Hydra). Due to the contract restrictions, Kevin was unable to perform under his name, therefore starting from 1997 he was performing under a stage name of JoJo Max, recording «Do Wah Diddy Diddy ’99» with A La Carte*. Ova Steel), where their duo was called Blackdraft, and «Still I’m Sad» (feat. During the 2 working years, he recorded hits like «Where Is Your Dream» (feat. In 1996 the talented artist was scouted by EMI and hired to work for the label. Having saved some money, he moved to Germany to really kick off his career as a musician. The first really famous song composed by Kevin was «You Told Me» performed by «Motif» (1993), produced by Rex Rideout. After his graduation from the music school, Kevin spent 4 years from 1992 till 1996 at “Canon” factory in New York. Kevin is also widely known as a composer, however the bands he previously composed for weren’t very popular. In 1991 Kevin was also seen as a drama actor at the Apollo theatre, New York. This was the time when he met his future wife, a famous German singer at present, Nikki McCoy. From 1990 to 1992 he attended Virginia State music school, specialising in piano and singing. Kevin was first introduced to music at 7 years old, when his parents bought a piano for his sister, who sadly had no interest in music, unlike little Kevin. Kevin Joel McCoy (born 21 January 1971, Newport News, Virginia) an American singer, composer, producer ex band member of Bad Boys Blue.
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Contacts and show requests were overtaking his life and he was struggling to keep up.
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Kevin was really overwhelmed by doing everything single handedly, as he really wanted to dedicate himself to music and his audience. The burden of contracts, negotiations, technical preparations and meetings fell on his shoulders. After Andrew’s death in 21 July 2009, Kevin had to combine his work as a musician with his work as a producer.
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After Taylor was born Kevin and his family decide to move back to the United States and try a different job, however 2 years later the music took Kevin’s life over again and he came back to Germany to raise his children and focus on his career with Bad Boys Blue again.įrom 2005 till 2009 Kevin was performing in Europe and CIS countries under the name ” The Real Bad Boys Blue” with Andrew Thomas. Kevin carried on composing new songs, which he was quite successful at. During this time he also became a dad of Kevin McCoy Jr (1999) and Taylor (2003). In 1998 Andrew Thomas invited Kevin to take part in the rehearsal for a place in already popular band Bad Boys Blue under Coconut Records, which led him to a new contract in the future.įrom 1998 till 2003 Kevin was working with Andrew Thomas and John McInerney on promoting Bad Boys Blue.