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((Short description|American rock group))
((More citations needed|date=February 2009))
((hatnote|Not to be confused with the British heavy metal band [[McCoy (band)]].))
((Infobox musical artist
| name             = The McCoys
| image            = The McCoys - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2014-12-30 14.05.28 by Sam Howzit).jpg
| caption          = <!-- small>Clockwise :</small> [[Rick Derringer]], [[Randy Zehringer]], [[Ronni Brandon]], [[Randy Jo Hobbs]] -->
| image_size       = <!-- 356x237 -->
| background       = group_or_band
| origin           = [[Union City, Indiana]], United States
| genre            = [[Pop rock]], [[Garage rock]], [[Rock and roll]] , [[Psychedelic rock]]
| years_active     = 1962–1969
| label            = [[Bang Records|Bang]], [[Immediate Records|Immediate]], [[Mercury Records|Mercury]]
| associated_acts  = [[The Strangeloves]]
| past_members     = [[Rick Derringer]] (Zehringer)<br />Randy Z (Zehringer)<br />Ronnie Brandon<br />[[Randy Jo Hobbs]]<br />Bobby Peterson
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'''The McCoys''' were a [[rock music|rock]] group formed in [[Union City, Indiana|Union City]], [[Indiana]], United States, in 1962.<ref name="Larkin">((cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=1997|edition=Concise|isbn=1-85227-745-9|page=816))</ref> They are best known for their 1965 hit single "[[Hang On Sloopy]]".<ref name="Larkin"/> Originally named '''Rick and the Raiders''', they changed their name to "The McCoys" from the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of [[The Ventures]]' hit record "[[Walk, Don't Run (instrumental)|Walk, Don't Run]]" titled "The McCoy".

==Career==
The original members were all from Union City; however, the Zehringer boys were initially from [[Fort Recovery, Ohio]].<ref name="Larkin"/> The band members were guitarist and lead singer Richard Zehringer (later known as [[Rick Derringer]]), his brother Randy (later known as Randy Z) on drums, and bassist Dennis Kelly. This first line-up was known as The Rick Z Combo, and later known as Rick and the Raiders.<ref name="Larkin"/> When Kelly left for college, the Zehringers were joined by bassist [[Randy Jo Hobbs]], saxophonist Sean Michaels, and keyboardist Ronnie Brandon.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs"/> This was the line-up that took the name of "The McCoys". Brandon left the group in 1965 and was replaced by Bobby Peterson on keyboards.

Their best-known hit is "[[Hang On Sloopy]]", which was [[Hot 100 No. 1 Hits of 1965|#1 in the United States]] in the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio. It also is the unofficial fight song of [[The Ohio State University]] Buckeyes and is played at many Ohio State athletic events by the OSU bands. Sales of the single in the US alone were over one million copies.<ref name="The Book of Golden Discs">((cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd| location= London| page= [https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/193 193]| isbn= 0-214-20512-6| url-access= registration| url= https://archive.org/details/bookofgoldendisc00murr/page/193))</ref> Other hits include a [[Top 40|top 10]] cover of "[[Fever (1956 song)|Fever]]" (''Billboard'' #7) and a top 40 cover of [[Ritchie Valens]]'s "Come On, Let's Go" (''Billboard'' #21).<ref name="Awards"/>

A cover of "[[Sorrow (The McCoys song)|Sorrow]]", the [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] of their version of "Fever", was a hit in the United Kingdom for [[The Merseys]] and later covered by [[David Bowie]].<ref name="Larkin"/><ref name="AllMusic">((cite web|last1=Unterberger|first1=Richie|title=The McCoys Biography|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mccoys-mn0000890799/biography|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 5, 2022))</ref> Its opening line, "with your long blonde hair and eyes of blue" was quoted by [[George Harrison]] in the fadeout of "[[It's All Too Much]]", featured on the 1969 soundtrack of ''[[Yellow Submarine (1968 film)|Yellow Submarine]]''.

"The McCoys" performed as part of Murray the K's Christmas show on December 18, 1965 at the Brooklyn Fox Theater. Also performing on the program were Peter & Gordon, Wilson Pickett, The Fortunes, the [[The Moody Blues|Moody Blues]], The Toys, Lenny Welch, Cannibal and the Headhunters, The Vibrations, [[The Spinners (American group)|The Spinners]], The O'Jays, Bloodless Revolutionaries, Patti Michaels, Bobby Diamond, and Diane Langan.<ref>((cite web|url=https://www.murraythek.com/show-lineups.html|title=Murray the K's Live Show Talent Lineups))</ref>

The McCoys were being labeled as a [[bubblegum pop]] act, much to the disdain of the band. In 1967, after the death of [[Bert Berns]], The McCoys broke free from [[Bang Records]] in hopes of recording more serious music. They ended up signing a deal with [[Mercury Records]] and recorded their last two records, ''Infinite McCoys'' (1968) and ''Human Ball'' (1969), for the label. The albums were The McCoys' attempt at making [[psychedelic music]] that would appeal to the mature listeners of that time. Both were commercial failures and did not chart anywhere.

The two Zehringer brothers (then known as Rick Derringer and Randy Z) and Hobbs became [[Johnny Winter]]'s band for the albums ''[[Johnny Winter And]]'' and ''[[Live Johnny Winter And]]'' in 1970 and 1971 respectively.<ref name="Larkin" /> At first, the band was supposed to be called Johnny Winter & The McCoys, but was changed due to management warning Winter about their bubblegum past, and how it could hurt his reputation as a serious musician. As backing musicians, both Derringer and Hobbs contributed to Winter's later releases ''[[Still Alive and Well]]'' (1973), ''[[Saints & Sinners (Johnny Winter album)|Saints & Sinners]]'' (1974), and ''[[John Dawson Winter III]]'' (1974). Derringer and Hobbs later played with [[Edgar Winter]] as well as appeared on ''[[Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live]]'' (1976).<ref name="Larkin" /> Hobbs later toured with Johnny Winter, but without Derringer, on Winter's ''[[Captured Live!]]'' (1976). Derringer also played with [[Steely Dan]] and [[Cyndi Lauper]] and formed bands such as DNA, with drummer [[Carmine Appice]].

Hobbs died of drug-related heart failure on 5 August 1993 (Derringer's birthday) at the age of 45.<ref>((cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches|first=Jeremy|last=Simmonds|date=20 November 2017|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=9781556527548))</ref> Peterson died in Gainesville, Florida on 21 July 1993 at the age of 47.

==Discography==
===Albums===
{| class="wikitable" style=text-align:center;
|-
!Year
!Album
!style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]</small><br><ref name="Awards">((cite web|title=The McCoys - Awards|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mccoys-mn0000890799/awards|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=November 5, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131119135009/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mccoys-mn0000890799/awards|archive-date=November 19, 2013))</ref>
!Record label
|- 
|rowspan="1"| 1965
|align=left| ''[[Hang On Sloopy (album)|Hang On Sloopy]]''
| 44
|rowspan="2"| [[Bang Records]]
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1966
|align=left| ''You Make Me Feel So Good''
| —
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1968
|align=left| ''Infinite McCoys''
| —
|rowspan="2"| [[Mercury Records]]
|-
|rowspan="1"| 1969
|align=left| ''Human Ball''
| —
|-
|1976
|align=left| ''Glass Derringer''
| —
|LA International
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart.
|}

===Singles===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Year
! style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|A-side/B-side<br /><small>Both sides from same album except where indicated</small>
! style="text-align:center" rowspan="2"|Label & number
! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="1" colspan=3|Chart Positions
! style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|Album
|-
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Billboard Hot 100|US]]</small><br><ref name="Awards"/>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[Cashbox (magazine)|US CB]]</small><br>
! style="width:40px;"| <small>[[UK Singles Chart|UK]]</small><br><ref>((cite web|title=MCCOYS - full Official Chart History|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11961/mccoys/|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=November 5, 2022))</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|1965
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Hang On Sloopy]]"<br /><small>b/w "I Can't Explain It"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 506
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 1
| style="text-align:center;"| 5
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|''[[Hang On Sloopy (album)|Hang On Sloopy]]''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Fever (Little Willie John song)|Fever]]"<br /><small>b/w "[[Sorrow (The McCoys song)|Sorrow]]"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 511
| style="text-align:center;"| 7
| style="text-align:center;"| 9
| style="text-align:center;"| 44
|-
| rowspan="4"|1966
| style="text-align:left;"|"Up and Down"<br /><small>b/w "If You Tell a Lie" (from ''Hang on Sloopy'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 516 
| style="text-align:center;"| 46
| style="text-align:center;"| 50
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:left;"| Non-album track
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"[[Come On, Let's Go]]"<br /><small>b/w "Little People"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 522
| style="text-align:center;"| 22
| style="text-align:center;"| 17
| style="text-align:center;"| 51((Efn|Chart position is from the official UK "Breakers List".|name=fn2|group=upper-alpha))
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|''You Make Me Feel So Good''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"(You Make Me Feel) So Good"<br /><small>b/w "Runaway"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 527
| style="text-align:center;"| 53
| style="text-align:center;"| 53
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Don't Worry Mother, Your Son's Heart Is Pure"<br /><small>b/w "Ko-Ko"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 532
| style="text-align:center;"| 67
| style="text-align:center;"| 60
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3"|Non-album tracks
|-
| rowspan="3"|1967
| style="text-align:left;"|"I Got to Go Back<small> (and Watch That Little Girl Dance)</small>"<br /><small>b/w "Dynamite" (from ''You Make Me Feel So Good'')</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 538
| style="text-align:center;"| 69
| style="text-align:center;"| 90
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Beat The Clock"<br /><small>b/w "Like You Do to Me"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 543
| style="text-align:center;"| 92
| style="text-align:center;"| 79
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Say Those Magic Words"<br /><small>b/w "I Wonder If She Remembers Me" (Non-album track)</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Bang 549
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:left;"|''You Make Me Feel So Good''
|- 
| rowspan="2"|1968
| style="text-align:left;"|"Jesse Brady"<br /><small>b/w "Resurrection"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Mercury 72843
| style="text-align:center;"| 98
| style="text-align:center;"| 94
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:left;"|''Infinite McCoys''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Epilogue"<br /><small>b/w "Daybreak"</small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Mercury 72897
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2"|''Human Ball''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1969
| style="text-align:left;"|"Love Don't Stop"<br /><small>b/w "Only Human" </small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Mercury 72917
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|"Don't Fight It"<br /><small>b/w "Rosa Rodrigues" </small>
| style="text-align:center;"| Mercury 72967
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:center;"| —
| style="text-align:left;" rowspan="1"|Non-album tracks
|-
| colspan="7" style="text-align:center; font-size:9pt;"| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.
|}

==See also==
*[[1965 in music]]
*[[List of Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles of 1965|List of ''Billboard'' Hot 100 number-one singles of 1965]]

==Notes==
((notelist-ua))

==References==
((Reflist))

==External links==
* [http://www.classicbands.com/mccoys.html Classic Bands: The McCoys]
*((Allmusic|class=artist|id=p19248|label=The McCoys))

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