Rick Derringer: Hang On Sloopy

[@barrygeekler6458]

I danced my ass off at the age of 6 when I first heard this tune over the radio, much to my parents dismay, and here I am at 62 years of age still dancing my ass off to this classic song!

[@iamanovercomer3253]

In the 60s as a kid, I remember this song coming on WABC AM radio, a transistor radio ‼️👍

[@roybeckerman7843]

His 1975 version of this with dancing SLOOPY GIRL, is the best of all..

[@chickm14]

Lisa Leonard Dalton

[@johnnyamaro6643]

Yes the video of 1975 with the dancing girl, is actually a video filmed to the original version of the 1960's hit. Still a good video.👍

[@sloopygirl-lisa.leonard.dalton]

@roybeckerman7843 😁Well I totally agree with that!!!

[@JohnnyEstrada-g8u]

Makes me feel good when I'm down just a great song!

[@vincentkosik403]

Coolest song ever! Rick is so boss!

[@eduardoguzman1440]

Rick is an underrated guitar player, this guy is an incredible musician 👏👏👏

[@songwriterfortruth4601]

I First Seen Rick DERRINGER play with the Mcoys in OMAHA NEBRASKA at the Battle of the Band's at the Civic Auditorium. When I first started playing Hang on Sloopy was a MUST.. I TRULY Appreciate his music and how much his influence has enabled so many young players over the years. I've must have played this song 10000 times maybe more. Hang On Sloopy was one of the 20 songs my very first band knew in 7th Grade. There's so MANY Nice Things I could say about Rick DERRINGER but I'm sure he knows WE ALL LOVE HIM

[@DarthVader1977]

I first saw*

[@randirose3274]

Rick Derringer is from my hometown

[@davewatts5038]

Thanks Philip. Excellent!! Happy Birthday Rick Derringer !!!!!

[@johnjarou2357]

ditto to phillip and rick derringer!

[@randirose3274]

Union city peeps are gonna go nuts next weekend at arts festival when Rick Derringer does this 😊🎤🎵🎶

[@denisemorgas3287]

That was so great1!

[@randirose3274]

My best friend's daughter done a 60's inspired dance to this song and his manager got her on stage to do this with him

[@DarthVader1977]

did* a

[@bjornekblom2096]

Rick is one of the best guitarist ever. I ve seen him live with Edgar Winter here in Sweden!

[@DarthVader1977]

guitarists*

[@bjornekblom2096]

@ how’s your swedish?

[@DarthVader1977]

@@bjornekblom2096 How's* Swedish*

[@bjornekblom2096]

@@DarthVader1977 Super stupid is a great song by Funkadelic, give it a listen.

[@DarthVader1977]

@bjornekblom2096 Rappin' Duke.

[@wendyschachter7824]

I remember Rick from Billy's Bar on 24th St. He was a patron. We always played this song when he visited. Great memories.

[@billysheppard6091]

Rock on derringer fans semper Fi go rick.an American legend..

[@johnjarou2357]

real American rock and roll!

[@sabineelisabethrabus1384]

👍🙂☺️

[@gleng1]

Greatest rock and roll interview of all time. (70s? Early 80s?) . NPR was talking with a businessman who was trying to start one of those new football leagues that would compete against the NFL. He said, "I know this is going to work because there are only five ways to lose all of your money and I've done all five of them and this has all the ingredients to succeed and...." The interview interrupted him and asked, "Excuse me... didn't you write Hang on Sloopy?" He stopped and said, "Yes, I did. I was very young at the time and never really made any money off of it..."

[@janicetucker3312]

And that's the rest of the story, now we know the real song. OMG !!!

[@detroitgarage9430]

Very nice.:)

[@rustytime]

17...1964. Pretty good but never top that 1975 video with "Sloopy" dancing. Good story how she never got to see it...forgot about it until... the internet. Check it out if you haven't. Interesting backstory.

[@chickm14]

Too bad we cant keep.our youth forever. Like my friend Ken Lindsey ( now deceased, recorded the best version of Charlena), Rick has lost his singing voice.

[@tedster1956]

I Married Sloopy! 🤠

[@robinwhitman8840]

Forever. Hang on snoopy

[@anthonyseward6488]

Rick use to live next door to my parents in Colchester CT with his now ex wife Diane and their daughter and K9 Borris...which my folks now have...

[@GOLDENFLYWARRIOR]

Rick was always troubled with Dyan. She almost married my ex-husband when we lived in California near SF. Too much drugs. But Rick got Religion now and at least grounded finally. He's in Florida and still joins bands for gigs yet he's a Real Estate agent too these days. Dyan was having health problems last time we spoke about 4 years ago. But Rick always got lead around like a puppy by his women. Not much balls yet talented as a guitarist..

[@randirose3274]

Going to possibly see Rick Derringer next month on September 14th during UC arts festival

[@brianlowe753]

Where’s Lisa Dalton.

[@sloopygirl-lisa.leonard.dalton]

@brianlowe753 Here I am Brian !

[@motrock93b]

Where’s the hot dancing girl?

[@GOLDENFLYWARRIOR]

Rick Derringer looks so healthy since he divorced Dyan and remarried Jenda. Rick got religion and went conservative. LOVE hearing his song 'HANG ON SLOOPY." Sadly, I doubt that he recalls most of those time after so much of his drug & drinking. Dyan did NOT help either. They met in a strip bar! Go figure! Yet he finally grew up around the age 50. He's 70 now and still is HOT on his guitars.

[@THE-HammerMan]

Yeah. Right. "Hang On Snoopy". He did "R n R Coochi Coochi Coo" too, right?

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

*sloopy

[@chickm14]

But his singing voice has gone to shit.

[@matteg490]

Rick is accompanied by a Little Steven Van Zandt look-alike.

[@joseaechev]

I couldn't help but notice that his guitar is tuned half a step down, he appears to be playing in G but it's actually F#.

[@MrAMYJACK]

Ah and that means ?

[@solocam1962]

Means nothing ... except that he wants to sing in a lower register because G is too high for him to sing in... yet he can still play in key of G (easier). This guy must have been trying to play along side of this with his guitar tuned standard to figure it out.

[@bonkeydollocks1879]

Suits his voice better, vocal range changes over the years so this probably suits him now

[@benvye4279]

So, a financial guru named Charles Givens claims to have written this song. Anybody know if that's true?

[@lamper2]

hi charlie!

[@acasadorocknroll-tv.1359]

showww

[@lindamartinez6454]

Leneka Was Here...

[@Thats_Unfortunate]

in this performance at times he sounds great and at other times its pretty bad

[@allanross611]

Rick just sing into the mic. Stopping kissing the damn thing

[@christmasjoy3887]

Good one! 💋 🎤 😂

[@jimchurchill5651]

Bad...!

[@land7776]

sucks... singing flat, too much reverb in guitar...

[@timo1947]

Where is your hit record, asshole?

[@eduardoguzman1440]

Are you crazy? Rick is a master playing guitar you got to look somes 70' videos

[@land7776]

@@eduardoguzman1440 I'm not saying he's not.. some can play and sing well decades after their peak, f.e. Clapton and Knopler. Many, or most can't.

[@oppothumbs1]

Yeah too much reverb. Dont back down. Singing is good though for live and for his age.

[@MrAMYJACK]

Too much talken