Rick Derringer, Whose Six-DeCade Career Spanned Teen Startom as Lead Singer of the ’60s Smash “Hang on Sloopy,” A’ 70s Solo Hit with “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo,” Session Work with Artists Dan to Barbra Streisand, and Extensive Work as a Write and A Write A Write A Write Wrestling Themes Like Hulk Hogan’s SEEMINGLY AGEHEES “Real American,” Has Died, Acciting to An announcement From His Caretaker, Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player Magazine. Wilson’s post states that derringer died monday Evening in ormond beach, fl. No Cause of Death Was Announced Although Derringer Had Been in Ill Health in Recent Months; He was 77.
A Fiery and Remarkably Versatile Guitarist, A Strong Singer and A High-Profile Presence on New York Rock Schene of the ’70s and’ 80s, Derringer Also Produced the Edgar Group’s 1972 Smash Single “Frankenstein” and Served’s Guitarist for Several Years; WORKED CLOSELY WITH WINTER’S Brother Johnny as a guitarist and producer; Produced “Weird” Al Yankovic’s First Album; And tan gave patti Smith Her first Major Credit, on the song “Jump” from Derringer 1973 Solo album debut, “All -american boy.”
His Eponymous Band Releassed Several Albums and Toured Heavily Throughout the Mid and Late ’70s – The Band’ Final Major Incarnation Featured Neil Giraldo, WHO IMMEDIATELY AFTERWARD SCORD SUCCESS AS BENTER’S COWERITER AND GUITERIS (and Husband to This Day). Derringer and His First Wife, Liz, Were Also Members of Andy Warhol’s Extended Circle and Frequently Appeared in Rock Magazines of the Era. In his late Years he worked extensively with singer cyndi lauper and wrote and produed many popular theme for wrestlers, Including Hulk Hogan’s “Real American,” Which has the Curious Legacy of Being Used ame Song by Barack Obama, Hillary Cloton and Donald.
Born Richard Dean Zehringer in Ohio in 1947, The Young Derringer Received A Guitar for HIS NINTHDAY AND BEGAN PLAYING LOCAL GIGS WITH HIS UNCLE, A COUNTRY MUSICIAN, PRIGHT HE IN HIGH SCHOOL. As a teen he formed a band Called the McCoys with his Brother randy. In the Summer of 1965 The Songwriting-Production Team the Strangeloves-Compressed of Richard Gottehrer, Jerry Goldstein and Bob Feldman, Who’d Scored a Major Hit with “I Want Candy” “My Girl Sloopy,” Originally relayed by the vibrations the previous year. With the title altered to “Hang on Sloopy,” The Song Reached No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 That Summer – Replacing Barry McGuire’s Grim “Eve of Destruction” – Around the Time Derringer (Still Working Under His Born Name) TURNED 18. For Professional Sports, has been a staple of Ohio State Football Game for Decades.
The McCoys, Who Open for the Rolling Stones on their Major North American Tour, HAD minor follow-up hits but did not repeds that success, and Began Working with Blues Guitarist Johnny Winter in the Late 1960s and, Later, HIS Brother Edgar, Touring with Both and Platorying and Playing Touring Touring and Playing and Playing and Playing producing Their albums. The partnership with Edgar Produced a Massive Single With 1972’s “Frankenstein,” an instrumental the band had been playing around with for years; The title came from the look of the master tape, which had so many segments spliced together that the musicians said it resembled the horror-movie character’s stitches. The Song, Produced by Derringer, Topped the Billboard Hot 100 in May of 1973; He was on to replace ronnie montrose in the band Shortly after and remainer the edgar winter Guitarist and Producer for the Next Three Years.
Also in 1973, derringer enjoyed his first solo with “rock and roll hootchie koo” Throughout the Decade and releassed several albums; Their Concerts were Heavy on Guitar Dueling and Showmanship, and Climaxed with Derringer and His Second Guitarist dramatically Throwing their to Each Other from Opposite Sides of the Stage.
Throughout the 1970s and ’80s derringer also worked extensively as a Musician session, Playing on albums by stely dan (Including “Countdown to ecstasy,” “Katy Lied” and “Gaucho”), Todd Rundgren, Kiss and Event Barbra Streisand. In the Early 1980s he soloed on two massive singles writles by meatloaf mastermind Jim Steinman: Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and Air Supply’s “Making Love at Nothing at All.”
In the mid-1980s he began working with singer Cyndi Laper, Touring in Her Band and Playing on Three of Albums (Including the Hit “True Colors”), but widespread Significant was left to his entrée into the work the work. In 1985, he produced the World Wrestling Federation’s “The Wrestling Album,” Which Consted Primarily Mostly of Pro Wrestlers’ Theme Songs, Many of which Co-Wrote. Most notable among these were hulk hogan’s theme “Real american,” Which was used by President Barack Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents’ Dinner one unveiling his birthificate; nor a Campaign Song by Hillary Clinton; And, inevitably, Frequently by President Donald Trump.
In His Later Years He Toured With Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band as Peter Frampton, Carmine Appice and Others, Aligned with Conservative Causes and releassed several Christian-themehed albums with his wife, Jenda.
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