WASHINGTON — 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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

O-H-I-O! The myth that “Hang On Sloopy” is the official state rock song goes back to 1985 when a proposed bill in the state legislature named the tune as the state's official rock song.

Why pick "Hang On Sloopy," which doesn't even mention the Buckeye State in its tale of a girl who lives in a "very bad side of town?" The song was a major hit in 1965 for The McCoys, of Dayton, Ohio.

In the summer of '65, he was working at the Ohio State Fair when he heard "Hang on Sloopy" playing over the midway speakers. The percussion student immediately knew it could be arranged for a marching ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

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.