Who is the girl dancing in Hang On Sloopy video?
As of September 2021, we now know the true identity of the sexy “Hang On Sloopy” dancer in Rick Derringer’s 1975 video. She’s Lisa Leonard Dalton.
Who played the guitar solo on Hang On Sloopy?
Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer (born Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer and songwriter. He came to prominence in the 1960s as founding member of his band, the McCoys. At that time, they went to New York City to record what became the number one hit song “Hang on Sloopy”.
Is Sloopy a name?
There are many rumors about the origin of the name “Sloopy.” One popular explanation is that it came from Dorothy Sloop, who was a jazz singer from Steubenville, Ohio. Sloop, who died in 1998 at age 85, performed in the New Orleans area using the name “Sloopy.”
Why does OSU play Hang On Sloopy?
Just a week after the McCoys’s version topped the Billboard charts, the Ohio State University Marching Band first played “Hang on Sloopy” in the Shoe on Oct. 9, 1965 during halftime in a show to honor the arts.
Who first sang Hang On Sloopy?
The McCoys
Bert Berns and Wes Farrell co-wrote the song, and “Hang on Sloopy” became a major hit for the band The McCoys in 1965. The McCoys were originally from Union City, Indiana, although Randy and Rick Zehringer (later called Derringer) were from Fort Recovery, Ohio. The song was about Dorothy Sloop of Steubenville, Ohio.
Who were the members of the Mccoys?
Randy ZehringerDrum KitRandy Jo HobbsBassRonnie BrandonKeyboard instrumentBobby PetersonKeyboard instrument
The McCoys/Members
The band members were guitarist and lead singer Richard Zehringer (later known as Rick Derringer), his brother Randy (later known as Randy Z) on drums, and bassist Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the Raiders.
What Sloopy means?
1a : wet so as to spatter easily : slushy a sloppy racetrack. b : wet or smeared with or as if with something slopped over. 2 : slovenly, careless a sloppy dresser did sloppy work.
Did Rick Derringer write Hang On Sloopy?
According to Rick Derringer, the original version of Sloopy was written by a “high school kid in St. Louis” and sold to Bert Russell, also known as Bert Berns….Hang On Sloopy.
| “My Girl Sloopy” | |
|---|---|
| Single by the Vibrations | |
| Songwriter(s) | Wes Farrell Bert Berns |
Who wrote the song Sloopy?
Wes Farrell
Bert Berns
Hang on Sloopy/Composers
“Hang On Sloopy” (originally “My Girl Sloopy”) is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964. Atlantic Records released it as a single, which reached No. 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Who is Sloopy OSU?
Their lives after ‘Sloopy’ Charles “Charlie” Spohn left Ohio State in 1970 as an award-winning professor, co-author of three books and director of The Ohio State University Marching Band to serve as dean of the College of Fine Arts at Wichita State University.
Where are the McCoys?
The families lived on opposite sides of a border stream, the Tug Fork—the McCoys in Pike county, Kentucky, and the Hatfields in Logan county (or Mingo county, formed from a portion of Logan county in 1895), West Virginia.