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The McCoys
best known for their 1965 hit single "Hang On Sloopy

The McCoys

Also known as McCoys
Formed1962
OriginUnion City
CountryUnited States
50,723Spotify followers
44/100Spotify popularity

Biography

The McCoys was a pop group started in Union City, Indiana, USA in 1962.

The original members were guitarist Rick Derringer (Rick Zehringer), his brother Randy on drums and bass player Dennis Kelly, a lineup called "Rick and the Raiders", then later known as "The Rick Z Combo". When Dennis Kelly left for college, the Zehringers were joined by bassist Randy Hobbs, saxophonist Sean Michaels and keyboardist Ronnie Brandon. This was the lineup that took the name of "The McCoys".

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One of their most known songs is Hang on Sloopy which was #1 in America in October and is the state rock song of Ohio. Other hits include a top ten cover of Fever and a top 40 cover of Come On Lets Go. A cover of Fevers flip side, Sorrow, was a hit in the UK for The Merseys, and was later covered by David Bowie. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.

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