Van McCoy was an accomplished musician, record producer, arranger, songwriter and orchestra conductor. He is known best for his 1975 internationally successful song “The Hustle”, which one a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance. He has approximately 700 song copyrights to his credit, and is also noted for producing songs for such recording artists as Gladys Knight & the Pips, The Stylistics, Aretha Franklin, Brenda & the Tabulations, David Ruffin, Peaches & Herb and Stacy Lattisaw.