Hang On Sloopy

(The McCoys)

McCoys

Springbok Hit Parade:

  • 05 Nov: No. 20 [1965]
  • 12 Nov: No. 17
  • 19 Nov: No. 14
  • 26 Nov: No. 11
  • 03 Dec: No. 10
  • 10 Dec: No. 8
  • 17 Dec: No. 6
  • 27 Dec: No. 4
  • 07 Jan: No. 2 [1966]
  • 14 Jan: No. 5
  • 21 Jan: No. 11
  • 28 Jan: No. 14
  • 04 Feb: No. 18

    The Single:

    label

    • A side:Hang on sloopy [Bert Russell-Wes Farrell]
    • B side:I can't explain it [Feldman-Goldstein-Gottehrer]
    • Label: Stateside
    • Cat no: 45-JSS 1071
    • Release date: 1965

    Soundtrack Album:

    • More American Graffiti, MCA 2-11006, DLP, 1969

      album

      Track: Hang on sloopy - The McCoys

    Other Cover Versions:

    • The Yardbirds - song recorded as My girl sloopyExtended Play Single, Columbia SEGJ 8421, 1966

      ep single

      Tracks: My girl sloopy/ I'm not talking/
      Ain't done wrong

    • The Yardbirds, Remember ..., EMI Starline, SRSJ 5069, No date

      album

      Track: My girl sloopy

    • The Ventures:Where the action is, Liberty, LBY 1297 J [mono]/ SYL 1062 [stereo]

      album

      Track: Hang on sloopy [instrumental]

    • Various Artists, Explosive Hits, Troubadour TRL-E-1299, No date

      album

      Track: Hang on sloopy - The Perrys

    • Late Final [SA Band]
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    (thanks to Malcolm Lombard for chart information)
    Tertius Louw, May 2004

    South Africa's Rock Legends

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