ROCK AND ROLL, HOOCHIE KOO (Johnny Winter)
“Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” is a rock song written by Rick Derringer. It was first recorded by Johnny Winter with Derringer in 1970. (More from Wikipedia)
Rick Zehringer of the McCoys (“Hang on Sloopy”) later changed his name to Rick Derringer, and he recorded and toured extensively with Johnny Winter and his brother, Edgar Winter. Rick Derringer had his own one-hit wonder experience in 1973 with his song “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” (Johnny Winter had previously covered “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” a few years earlier).
(May 2012)
