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What is a Sloopy anyway?
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Link was killed...try the last oneStill didn't work, maybe third times a charm
Agreed, and down with panties!They need to start burning bras again, that was great.
Lol... Funny how a chick can pretty much dance and move anyway they want and we'll watch. Imagine if that was a dude dancing like that. lolI think I am on my 5th time watching this video... I want a Sloopy too
and watch and watch and watch!!Lol... Funny how a chick can pretty much dance and move anyway they want and we'll watch. Imagine if that was a dude dancing like that. lol
Lol... Funny how a chick can pretty much dance and move anyway they want and we'll watch. Imagine if that was a dude dancing like that. lol
No real dude would watch a guy dance like that. Never.Lol... Funny how a chick can pretty much dance and move anyway they want and we'll watch. Imagine if that was a dude dancing like that. lol
I was gonna say, what about Grads......But noticed you said "real dude"No real dude can or would dance like that![]()
Old school....and there real.....What is a Sloopy anyway?
The song was originally recorded by a group called "Rick & The Raiders" but they ended up changing their name to the McCoys. Rick in the band is none other than Rick Derringer.
The song gained an association with Ohio State University after its marching band began playing it at football games; it first played it October 9, 1965 after a staff arranger, John Tatgenhorst, begged the director to try playing it. After finally convincing the director, Tatgenhorst arranged the song and the band played it in front of the stadium. After the crowd reaction, the band began to play it at every game and now it is a Saturday tradition to play the song before the start of the fourth quarter of every Buckeye game. Since then, "Sloopy" has been appearing on the band's CDs and is available as a free download on its website.[citation needed]
The song has also become a feature at the home games of professional sports teams throughout Ohio where, as is the case at Ohio State, fans usually chant the letters "O, H, I, O" during the pauses in the chorus while mimicking the shape of the letters with their arms and is normally played during the transition from the 3rd quarter to the 4th quarter at Ohio Stadium.
Sloopy story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Sloop
This song has been very popular!
- Little Caesar and the Consuls released a version of the song in 1965 that reached #50 on the Billboard pop chart.[10]
- "Hang on Sloopy" served as the title track of a live 1965 recording (released on Rhapsody in 1966) by the Ramsey Lewis Trio; the disc became a gold record.[11] It reached #6 on the US R&B chart, #11 on the US pop chart, and #18 on the US adult contemporary chart.[12]
- A cover in Spanish titled “Es Lupe" by Los Johnny Jets released in 1965 topped the Mexican charts for 13 weeks.[13]
- Leno e Lilian, a Brazilian vocal duo, released a cover version in Portuguese (“Pobre Menina”) in January 1966 that topped the Brazilian charts. [14]
- The Lettermen released a version of the song in 1970 that reached #18 on the US adult contemporary chart and #93 on the Billboard Hot 100.[15]
- Rick Derringer released a version of the song in 1975 that reached #94 on the Billboard Hot 100.[16]
- The Sandpipers released a version of the song in 1976 that reached #32 on the UK Singles Chart.[17]
The year is 1965 and an almost unknown rock band from Ohio called The McCoys recorded a song called "Hang On Sloopy." that was inspired by a woman named Dorothy Sloop who was a native of Steubenville, Ohio. Apparently she had a career as a singer in the 1950's and used the name "Sloopy" as a stage name. Dorothy Sloop passed away in Pass Christian, Mississippi. Her song will long live on in the hearts of people for years to come....