{{short description|American singer}}

'''Bill Coday''' (May 10, 1942 – June 7, 2008) was an American musician and singer.<ref name="AMG">{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/bill-coday-mn0000059491/biography|title=Bill Coday &#124; Biography & History|website=AllMusic|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>

==Career== Bill Coday was born in Coldwater, Mississippi, United States.<ref name="AMG"/> As a young man he began singing in juke joints in and around Blytheville, Arkansas.<ref>Bogdanov, Vladimir; Woodstra, Chris; & Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (2003). [https://books.google.com/books?id=o552g5xRRiwC&pg=PA150 ''All Music Guide to Soul''], p. 150. Hal Leonard Corporation.</ref> Later, Coday moved to Chicago, Illinois, where he was discovered by Denise LaSalle.<ref name="AMG"/> LaSalle signed Coday to her Crajon label, and introduced him to Willie Mitchell of Memphis, Tennessee.<ref name="AMG"/> Mitchell's reputation in the soul and soul blues music industry includes producing such artists as Al Green and Ann Peebles.<ref name="AMG"/> Mitchell agreed to work with Coday, and the Mitchell-Coday team produced songs such as "Sixty Minute Teaser", "I Get High on Your Love", "You're Gonna Want Me", "I'm Back to Collect", and "Get Your Lie Straight".<ref name="AMG"/><ref name="LarkinSM">{{cite book|title=The Guinness Who's Who of Soul Music|editor=Colin Larkin|publisher=Guinness Publishing|date=1993|edition=First|isbn=0-85112-733-9|pages=51/2}}</ref>

Coday signed with Ecko Records and recorded the album ''Sneakin<nowiki>'</nowiki> Back'', which included the songs "Her Love Is Good Enough to Put in Collard Greens", "I Can Move the Hoochie Coochie Man" and "Doctor Thrill Good".<ref name="AMG"/> Coday's second album with Ecko Records, ''Can't Get Enough'', included the songs "In the Room Next to the Room", and "Not a Word".<ref name="AMG"/> On the third album with Ecko Records, ''Put Me in the Mood'',<ref name="AMG"/> Coday recorded the song "We're Gonna Miss You Johnnie", which was a tribute song to Johnnie Taylor.

Bill Coday suffered a massive stroke on June 7, 2008 and died at age 66.<ref name="Reader">{{Cite news|url=https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/bill-coday-denise-lasalle-crajon-ecko-soul-blues/Content?oid=82294980|title=Soul singer Bill Coday had two careers 20 years apart|first=Steve|last=Krakow|newspaper=Chicago Reader|access-date=1 July 2021}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080416235759/http://www.eckorecords.com/featureartists.html Ecko Records] *[http://www.soulbluesmusic.com/billcodaypage.htm Soulbluesmusic.com] {{authority control}}

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