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, 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 ...

(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 ...

These somewhat forgotten guitar anthems from the 1970s deserve a comeback. And I bet 70s kids out there might still remember ...

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 ...

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 ...