The McCoys - Hang On Sloopy (1965) Bert Berns (credited as Bert Russell) | Wes Farrell from: "Hang On Sloopy" / "I Can't Explain It" (Single) "Bang & Shout Super Hits" (1970 Bang Records Compilation) "Hang On Sloopy: The Best of the McCoys" (1995 Sony Legacy Records Compilation)
Garage | Garage Rock
Personnel: Rick Derringer: Lead Vocals | Lead Guitar Solo Jerry Goldstein: Keyboards Richard Gottehrer: Bass Bob Feldman: Drums / Percussion
Horns: New York Session Players
Produced by Bob Feldman / Jerry Goldstein / Richard Gottehrer (AKA The Strangeloves)
Recorded: @ Bell Sound Studios in New York City, New York USA 1965
𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐨 @𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐯𝐞 (left click = play) (320kbps)
Single Released: on July 30, 1965 Bang Records (US) August, 1965 Immediate Records (UK)
𝟑 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 | 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐤𝐞𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐔𝐊 (left click = play) (320kbps)
The 3 Verse Version: "Bang & Shout Super Hits" (1970 Bang Records Compilation) "Hang On Sloopy: The Best of the McCoys." (1995 Sony Legacy Records Compilation)
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"Originally written and recorded with three verses, "Hang On Sloopy" was edited down to two verses for the single and original Hang On Sloopy album. The unedited three-verse version first appeared on the 1970 Bang various artists compilation Bang & Shout Super Hits (BLPS-220), then again in 1995 on the Sony Legacy compilation Hang On Sloopy: The Best of the McCoys."- Wikipedia
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The song became standard fare for garage bands and, in 1965, it became one of the first songs recorded by the Yardbirds with guitarist Jeff Beck. A version by the rock group the McCoys was the most successful when it reached number one in the U.S. singles chart in October 1965.[3] Recordings by additional artists also reached the charts, including versions in Spanish and Portuguese.
By one account, the inspiration for the song was Dorothy Sloop, a jazz singer from Steubenville, Ohio, and a student at Ohio University in Athens. - Wikipedia
