Rick Derringer, a wide-ranging musician who sang the garage-rock anthem “Hang On Sloopy,” wrote the 1970s hit “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” produced parody songs for “Weird Al ...

Rick Derringer was married three times, to the journalist Liz Agriss, the singer and percussionist Dyan Buckelow, and to Jenda Hall, who survives him along with a daughter from his second marriage.

Rick Derringer, a fiery guitaris, lead singer of 'Hang on Sloopy' and writer of 'Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo' and 'Real American,' has died.