Coy Cook

{{short description|American singer}}

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| genre = Christian: Southern Gospel

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| past_member_of = Florida Boys
Dixie Echoes
Coy Cook and the Senators

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Coy Cook (January 30, 1924 – May 17, 1996)[https://www.discogs.com/artist/3127340-Coy-Cook Discogs] was the tenor for the Florida Boys, a Southern Gospel quartet, from 1958{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} through 1966.Green, Bob (June 4, 1966). [https://books.google.com/books?id=ASkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA49&lpg=PA50 "Shaped Notes"]. Billboard. p. 50. Following the Florida Boys, he joined the Dixie Echoes, where he remained for approximately three years.Turner, Ken. [http://kenturneronline.com/TheDixieEchoesQuartet.aspx "Dixie Echoes"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101201225030/http://kenturneronline.com/TheDixieEchoesQuartet.aspx |date=2010-12-01 }}. Retrieved April 27, 2011. He formed Coy Cook and the Senators,[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=11grAAAAIBAJ&sjid=s9gEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2806%2C6532971 "Senators perform at free tent"]. The Daily Reporter (Spencer, Iowa). September 4, 1986. p. 8D. and the group was at its peak during the 1970s.

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