Rick Derringer, a very famous name in the US pop music industry, died on Monday. His music has spanned to teenage years and made him a star in the music industry. His close friend, Tony Wilson has revealed his death news in his facebook post.
Who is Rick Derringer
He was a famous US pop musician, and guitarist. He had ranked as No 1 in the US music industry before starting his work with artists. He moved to Union City, Indiana and made McCoys band with garage rockers. They debuted in the pop music industry with their own rhythm and song ‘My Girl Sloopy’ keeping Rick, a 17 year old boy in the front. In 1965, the song was renamed as ‘hang on sloopy’ and came to top among the pop musics in the US. He also worked with Edgar Winter Group and returned to rank 1 of US pop music in 1973. He also produced many pop music albums and achieved stardom at his mid-teenage.
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Why Rick Derringer is Famous
Rick Derringer has started earning fame from music by his band “The McCoys” at only age 17. They recorded a few famous songs, which are still very popular in the pop music world, “Hang on Sloopy,” “Rock and Roll,” “Hoochie Koo.” He had also become more famous to the new music world by producing “Weird AI”. For this debut album of Yankovic, he has earned a Grammy award. He is also famous for his popular albums, “All American Boy” and “Time Wrap”.
How Rick Derringer Died
According to a report, Rick Derringer has died at the age of 77. He died on Monday. His death was publicized by his family caregiver, Tony Wilson in social media. Yankovic has also posted his photo with Rick Derringer on Instagram after his death news. However, no cause of death is published yet. He not only created music, his energy and stardom has made many fans and followers, who will deeply miss him. The whole pop music industry will miss him.
