Rock guitarist Rick Derringer "received his wings and passed on this Memorial Day," his caretaker Tony Wilson announced on Facebook. (Ed Perlstein / Redferns via Getty Images) Rick Derringer, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Written by Derringer, “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” featured a catchy guitar riff and a shout-along chorus. The song was originally ...

Rick Derringer was the talent of a generation, just 17 years old when his band The McCoys topped the US singles chart with Hang On Sloopy, their cover of a past hit for the R&B group The Vibrations, ...

(AP) - 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 ...

Passed first to Tokai and then Gibson, Derringer's futuristic, edgy, and uncompromising vision eventually found a home with B ...

In 1974, Rick Derringer had his only Top 40 solo hit with ”Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo.” The song, from Derringer’s 1973 album American Boy, hit No. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 on March 30, 1974. More ...

Rick Derringer, who had a No. 1 hit with The McCoys in “Hang on Sloopy,” created a classic rock staple in “Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo,” produced the Edgar Winter Group’s hit “Frankenstein” and songs ...