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Rick Derringer was living the rock-and-roll dream in 1973, riding a top 40 hit with his “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” after ...
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Rick Derringer's influence: 'He truly loved music' In the 1990s, Derringer met Damon Fowler, then a teenage guitar wunderkind from Brandon. Impressed by his playing, Derringer produced Fowler’s 1999 ...
Rick Derringer's influence: 'He truly loved music' In the 1990s, Derringer met Damon Fowler, then a teenage guitar wunderkind from Brandon. Impressed by his playing, Derringer produced Fowler’s ...
I t’s a sad day for Rock n’ Roll fans. Rick Derringer, the legendary guitarist behind hits like Hang on Sloopy and Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo, passed away on May 26 at age 77.According to a ...
Rick Derringer, the pioneering guitarist, frontman of the influential, proto-garage rock act the McCoys, and a Grammy-winning producer for Weird Al, has died at 77.
Guitarist Rick Derringer performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York on July 7, 2010. Evan Agostini / AP As a teen, he formed the McCoys with his brother, Randy, and found fame ...
Rick Derringer, who sang ‘Hang on Sloopy' and produced ‘Weird Al,' dies at 77 Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, Derringer worked extensively as a session musician, playing on albums by Steely ...
Rick Derringer, the rock guitarist and singer best known for the 1965 chart-topping hit “Hang On Sloopy,” died on May 26, 2025, at the age of 77 in Ormond Beach, Florida.
Rick Derringer's six-decade career spanned various genres. In a six-decade career, Derringer was a Zelig-like figure who was involved in an astonishing array of music by performers that defied genre ...