Rock legend Rick Derringer suffered major complications before his death
Derringer was only 17 when his band The McCoys recorded the number 1 hit Wait for Slekoopy in the summer of 1965. The number was actually responsible for beating Yesterday Through the Beatles from the first place.
His songs and work have been a popular part of the Entertainment -Seitgeist. Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo Was prominent during the fourth season of Strange thingsAnd he is credited for discovering “Weird Al” Yankovic and won a Grammy for producing the first albums by Yankovic.
In the 1980s, Derringer’s friendship with Cyndi Lauper led him to produce 1985s The wrestling album with David Wolff and, together with Jim Johnston, the sequel in 1987 Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II.
He also wrote the song I am a real American which Synonym with Hogan And are Hulkamaniacs. Yet Derringer always hoped for more for the song.
He explained earlier: “We were really happy with that, but still somewhere in the back of my mind, I thought:” Man, this song should somehow be more legitimate than just the theme song of a wrestler. ”
“We wanted to write this fantastic patriotic song for all Americans. We somehow saw it in a different level than the theme song of a wrestler, so in some respects I was a bit disappointed.”
