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The McCoy's-Hang on Sloopy?

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First arranged by band member John Tatgenhorst in 1965, Sloopy has sparked up football crowds for three decades. It has become an essential part of the Saturday afternoon ritual--a tradition which no other music has matched.
The director at the time, Dr. Charles Spohn, was skeptical about having the band perform the song, but eventually Tatgenhorst talked him into it. It made its debut October 9, 1965 at the OSU vs. Illinois game, but crowd response was mediocre as the band was not allowed to take the field because of heavy rain. The next game, however, was a different story. "They played it the next week in the stands and the crowd went crazy," recalled Tatgenhorst. "They really loved the thing! They kept yelling 'Sloopy!! Sloopy!!'." From then on, the popularity of Sloopy continued to build until it was firmly a tradition by the end of the 1965 season.

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I noticed it was included in the DVD recording of the the 1969 Rose Bowl telecast and the announcer called it "Hurry Up Sloopy".
 
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MililaniBuckeye;1969353; said:
If I'm not mistaken, TBDBITL did their arrangement of it right when the song came out in 1965, and it has been around ever since...
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this. they played it one week, the crowd went crazy and chanted for it the next, and the rest is history. Sloopy is the state rock song of Ohio as a result.
 
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I had dueling pianists play their rendition of it in Vegas the other night and we probably upset most of the bar with our singing, chanting, and carrying on. We had a table of scUM fans behind us actually and they yelled GO BLUE! during it. At first the guys performing were like "oh geez, who's the Ohio State fan in here?" when he read the request card. He ragged on me for a minute but then commented on how they tend to get a lot of crazy loving Buckeye fans in there, and that it could be worse - we could be scUM fans like the table behind us which had us all laughing.
 
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We've got another exciting guest on Saturday...Rick Derringer of The McCoys will be joining us for "Hang on Sloopy"!
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7:34 PM - 10 Sep 2015

VIDEO: RICK DERRINGER OF THE MCCOYS JOINS OHIO STATE'S MARCHING BAND AS ‘HANG ON SLOOPY’ TURNS 50



you've spent any amount of time in the Buckeye state, chances are, you know and love The McCoys' classic “Hang On Sloopy.” You've likely heard it at Ohio State football games, at weddings, in bars, and who knows where else.

It's the official rock song of the state of Ohio – nothing more needs to be said.

Saturday, The Ohio State University Marching Band welcomed Rick Derringer of The McCoys to Ohio Stadium for a performance of the arrangement prior to the Buckeyes' home game against Hawai'i. And we'll stop here so you can enjoy it.

Entire article: http://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio-...-states-marching-band-as-hang-on-sloopy-turns
 
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"Hang On Sloopy" (originally "My Girl Sloopy") is a 1964 song written by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns. Rhythm and blues vocal group the Vibrations were the first to record the tune in 1964.



Just sayin': interesting history of the song.
 
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Don't know about the rest of you birds, but Sloopy is my ringtone. Always interesting when phone rings, and most of the people (in meetings, on golf course, restaurants) tend to look up and see where coming from. PS, the girl above can really shake it. Almost as well as the 'Back to School' gal when Rodney Dangerfield sings....Go Bucks!
 
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