessee Music and Printing Company, for the Church of God Publishing Company. This company was one of gospel music's leading producers of shaped-note singing instructional materials.

McCoy also wrote hundreds of gospel songs, most notably "Keep On The Firing Line" and "Heaven Bound Train."

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  • Added: Jun 28, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38854054/otis_leon-mccoy: accessed ), memorial page for Otis Leon McCoy (17 Feb 1897–27 Mar 1995), Find a Grave Memorial ID 38854054, citing Addison Church of God Cemetery, Winston County, Alabama, USA; Maintained by M (contributor 47124919).