RICK ZEHRINGER
Rick Derringer (born Rick Zehringer; August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, Grammy Award winning producer and entertainer. Derringer came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of The McCoys, who had a number one hit single with "Hang on Sloopy." Derringer then turned to blues rock, scoring a 1974 hit with "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo". He has also worked extensively with brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter, and with the group Steely Dan. (More from Wikipedia)
The American songwriter/producer trio of Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer has been a veritable cauldron of one-hit wonders over the years. They first teamed up in 1963 for the girl-group classic "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels. While on tour in Ohio as the Strangeloves, they discovered a local band led by Rick Zehringer. They brought him back to New York and pieced together Rick's vocals with one of their own melodies, creating yet another hit with "Hang on Sloopy" that was released under the name the McCoys. (That melody was later "sampled" in the cool novelty song "Snoopy vs. the Red Baron" by the Royal Guardsmen; the tune was well known enough so that everyone understood the implied lyric "hang on Snoopy" without its having to be uttered).
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