Hang on sloopy who is sloopy

A staple of the marching band's repertoire is the Ohio's official state rock song, "Hang on Sloopy" first played on October 9, at the Ohio State vs. Illinois football game.

The lyrics to "Hang On Sloopy" are as follows. Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town Everybody else, tries to put my sloopy down Sloopy I don't care, what your daddy do Cuz you know sloopy, girl, I'm in love with you And so I say now Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah Wo, uh, wo, uh, wo, uh, wo, uh Sloopy let your hair down, girl Let it hang down on me Sloopy let your hair down, girl Let it hang down on me Come on sloopy come on, come on Come on sloopy come on, come on So come on sloopy come on, come on Come on sloopy come on, come on Well it feels so good come on, come on You know it feels so good come on, come on Well shake it, shake it, shake it sloopy come on, come on Well shake it, shake it, shake it yeah, yeah, yeah come on, come on Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on yeah yeah yeah yeah Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on yeah yeah yeah yeah Hang on sloopy, sloopy hang on yeah yeah yeah yeah.

First arranged by band member John Tatgenhorst in , Hang on Sloopy has sparked up football crowds for three decades. It has become an essential part of the Saturday afternoon ritual--a tradition which no other music has matched. The director at the time, Dr. Charles Spohn, was skeptical about having the band perform the song, but eventually Tatgenhorst talked him into it.

It made its debut October 9, at the OSU vs. The songwriters and record producers had capitalized on the British Invasion by launching their own band using stage names and a fake Australian backstory. We were driving through the Midwest, and by the time we got to Chicago, it was number one.

He collapsed into bed, tossed and turned and re-arranged it. It made its debut on Oct. In early , The Strangeloves , a New York City rock band, wanted to record the song as a follow-up to their hit single "I Want Candy" and began performing the song in their shows.

However, the Dave Clark Five , with whom they were touring, told them that they were going to record their own version of the song when they returned to the UK so The Strangeloves recruited another band, Rick and The Raiders, to record the song using The Strangeloves' backing tracks. Originally written and recorded with three verses, "Hang On Sloopy" was edited down to two verses for the single and Hang On Sloopy album. The song gained an association with Ohio State University after its marching band began playing it at football games.