Born in Ohio, Rick skyrocketed to fame as the lead singer of The McCoys when his band's song “Hang On Sloopy" landed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.

Rick Derringer, the pioneering guitarist, frontman of the influential, proto-garage-rock act the McCoys, and a Grammy-winning producer for Weird Al Yankovic, has died at 77.

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has died. The musician who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy” died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Derringer, born Rick Zehringer, co-founded The McCoys with his brother, drummer Randy Zehringer, in their native Ohio in 1962, and they played alongside bass player Dennis Kelly (not pictured ...

Born in Ohio, Rick skyrocketed to fame as the lead singer of The McCoys when his band's song “Hang On Sloopy" landed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965. Following a four-year stint in the ...

Rick Derringer, the pioneering guitarist, frontman of the influential, proto-garage-rock act the McCoys, and a Grammy-winning producer for Weird Al Yankovic, has died at 77. Tony Wilson, Derringer's ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer has died. The musician who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy” died Monday in Ormond Beach, Florida.

Born in Ohio, Rick skyrocketed to fame as the lead singer of The McCoys when his band's song “Hang On Sloopy" landed the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1965.

Rick Derringer, the pioneering guitarist, frontman of the influential, proto-garage-rock act the McCoys, and a Grammy-winning producer for Weird Al Yankovic, has died at 77. Tony Wilson, Derringer's ...