By Ethan Millman Music Editor Rick Derringer, the classic rock guitarist-songwriter best known for performing the garage rock hit “Hang on Sloopy” and for writing “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Coo ...

Rick Derringer, who had a No. 1 hit with The McCoys in “Hang on Sloopy,” created a classic rock staple in “Rock and Roll, Hootchie Koo,” produced the Edgar Winter Group’s hit ...

The song cracked the Top 40, peaking at Number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100, and has enjoyed a long life since as a classic rock radio staple. Derringer had written and recorded “Rock and Roll, ...

Although "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" was originally recorded by Johnny Winter, Derringer's version eclipsed the original — appearing on the soundtrack of the 1993 cult classic "Dazed and ...

If there's one thing that can unite rock fans of all stripes, it's being upset with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. That's why we made this list of the 10 Worst Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Snubs.

Ella Fitzgerald might be the de facto queen of jazz, but she wasn't afraid to deliver a rock cover or two in the 1960s.

Ladies & Gentlemen...50 Years of Music" is open to the public beginning May 23 at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

This raises the key problems with a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame existing in the first place. First, it signals, like the founding of the genre of “classic rock” radio in the ’80s, the end of ...

In 2016, the Pretenders released their 10th album, Alone - but Chrissie Hynde was showing no sign of playing the game ...

Classic rock guitarist, singer, and producer Rick Derringer has died at the age of 77. Tony Wilson, a long-time friend of Derringer’s, shared the news on Facebook, saying Wilson and Derringer’s wife, ...

Here below, we wanted to explore that very fact and highlight three classic rock songs that name ... about going deeper into the world of rock and roll. And on it, lead vocalist Roger Daltrey ...

I should read what I sent to her, because what I said and what she responded was kind of classic. I wrote her ... what your opinion of the idea of a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is, if somebody ...