Reply #8: Going way back, The McCoys "Hang On, Sloopy" was a cover-and they [View All]

[old mark]

didn't even record the backing music to the record. They were a group of high school friends from Indiana, they recorded the vocals and guitar solo track over music laid down bu another group (The Strangeloves) that produced the McCoys' record, and had a huge hit with it. I think the McCoys were about 17 at the time.
The McCoys recorded several more LP's, went on to become the band for bluse man Johnny Winter.
The McCoys guitar player changed a few letters in his name and became Rick Derringer.

Mark

Oh, yeah - and the first 2 or so Rolling Stones LP's were mostly covers..didn't seem to hurt them much, either...