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(1936-2015) Songwriter. Don Covay was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, and died in Valley Stream, New York.

Full Name

Don Covay

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline

1936

BIRTH

Don Covay was born James Donald Randolph in Orangeburg, South Carolina, on March 24, 1936.

1960

LITWORK

Pony Time


Song written with John Berry.

1964

LITWORK

Mercy, Mercy


Song written with Ronald Alonzo Miller.

1964

LITWORK

I'm Gonna Cry


Song written with Wilson Pickett.

1965

LITWORK

Sea Saw


Song written with Steve Cropper.

1967

LITWORK

Chain Of Fools


Song.

2015

DEATH

Don Covay died in a hospital in Valley Stream, New York, on January 31, 2015.

2015

RESIDENCE

Mr. Covay lived in Queens, New York, at the time of his death.

2015

INTERMENT

Don Covay was interred at National Harmony Memorial Park Cemetery in Hyattsville, Prince George's County, Maryland.

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