“Hang on Sloopy” debuted in Ohio Stadium on Oct. 9, 1965, with the 156-member marching band making a stick-figure ballerina shimmy with a Watusi-like step. If you watch today’s band closely, you see ...

The rock sensation who brought the world the "Hang on Sloopy" anthem has died. Rick Derringer died on May 26 at age 77 according to a Facebook post by caretaker Tony Wilson. Derringer passed away ...

In honor of the location of the night's show, the band performed "Hang On Sloopy," the signature hit by the McCoys that became a No. 1 song in October 1965. As Stones fans know, the song first ...

As a teen, he formed the McCoys with his brother, Randy, and found fame singing "Hang On Sloopy," a No. 26 hit about lovers from different socioeconomic circumstances.

As is custom, every time Jagger sang the “Hang On Sloopy” chorus, the audience erupted by spelling out “O-H-I-O” in unison. Keeping with the spirit of the venue, the Rolling Stones also ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio State University community is mourning the loss of John Tatgenhorst, the man who arranged "Hang On Sloopy" for the school's marching band in 1965. He was 85.

In between gulps of Bud Light and few emotive cheers toward the big-screen, we Ohioans are known to engage in a little ritualistic love known as "Hang On Sloopy." The song goes hand-in-hand with ...

They refer to The McCoys - who enjoyed a No. 1 hit with "Hang on Sloopy" - as a Dayton-based band. And, word is, they did draw the crowds at Forest Park Plaza in Dayton.

1965: A race to the studio “Hang on Sloopy” was a hit with live audiences for The Strangeloves on tour, according to Feldman. But another group on tour with them, the Dave Clark Five, revealed plans ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for ...