Rick Derringer's signature solo hit, "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," was released in 1973. The first verse includes the lyrics: ... Rick Derringer's influence: 'He truly loved music' In the 1990s, ...

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 ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has died. The musician who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy” died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida.

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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 ...

Derringer's band, the McCoys, was behind the 1965 hit "Hang On Sloopy," and he collaborated with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Steely Dan. Rick Derringer, legendary McCoys guitarist and Grammy ...

Rick Derringer, the pioneering guitarist, frontman of the influential, proto-garage-rock act the McCoys, and a Grammy-winning producer for Weird Al Yankovic, has died at 77.. Tony Wilson ...

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, 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.