Rick Derringer, the guitarist and singer best known for hits like “Hang On Sloopy” and “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” has died at the age of 77. ... Cyndi Lauper, and Ringo Starr.

The musician who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy” died Monday in ... Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and producing for Cyndi Lauper. ...

As a teen, he formed the McCoys with his brother, Randy, and found fame singing “Hang On Sloopy,” a No. 26 hit about lovers from different socioeconomic circumstances.