where he would sign off saying: "This is Sergeant George (The Real) McCoy folding his microphone and silently stealing away." Alternative attributions include: A dispute between two branches of the Scots Clan Mackay over who was rightful leader. Lord Reay headed one branch and he came to be known as the Reay Mackay which migrated to 'the real McCoy'. See Huistean Du Mackay, 13th of Strathnaver for information about the dispute. Joseph McCoy (1837–1915) was mayor of Abilene, Kansas and styled himself 'the real McCoy'. The Hatfield–McCoy feud Kid McCoy In the United States, the phrase became associated with boxer Kid McCoy. Quinion notes that "It looks very much – without being able to say for sure – as though the term was originally the real Mackay, but became converted to the real McCoy in the U.S., either under the influence of Kid McCoy, or for some other reason." This is also a reference to the rum runner Bill McCoy who legally sold rum during prohibition. Others watered theirs down and he didn’t. That led to people saying they wanted “the real McCoy” In popular music In 1938, the composer and song writer Cole Porter used the phrase “Or is what I feel the real McCoy?” in his popular song "At Long Last Love" for his musical "You Never Know". Pianist McCoy Tyner's famed Blue Note Records release in 1967 was eponymously entitled "The Real McCoy". In 1976, the reggae and disco artist Van McCoy also released an eponymous album called "The Real McCoy". Real McCoy is a Eurodance group best known for their 1993 single "Another Night". In 1988, "The Real McCoy" is a song from the Scottish rock band The Silencers. The Swedish band Troll used the phrase in their song "Jimmy Dean" (1989) about James ‘Jimmy’ Dean (1931–1955). Connie Converse used the phrase in her song "Playboy of the Western World". Kid Rock has used the phrase in his songs "My Name is Rock", and in "Cowboy". In the Disney Channel show, Hannah Montana, in the song "Gonna Get This", the phrase is used with Miley Cyrus singing the line, “The honest truth, the Real McCoy”. In the title track of their 1986 album Music That You Can Dance To, the American pop band Sparks sang “Get yourself in tune for the real McCoy”. The phrase “Sit back and enjoy / The real McCoy” was used in