As per our current Database, Joe McCoy is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Joe McCoy is 118 years, 11 months and 20 days old. Joe McCoy will celebrate 119rd birthday on a Saturday 11th of May 2024. Below we countdown to Joe McCoy upcoming birthday.
Popular As | Joe McCoy |
Occupation | Guitarist |
Age | 115 years old |
Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
Born | May 11, 1905 (Mississippi) |
Birthday | May 11 |
Town/City | Mississippi |
Nationality | Mississippi |
Joe McCoy’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Joe McCoy was born in the Year of the Snake. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Snake are seductive, gregarious, introverted, generous, charming, good with money, analytical, insecure, jealous, slightly dangerous, smart, they rely on gut feelings, are hard-working and intelligent. Compatible with Rooster or Ox.
Otherwise known as Kansas Joe, he released songs including "When the Levee Break" and "The Weed Smoker's Dream."
His first hit, "Bumble Bee," became a hit for Columbia Records.
His song "Why Don't You Do Right" became Peggy Lee's first hit and a jazz standard.
He was married to Lizzie Douglas, who helped him write several of his songs.
Robert Plant and Led Zeppelin covered McCoy's song "When the Levee Breaks," with slight lyrical and musical alterations, on the band's 1971 album, Led Zeppelin IV.