Derringer’s decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar ...

Throughout the 1970s and ’80s, Derringer worked as a session musician, playing on albums by Steely Dan, Todd Rundgren, Kiss ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit ...

Avant-garde music isn't the most accessible genre on the planet, but these three records might just appeal to more reserved ...

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 ...

In tribute to Rick Derringer, here are four memorable songs featuring the late guitar great by well-known artists, including Alice Cooper, Steely Dan, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

He also produced “Weird Al” Yankovic’s first six albums, working on some of the spoof entertainer’s biggest hits including “Eat It” and “Fat.” Derringer was 17 years old when his ...

Derringer's band, the McCoys, was behind the 1965 hit "Hang On Sloopy," and he collaborated with the likes of Barbra ...