The McCoys

The McCoys

Infobox Musical artist
Name = The McCoys


Img_capt = Clockwise : Rick Derringer (Zehringer), Randy Zehringer, Ronni Brandon, Randy Jo Hobbs
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Background = group_or_band
Origin = Union City, Indiana, United States
Genre = Pop Sixties Pop
Years_active =
Label = Bang, Mercury
Associated_acts = The Strangeloves
Past_members = Rick Derringer (Zehringer), Randy Zehringer, Ronni Brandon, Randy Jo Hobbs

The McCoys were a pop group that started in Union City, Indiana, U.S., in 1962.

Career

The original members, all from Union City were guitarist Ricky Zehringer (later known as Rick Derringer), his brother Randy on drums, and bassist Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the Raiders. When Kelly left for college, the Zehringers were joined by bassist Randy Jo Hobbs, saxophonist Lindsay Nelson, and keyboardist Ronnie Brandon. This was the line-up that took the name of The McCoys.

One of their best-known songs is "Hang on Sloopy", which was #1 in America in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio. Other hits include a Top 10 cover of "Fever" (Billboard #7), and a Top 40 cover of Ritchie Valens's "Come On Let's Go" (Billboard #21).

A cover of "Sorrow", the B-side of their version of "Fever", was a hit in the United Kingdom for The Merseys and was later covered again by David Bowie.

The two Zehringer brothers (then known as Rick Derringer and Randy Z) and Hobbs joined Johnny Winter's band for the albums "Johnny Winter And" and "Live Johnny Winter And" in the 1970s. Derringer later played with Edgar Winter, Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, amongst others.

Hobbs died of drug-related heart failure on 5 August 1993, at the age of 45.

Album discography

*1965 "Hang on Sloopy"
*1966 "You Make Me Feel So Good"
*1968 "The Infinite McCoys"
*1969 "Human Ball"
*2003 "Dear Everybody"

ee also

*1965 in music
*Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1965

External links

* [http://www.classicbands.com/mccoys.html Classic Bands: The McCoys]
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