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Rick Derringer, who had a hit with 'Hang On Sloopy' and produced 'Weird Al,' dies at 77
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FILE - Singer Rick Derringer performs during a campaign rally kicking off George Wallace Jr's bid for the office of lieutenant governor in Montgomery, Ala., on Feb. 18, 2006. - photo by AP Photo/Rob Carr, File
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for producing “Weird Al" Yankovic's debut album, has died. He was 77. Derringer died Monday in in Ormond Beach, Florida, according to a Facebook announcement from his caretaker, Tony Wilson.