THE ROYAL GUARDSMEN
The Royal Guardsmen are an American rock band, best known for their 1966 hit single “Snoopy vs. the Red Baron” and the Christmas follow up “Snoopy’s Christmas”. (More from Wikipedia)
The melody of “Hang on Sloopy” by the McCoys 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.
(May 2012)
