Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Legendary rock guitarist and songwriter Rick Derringer passed away May 26, 2025, at age 77. In 2024, Guitar Player contributing ...

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Legendary guitarist Rick Derringer died on Memorial Day at the age of 77. Derringer’s wife Jenda told TMZ the star suffered a medical episode and his heart suddenly gave out. Jenda said he died ...

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 ...

Rick Derringer, the '60s charm and ‘70s hit singer, passed away at the age of 77 on Monday. The ‘Hang on Sloopy’ singer was hospitalised after having three bypass surgeries in a month, and his demise ...

Rick Derringer, the guitarist, songwriter and producer who wrote or contributed to a body of hits spanning decades, died on Monday at the age of 77. Born Richard Dean Zehringer on Aug. 5, 1947, in ...

(CNN) — Rick Derringer, a guitarist and record producer who is responsible for the hit “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” has died. He was reportedly 77. The news was confirmed by Derringer’s caretaker and ...

In 1965, when he was just 17-years-old, Rick Derringer’s band The McCoys had a Billboard #1 hit with “Hang On, Sloopy”. In 1973, he had another hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” off his solo album ...

Guitar great Rick Derringer died on Monday, May 26, at age 77. The Ohio-born Derringer, whose real last name was Zehringer, first came to fame as a teenager, when his band The McCoys scored a No. 1 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Singer-songwriter-guitarist-producer Rick Derringer died Monday at 77 years old. The Celina, Ohio, native Derringer is best known for singing and playing on two massive rock and roll ...