The McCoys – The Best Of The McCoys (60'S)
The McCoys foi um grupo de rock que começou em Union City, Indiana, Estados Unidos, em 1962. Os membros originais, todos de Union City, eram o guitarrista Richard Zehringer (mais tarde conhecido como Rick Derringer), o seu irmão Randy na bateria e o baixista Dennis Kelly. Esta primeira formação era conhecida como The Z Rick Combo e, mais tarde denominada como Rick And The Raiders. Quando Kelly foi para a faculdade, os Zehringers juntaram-se ao baixista Randy Jo Hobbs, ao saxofonista Sean Michaels e ao teclista Ronnie Brandon. Esta formação tomou o nome de The McCoys. Brandon deixou o grupo em 1965 e foi substituído por Bobby Peterson nas teclas.
Uma das canções mais conhecidas do grupo é " Hang on Sloopy ", que foi n#1 nos Estados Unidos na Billboard Hot 100 chart em Outubro de 1965 e é a música oficial de rock do Estado de Ohio. As vendas americanas foram acima de um milhão de cópias. Outros sucessos incluem um Top 10 cover de " Fever "(Billboard # 7), e um Top 40 cover de Ritchie Valens '"Come On Let's Go" (Billboard nº 21). Uma versão (cover) de " Sorrow ", lado B da sua versão de "Fever", foi um hit no Reino Unido para os Merseys e mais tarde foi cantada novamente por David Bowie.
The original members, all from Union City, were guitarist Richard Zehringer (later known as Rick Derringer), his brother Randy 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. When Kelly left for college, the Zehringers were joined by bassist Randy Jo Hobbs, saxophonist Sean Michaels, and keyboardist Ronnie Brandon. 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.
One of their best-known songs is “Hang on Sloopy”, which was #1 in America in the Billboard Hot 100 chart in October 1965 and is the official rock song of the state of Ohio. American sales alone were over one million copies. Other hits include a Top 10 cover of “Fever” (Billboard #7), and a Top 40 cover of Ritchie Valens’s “Come On Let’s Go” (Billboard #21).
A cover of “Sorrow”, the B-side of their version of “Fever”, was a hit in the United Kingdom for The Merseys and was later covered again by David Bowie.
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 the 1970 and 1971 respectively. As backing musicians, both Derringer and Hobbs contributed to Winter’s later releases, Still Alive and Well (1973), Saints and Sinners (1974) and John Dawson Winter III (1974). Derringer and Hobbs later played with Edgar Winter, as well as appearing on the Together: Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter Live album (1976). Hobbs later toured with Winter, but without Derringer, resulting in Winter’s Captured Live! album (1976). Derringer also played with Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, among others, in addition to forming later 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. Peterson died in Gainesville, Florida, on 21 July 1993, at the age of 47.
Fonte: In Wikipedia
Faixas/Track List:
01 – Meet The McCoys
02 – Hang On Sloopy
03 – I Can’t Explain It
04 – Fever
05 – Sorrow
06 – Up And Down
07 – If You Tell A Lie
08 – Come On, Let’s Go
09 – Little People
10 – Smokey Joe’s Cafe
11 – Mr. Summer
12 – Every Day I Have To Cry
13 – (You Make Me Feel) So Good
14 – Runaway
15 – Gaitor Tails And Monkey Ribs
16 – Ko-Ko
17 – Bald Headed Lena
18 – Say Those Magic Words
19 – Don’t Worry Mother (Your Son’s Heart Is Pure)
20 – I Got To Go Back (And Watch That Little Girl Dance)
21 – The Dynamite
22 – Beat The Clock
23 – Jesse Brady
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