A Derringer-Lauper co-write from Lauper’s double-platinum hit album, “True Colors.” Derringer provides sparse, chunky, ‘80s pop-style rhythm guitar throughout the jaunty tune.

Guitar hero and rock 'n' roll legend Rick Derringer, of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" and "Hang On, Sloopy" fame, has died in Ormond Beach, according to TMZ, Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. He ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for ...

I played all the guitar on 'Hang On Sloopy,' including the solo. That was one take." By the end of the decade, the McCoys’ career came to a close, and Rick Zehringer became Rick Derringer.

“I’m very sad to say that my friend, rock guitar legend Rick Derringer, has passed,” Yankovic said in an Instagram post with a photo of him and Derringer in the studio.

Rick Derringer's connection to guitarist and singer Dickey Betts Rick Derringer's signature solo hit, "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo," was released in 1973. The first verse includes the lyrics: "There was ...