Roy McCoy

American jazz (and early rhythm and blues) trumpeter, singer and bandleader. Played with : Lionel Hampton, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Cab Calloway, Earl Bostic, Arnett Cobb, Flip Wilson, Harry Belafonte, "The Drifters", "The Coasters" and others. Nickname : "Tanglefoot". Born : 1920 in Stanton, Virginia. Died : January 29, 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland.