{"id":28567,"date":"2025-05-28T18:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rick-derringer-who-shot-to-fame-with-hang-on-sloopy-and-sang-hulk-hogans-theme-song-dies-at-77\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T18:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T18:11:19","slug":"rick-derringer-who-shot-to-fame-with-hang-on-sloopy-and-sang-hulk-hogans-theme-song-dies-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/rick-derringer-who-shot-to-fame-with-hang-on-sloopy-and-sang-hulk-hogans-theme-song-dies-at-77\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Derringer, who shot to fame with &#8220;Hang On Sloopy&#8221; and sang Hulk Hogan&#8217;s theme song, dies at 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded &#8220;Hang On Sloopy,&#8221; had a hit with &#8220;Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo&#8221; and earned a Grammy Award for producing &#8220;Weird Al &#8221; Yankovic&#8217;s debut album, has died. He was 77.<\/p>\n<p>Derringer died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida, according to a Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/youngjamesbrown\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announcement<\/a> from his caregiver, Tony Wilson. No cause of death was announced.<\/p>\n<p>Derringer&#8217;s decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar solo on Bonnie Tyler&#8217;s &#8220;Total Eclipse of the Heart&#8221; and producing for Cyndi Lauper.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Derringer&#8217;s legacy extends beyond his music, entertaining fans with his signature energy and talent. His passing leaves a void in the music world, and he will be deeply missed by fans, colleagues, and loved ones,&#8221; Wilson wrote.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-original\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/05\/28\/e9e9972a-d4e9-4bde-8867-3195cfe8a9fd\/rick-derringer.jpg?v=0ec0a9b0c45ecf3b0dd269ffc8f350b0#\" alt=\"Obit Rick Derringer \" width=\"3000\" height=\"2452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/2025\/05\/28\/e9e9972a-d4e9-4bde-8867-3195cfe8a9fd\/rick-derringer.jpg?v=0ec0a9b0c45ecf3b0dd269ffc8f350b0 1x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Guitarist Rick Derringer performs at Radio City Music Hall in New York on July 7, 2010.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Evan Agostini \/ AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As a teen, he formed the McCoys with his brother, Randy, and found fame singing &#8220;Hang On Sloopy,&#8221; a No. 26 hit about lovers from different socioeconomic circumstances. Derringer enjoyed his first solo hit with &#8220;Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,&#8221; which was used in the fourth season of &#8220;Stranger Things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His best-charting album was &#8220;All American Boy&#8221; in 1973, which included the instrumentals &#8220;Joy Ride&#8221; and &#8220;Time Warp.&#8221; His sole Grammy was for Yankovic&#8217;s &#8220;Eat It,&#8221; which had the Michael Jackson parodies &#8220;Eat It&#8221; and &#8220;Who&#8217;s Fat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m very sad to say that my friend, rock guitar legend Rick Derringer, has passed,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DKKr4-RvEma\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Yankovic said in an Instagram post<\/a> with a photo of him and Derringer in the studio. &#8220;Rick produced my first six albums and played guitar on my earliest recordings, including the solo on &#8216;Eat It.&#8217; He had an enormous impact on my life, and will be missed greatly.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the 1970s and &#8217;80s, Derringer worked extensively as a session musician, playing on albums by Steely Dan \u2014 including &#8220;Countdown to Ecstasy,&#8221; &#8220;Katy Lied&#8221; and &#8220;Gaucho&#8221; \u2014 Todd Rundgren, Kiss and Barbra Streisand. He played on Air Supply&#8217;s &#8220;Making Love Out of Nothing at All.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the mid-1980s he began working with Lauper, touring in her band and playing on three of her albums, including the hit &#8220;True Colors.&#8221; He toured with Ringo Starr and The All-Starr Band. <\/p>\n<p>In 1985, he produced the World Wrestling Federation&#8217;s &#8220;The Wrestling Album,&#8221; which consisted mostly of pro wrestlers&#8217; theme songs, many of which he co-wrote, including what would become Hulk Hogan&#8217;s theme song &#8220;Real American.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n 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