The band’s name changed. The names of the band’s members changed. Even the song title changed. You would not imagine that this kind of chaos would be conducive to creating a hit single. It was ...

Rick Derringer, who has died aged 77, was a guitarist, singer and songwriter whose band the McCoys topped the US charts in 1965 with Hang on Sloopy; he went on to work with artists as diverse as Ringo ...

He collaborated with artists like Steely Dan and Alice Cooper and penned hits including "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and "Real American" No cause of death has been revealed Singer and guitarist Rick ...

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 producing ...