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The McCoys were a pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 group
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 that started in Union City
Union City, Indiana

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, Indiana
Indiana

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, United States
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, in 1962.

original members, all from Union City were guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Ricky Zehringer (later known as Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer

Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, Singer, and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for the songs "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and "Real American"....
), his brother
Sibling

A sibling is a brother or a sister; that is, any person who shares the same parents.In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood with each other....
 Randy on drums
Drum kit

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, and bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the Raiders. When Kelly left for college
College

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, the Zehringers were joined by bassist Randy Jo Hobbs
Randy Jo Hobbs

Randy Jo Hobbs was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976....
, saxophonist
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
 Sean Michaels, and keyboardist
Keyboardist

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 Ronnie Brandon.






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The McCoys were a pop
Pop music

Pop music is a music genre that features a noticeable rhythmic element, melodies and hook , a mainstream style and a conventional structure.The term "pop music" was first used in 1926 in the sense of "having popular appeal" , but since the 1950s it has been used in the sense of a musical genre, originally characterized as a lighter alternat...
 group
Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of two or more musicians who perform instrumental or vocal music. In each musical style different norms have developed for the sizes and composition of different ensembles, and for the repertoire of songs or musical works that these ensembles perform....
 that started in Union City
Union City, Indiana

This article is about the city in Indiana. See Union City, Ohio for the adjacent village in Ohio. See Union City for any other entries about Union City....
, Indiana
Indiana

The State of Indiana was the 19th U.S. state admitted into the union. It is located in the Midwestern United States of the United States of America....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, in 1962.

Career

The original members, all from Union City were guitarist
Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may perform solo pieces or play with ensembles and bands of a wide variety of genres....
 Ricky Zehringer (later known as Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer

Rick Derringer is an American guitarist, Singer, and entertainer. He is perhaps best known for the songs "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and "Real American"....
), his brother
Sibling

A sibling is a brother or a sister; that is, any person who shares the same parents.In most societies throughout the world, siblings usually grow up together and spend a good deal of their childhood with each other....
 Randy on drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, and bassist
Bassist

A bass player is a musician who plays a double bass, bass guitar, or another low-pitched instrument, such as keyboard bass or a low brass instrument such as tuba or sousaphone....
 Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the Raiders. When Kelly left for college
College

File:Government college for Women Dhoke Kala Khan.JPGCollege is a term most often used today to denote an education institution. More broadly, it can be the name of any group of collegialitys, for example, an electoral college, a College of Arms or the College of Cardinals....
, the Zehringers were joined by bassist Randy Jo Hobbs
Randy Jo Hobbs

Randy Jo Hobbs was an American musician born in Winchester, Indiana. Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976....
, saxophonist
Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-Bore transposing instrument musical instrument considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a Single-reed instrument mouthpiece similar to the clarinet....
 Sean Michaels, and keyboardist
Keyboardist

A keyboardist is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either piano or organ ....
 Ronnie Brandon. This was the line-up that took the name of The McCoys. Brandon left the group in 1965 and was replaced by Bobby Peterson on keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
.

One of their best-known song
Song

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s is "Hang on Sloopy
Hang on Sloopy

"Hang On Sloopy" is a song by the pop music group The McCoys which was Hot 100 number-one hits of 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio and The Ohio State University....
", which was #1 in America in the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
 chart
Record chart

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 in October 1965 and is the official rock
Rock music

Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
 song
Song

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 of the state of Ohio
Ohio

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. American
United States

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 sales alone were over one million copies. Other hits
Hit single

A hit single is a Sound recording track or Single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official Record chart through repeated airplay and/or significant commercial sales....
 include a Top 10 cover
Cover version

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 of "Fever
Fever (1956 song)

"Fever" is a song credited to Eddie Cooley and "John Davenport" . The song was a rhythm and blues hit for Little Willie John that crossed over and became a pop standard after being transformed, with additional lyrics, by Peggy Lee....
" (Billboard #7), and a Top 40 cover of Ritchie Valens
Ritchie Valens

Ritchie Valens was an singer, songwriter and guitarist of Mexican origin born in the U.S.A rock and roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months....
's "Come On Let's Go" (Billboard #21).

A cover of "Sorrow", the B-side
A-side and B-side

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 of their version of "Fever", was a hit in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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 for The Merseys and was later covered again by David Bowie
David Bowie

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.

The two Zehringer brothers (then known as Rick Derringer and Randy Z) and Hobbs became Johnny Winter
Johnny Winter

John Dawson "Johnny" Winter III is an United States blues guitarist, Vocalist and Record producer.Johnny and Edgar Winter were nurtured at an early age by their parents in their musical pursuits....
's band for the albums Johnny Winter And
Johnny Winter And

Johnny Winter And is a 1970 album by Texas blues guitarist Johnny Winter. It was also the name of his band for a short time....
 and Live Johnny Winter And
Live Johnny Winter And

Live Johnny Winter And is a 1971 album by Johnny Winter recorded live at various locations during the fall of 1970 including the Capitol Theatre in Port Chester, New York, and Pirate's World in Dania, Florida....
 in the 1970 and 1971 respectively. As backing musicians, both Derringer and Hobbs contributed to Winter's later releases, Still Alive and Well
Still Alive and Well

Still Alive and Well is a 1973 album by Johnny Winter....
 (1973), Saints & Sinners (1974) and John Dawson Winter III
John Dawson Winter III

John Dawson Winter III is a 1974 album by Johnny Winter....
 (1974). Derringer and Hobbs later played with Edgar Winter
Edgar Winter

Edgar Holland Winter is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. Edgar is a multi-instrumentalist, performing on the keyboards, and as a vocalist, saxophonist and percussionist, well-versed in jazz, blues and rock music....
, as well as appearing on the Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live
Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live

Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live is a 1976 album by Johnny Winter....
 album (1976). Hobbs later toured with Winter, but without Derringer, resulting in Winter's Captured Live!
Captured Live!

Captured Live! is a 1976 album by Johnny Winter....
 album (1976). Derringer also played with Steely Dan
Steely Dan

Steely Dan is an United States jazz-Rock music band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock and roll, funk, rhythm and blues, and Pop music....
, Cyndi Lauper
Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an Music of the United States Grammy- and Emmy award winning singer-songwriter and actress. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual, and became the first artist to have four top-five singles released from one album....
, among others, in addition to forming later bands, such as DNA, with drummer Carmine Appice
Carmine Appice

Carmine Appice is an American rock drummer of Italian ancestry. He is sibling to Vinny Appice, who also plays drums professionally. He was influenced by the jazz drumming of Buddy Rich and Gene Krupa had a classical music training....
.

Hobbs died of drug-related heart failure on 5 August 1993, (Rick Derringer's birthday), at the age of 45.

Discography with Billboard chart peak positions


Singles

  • "Hang On Sloopy" (#1) / "I Can't Explain It" -- Bang 506 -- 1965
  • "Fever" (#7) / "Sorrow" -- Bang 511 -- 1965
  • "Up And Down" (#46) / "If You Tell A Lie" -- Bang 516 -- 1966
  • "Come On, Let's Go" (#21) / "Little People" -- Bang 522 -- 1966
  • "(You Make Me Feel) So Good" (#53) / "Runaway" -- Bang 527 -- 1966
  • "Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure" (#67) / "Ko-Ko" -- Bang 532 -- 1966
  • "I Got To Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance)" (#69) / "Dynamite" -- Bang 538 -- 1967
  • "Beat The Clock" (#92) / "Like You Do To Me" -- Bang 543 -- 1967
  • "Say Those Magic Words" / "I Wonder If She Remembers Me" -- Bang 549 -- 1967
  • "Jesse Brady" (#98) / "Resurrection" -- Mercury 72843 -- 1968
  • "Epilogue" / "Daybreak" -- Mercury 72897 -- 1968
  • "Love Don't Stop" / "Only Human" -- Mercury 72917 -- 1969


Albums

  • Hang on Sloopy (#44) -- Bang BLP-212 (mono
    Monaural

    Monaural sound reproduction is single-channel. Typically there is only one microphone, one loudspeaker, or, in the case of headphones or multiple loudspeakers, they are fed from a common Signalling path, and in the case of multiple microphones, mixed into a single signal path at some stage....
    ) / BLPS-212 (stereo
    Stereophonic sound

    Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of sound, using two or more independent Sound recording and reproduction channels, through a symmetrical configuration of loudspeakers, in such a way as to create a pleasant and natural impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing....
    ) -- 1965
  • You Make Me Feel So Good -- Bang BLP-213 / BLPS-213 -- 1966
  • The Infinite McCoys -- Mercury SR 61163 -- 1968
  • Human Ball -- Mercury SR 61207 -- 1969


See also

  • 1965 in music
    1965 in music

    Events*January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.*January 12 - Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show included performances by the New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry & The Pacemak...
  • Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1965


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