"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were...

Hang On Sloopy is the debut studio album by The McCoys, released in 1965. It reached #44 on the Billboard Top LPs chart. The album featured two singles:...

success in the 1960s with his band, the McCoys. Their debut single, "Hang on Sloopy", became a number-one hit in 1965 and is now regarded as a classic track...

United States, in 1962. They are best known for their 1965 hit single "Hang On Sloopy". Originally named Rick and the Raiders, they changed their name to...

include "Twist and Shout", "Piece of My Heart", "Here Comes the Night", "Hang on Sloopy", "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", and his productions...

bands. A native of Ohio, her nickname was Sloopy, and she was likely the inspiration behind the song "Hang On Sloopy", written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns...

hit as a composer – the McCoys' 1965 US number one "Hang On Sloopy" (a reworking of "My Girl Sloopy", co-written with Bert Russell) – remains one of the...

most successful jazz pianists, having had hits with "The In Crowd", "Hang On Sloopy", and "Wade in the Water." All three singles each sold over one million...

Nancy Sinatra's ("These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"), and the McCoys' ("Hang On Sloopy"). Additional songs recorded for the album, but not included were: Tom...

eventually leading to the introduction of the band's arrangement of "Hang On, Sloopy" in 1965. In 1957, director Jack Evans moved the band's pregame rehearsal...

"(Have Some) Fun with the Funk" (also available on the Pokémon: The First Movie soundtrack) and "Hang On Sloopy" were released as bonus tracks, bringing those...

of the World" by Skeeter Davis, and "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys—and reverses the order of tracks 7 and 8 on the second disc. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas...

revealed in the year-end edition of Billboard dated December 25, 1965, is based on Hot 100 charts from the issue dates of January 2 through October 30, 1965...

bands featured in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame exhibit Hang on Sloopy: The Music of Ohio. On display were a white Fender bass used by Mel Pachuta and...

Ronnie Dio and the Prophets. The three also produced the McCoys' hit "Hang On Sloopy". In 1966, Feldman and Goldstein moved to California to set up their...

at the university in 1890. On the site of the first OSU game, on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University in Delaware, Ohio, on May 3, 1890, the Delaware...

"Hang On Sloopy" by the McCoys, "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison and "Solitary Man" and "Kentucky Woman" by Neil Diamond. When Berns died suddenly on...

bassist Eldee Young and drummer Redd Holt) had another big hit in "Hang on Sloopy," and the set (as with the previous one) was recorded at a club before...

was "My Boyfriend's Back" by the Angels, followed by other hits like "Hang On Sloopy" by the McCoys and "I Want Candy" by the Strangeloves, of which the...

football program was punished with sanctions. The sanctions were announced on July 8, 2011, and affected the Ohio State football program from 2011 to 2015...

Quit" during the middle of the eighth. The Cleveland Guardians play "Hang on Sloopy", Ohio's official rock song, during the middle of the 8th, and fans...

"Former Ohio State Assistant Coach Finds New Home". Ohio State Buckeyes on SI. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved July 18, 2024. Galatzan, Matt (January 10...

The song was "done in the style of "Louie, Louie" and the manner of "Hang On Sloopy", and given a "Merseybeat" treatment (in the manner of The Beatles'...

from The McCoys' version of "Hang On Sloopy". On the original recording of "Snoopy", the lyrics "Hang on Snoopy, Snoopy hang on" were sung at this point....

taken multiple ways ("hang" as in either "lynch" or "frame on a wall"). Berry's objection ultimately led the line to be changed to "hang your freedom higher...

skill for crafting hit records, he rejected two Berns compositions, "Hang on Sloopy" (later recorded by the McCoys), and "A Little Bit of Soap", a recent...

(2009, Vicor) "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" "Say Yeah, Say No" "Hang On Sloopy (Jerk)" "Blue Eyes" "My Happiness" "You Only Live Twice" "Midnight Caravan"...

homecoming football game on October 30, 1965. The heavy papier-mâché nut did not last and it was soon replaced by a fiberglass shell. On November 21, 1965,...

wonders are in view, Land where my dreams all come true! Ohio portal "Hang On Sloopy", official state rock song of Ohio "Discography of American Historical...

not on the record but in the movie that was made of the tour. In 1965, The McCoys released a version of the song on their debut album, Hang on Sloopy. In...