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Still didn't work, maybe third times a charm
 

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Worked for me and I have no idea what a sloppy is but like the bounces.
 

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We had a hottie in HS whose mother told her she was the local Sloopy.......:eek:

The chic was proud, not so much her mom.:D
 

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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]
 

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So odd, totally random about two hours ago, I was looking up Rick Derringer as I've always liked him. Read that he was the lead on this song which I never knew. Then I checked in here. So weird. Cool vid.
 

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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
and watch and watch and watch!!
 

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Supposedly that was Derringer's girlfriend at the time...
 

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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.
 

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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 song was originally recorded by The Vibrations, a R&B group, as "My Girl Sloopy". Derringer has said he has no idea what girl inspired the song but also said one of the guys who wrote it said it was a Cuban slang for girl.

Great song, hot chick in the vid.

Saw Derringer a few times back in the day, twice with Johnny Winter, the other with Edgar Winter.
 

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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....
 

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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....

The McCoys only sang on the song. The instrumental tracks were already laid down by The Strangeloves looking for another hit after “ I want candy”. They discoverd Derringers band while on the road and sold them on the song while trying to beat The Dave Clark Five on getting the song out first and flew Drrringer and band to NYC to lay down the vocals.. The strangeloves were actually all studio guys and producers.

Derringer was only 16 at the time.
 

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Here's a slightly different version of that video, maybe the original? Girl's name in the vid is Liz Brewer. :cool:

 

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I wonder why this video was done? It was filmed in ‘75, 10 years after the song was a hit, and there was no MTV yet.
 
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