The McCoys

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The McCoys
Frontman Rick Derringer, 1978
Frontman Rick Derringer, 1978
General information
Genre (s) skirt
founding 1962 as "Rick And The Raiders"; 1965 as "The McCoys"
resolution 1969
Last occupation
Rick Derringer
Randy Zehringer
Dennis Kelly (until 1965)
Ronnie Brandon (until 1967)
bass
 Randy Jo Hobbs (since 1965; † 1993)
Keyboard
 Robert "Bobby" Peterson (since 1967, † 1993)

The McCoys were an American band that had their greatest success in 1965 with the title Hang On Sloopy .

Band history

In 1962, brothers Rick (guitar) and Randy Zehringer (drums) formed the band Rick And The Raiders in Union City , Indiana . Dennis Kelly was there on bass. After an interlude as The Rick Z-Combo and with Ronnie Brandon on keyboards and Randy Jo Hobbs instead of Kelly on bass, they finally called themselves the McCoys in 1965 . Brandon later left the group and in 1967 Robert "Bobby" Peterson took over on the keyboards for him.

McCoys logo in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 2014

The McCoys' first single, Hang on Sloopy , immediately stormed the charts (No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US ). Then they had more hits with Fever and C'Mon Let's Go .

In 1969, the core of the McCoys, the Zehringer brothers and Hobbs, joined Johnny Winter as a backing band. Rick changed his name to Rick Derringer .

Hobbs died of heart failure in a hotel room in Dayton, Ohio on August 5, 1993 (Derringer's birthday) at the age of 45. Peterson died on July 21, 1993 at the age of 47 in Gainesville, Florida.

Discography

Albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
US US
1965 Hang On Sloopy US44 (19 weeks)
US

More albums

  • 1966: (You Make Me Feel) So Good
  • 1969: Infinite McCoys
  • 1969: Human Ball
  • 1995: Hang On Sloopy - The Best of the McCoys

Singles

year Title
album 		Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
DE DE AT AT UK UK US US
1965 Hang On Sloopy
Hang On Sloopy 		DE5 (16 weeks)
DE 		AT6 (4 weeks)
AT 		UK5 (14 weeks)
UK 		US5 (14 weeks)
US
Fever
Hang On Sloopy 		DE34 (4 weeks)
DE 		- UK44 (4 weeks)
UK 		US7 (11 weeks)
US
1966 Up and Down
 - - - US46 (6 weeks)
US
Come On Let's Go
(You Make Me Feel) So Good 		- - - US22 (9 weeks)
US
(You Make Me Feel) So Good
(You Make Me Feel) So Good 		- - - US53 (4 weeks)
US
Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure
 - - - US67 (5 weeks)
US
1967 I Got To Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance)
 - - - US69 (5 weeks)
US
Beat The Clock
 - - - US92 (2 weeks)
US

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For more information on the title, see: Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 184
  2. ↑ a b Chart sources: DE AT UK US