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The McCoys



Genres: Pop / Rock
Decades Active: 1960s, 1990s
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Formed in Union City, Indiana, USA, in 1962, this beat group initially comprised Rick Zehringer (5 August 1947, Fort Recovery, Ohio, USA; guitar), his brother Randy (b. 1951, Union City, Indiana, USA; drums) and bass player Dennis Kelly. Known variously as Rick And The Raiders or the Rick Z Combo, the group later added Ronnie Brandon (organ), becoming the McCoys soon after Randy Hobbs replaced the college-bound Kelly. The quartet became a highly popular attraction throughout America's midwest, and were brought to Bert Berns' Bang label by producers Feldman/Gottherer/Goldstein. The group's debut "Hang On Sloopy" (1965), topped the US chart and reached the UK Top 5, but successive releases in a similar gutsy style fared less well; an early b-side, "Sorrow", was later adopted by the Merseys, and in turn was covered by David Bowie on his 1973 Pin-Ups. The group discarded its bubblegum image with the progressive Infinite McCoys, and as the house band at New York's...

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