I had a classmate from high school who went to Ohio State and he told me about Hang on Sloopy. I love 60's music and had no idea that that song was used at football games.

The older i get the better it sounds. Thanks to everyone who contributed to make this music available to all of us, and especially the Ohio State Marching Band.

Thank you! I saw many games in the sixties but I didn’t realize until now that I was there at its birth. Class of ‘66.

Such an anthem. I hear it at high school basketball games, the gym is packed and the students are going crazy to their band playing this song. I had tears in my eyes learning about the history ot it. Nice video.

I had this record as a kid. It was still at mom and dads when they passed away.

As a fan of OSU since 2000, this jam opened my eyes to past marching band songs

@theredbaron5403

Жыл бұрын

Bruh I was a Ohio state Dean for my hole life

@WickedlyMe328

Жыл бұрын

You became a fan at the right time! Post Cooper era! I’ve been a fan my entire life.

OMG, I was scrolling thru my phone when I saw the words “Hang on Sloopy”. I’m 80 years old now and as soon as I read it, tears began running down my cheeks. You see, back in 1968, that song was sung by my sister and her best friend all the time because her friend was nicknamed Sloopy. Why am I crying, because my sister passed away in 1989 at just 39yo from a rare brain tumor know as Antiplastic Astrocytoma. As fate would have it, her daughter, my niece was just talking about her two weeks ago. I told my niece about the song and her best friend and our cousin. I miss my beloved sister so much, as her daughter just visited her grave just 3 days ago. Just hearing that song brought back such overwhelming emotions, I miss her so much and I can’t stop crying. RIP my best friend and sister, we’ll be together again someday soon.

@sbaker4920

10 ай бұрын

Memories are special (though the original would be better); lost my son in 2010.

@robertmiller3810

10 ай бұрын

@@sbaker4920 Sorry to hear of your loss. The one thing you have as solace is the memories of happy times we had to share while they shared their time with us.

@sbaker4920

10 ай бұрын

@@robertmiller3810 Thanks for your kind thoughts. My 26 year old son intentionally planned his death. i'm not sure I have yet moved very far from that day when the police came to my house at 7 am.

@robertmiller3810

10 ай бұрын

@@sbaker4920 Strangely, I was the same age in 1969 when I deliberately stopped my heart with drugs and went to a place not many people come back from. It’s hard to explain what goes thru their mind but in my Autobiography I talk about “The Point of No Return”. It means this, “It’s when you’re more afraid of life and living, Than you are of death and dying.” I went thru it and sadly, so did your son. He was in pain for some reason known only to him. I spent years of therapy with mental health professionals. It was those same drugs my psychiatrist gave me that I used to kill my self. Why I chose death over life, only I know. I’m 80 years old now and curse the day a doctor at the ER for resuscitating me. He brought me back to a hellish nightmare I cannot escape from for 55 years. I’m truly sorry about your son’s death, he was tormented by something as he passed his Point of No Return. I hope this helps you to ease your pain. I fight the Grim Reaper every day now as he’s pounding on my apartment door and some day I’ll pass my Point of No Return again, an open the door to let him in.

@sbaker4920

10 ай бұрын

@@robertmiller3810 Any way we could connect? I'm on facebook.

BUCKEYE NATION!!! At the risk of sounding corny, I'd love to see all the surviving members of The Vibrations and The McCoy's dot the I at a home game (preferably during pre-game of The Game (of that team up north...) O-H!!! :-D

@grapatin

Жыл бұрын

I-O!!!!

@glenntucker69

Жыл бұрын

Don't worry pal, my alma mater UGA is going to "dot the I" and then smash your little Angry Acorns into the turf at the Mercedes-Benz Dome in downtown Atlanta. DAWGS ON TOP!!!!!! 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣💥💥

@marcopolo2418

Жыл бұрын

I-O!! That's a good idea 👍

@rongabriel1198

Жыл бұрын

😢

@toriblue

Жыл бұрын

@@glenntucker69 I went to OSU but I gotta give you credit for the hilarious insult "little Angry Acorns." 😆😆😆

We played it at Dublin High School in the 70’s. Both directors were from TBDBITL. It was a staple at football and basketball games.

AS an alum I love Sloopy, so happy when the band plays it.

I had that record, but at first I thought they were saying "Hang on Snoopy."

@bikeny

10 ай бұрын

You and me both.

Imagine if they showed a performance of the song in this video?

Sounded great tonight in our route of Wisconsin

Thanks for the history..loved this song as lil boy ..never knew this history ❤

@phil1517

Жыл бұрын

The real history of Sloopy song is that some teenage kid in St. Louis wrote it and the record label bought it from him and re-appropriated themselves as the writers even though the current people credited with the song's creation had nothing to do with it.

Ohio State could really ramp up the Hang on Sloopy connection by inviting in Lisa Leonard Dalton, the Sloopy Girl dancer from Rick Derringer's 1975 music video. She has still got it and could dance on the field while the iconic video was on the big screen. Her dance has been an online sensation with millions of views when it was released on YT 10 years ago.

@johnmetcalfe2482

10 ай бұрын

Ohio State has been rocking Hang On Sloppy for 50 plus years without any help…

@stewartfenton7660

10 ай бұрын

​@@johnmetcalfe2482true,but for me,it would be a nice acknowledgement of each other.

@dwillbecancelledsoon4086

9 ай бұрын

Who cares about some dancer that you wanked off to in the 60s? She didn’t write the song or sing it. She’s just an extra that featured in a film clip

@sloopygirl-lisa.leonard.dalton

9 ай бұрын

@@stewartfenton7660 yes it would Stewart!!

@stewartfenton7660

9 ай бұрын

@@sloopygirl-lisa.leonard.dalton Oh GOD- I woke up at 3.30 am my time and found a reply from LISA LEONARD that's all!! Lisa, fly across the Atlantic and be with me for ever. It's what we both want, stop fighting it.

Great song, great arrangement. Inspiring.

I remember the Mccoys version. The song was very popular with us 14 year olds.

@melvynobrien6193

8 ай бұрын

It was a hit for LITTLE CAESAR AND THE CONSULS in Canada. I have both versions on vinyl. That McCoys video version with the awesome chick dancer is memorable.

Good work! Thanks!

I grew up in Ohio in the 70's. Every kid knew & loved this song. I played this in 7th grade band as I am sure all the school bands in Ohio did. I have not touched a trombone in more than 40 years but if you put one in my hands I could play my part today. I was thrilled to go to the Shoe last year for a game and the skull session. I am not ashamed to say Sloopy had me welling up. Go Bucks

As a Penn State fan, I love this👍👍👏

Great job!❤

In High school thru my marching ba ND year. First played Hang on Sloopy on a clarinet then on a tenor sax. 😊

It wouldn't have become a tradition if the crowd at that first game hadn't come up with their own tradition during the 3rd quarter -- the "We want Sloopy!" chant.

RIP John Tatgenhorst 1938 - 2024

Speaking of one-hit wonders that became a staple at college athletic events: "Na-Na Hey-Hey Kiss Him Goodbye".

You should have a contest for a new Sloopy Girl among your co-eds.

That's awesome!

I love my buckeyes born in 1956 been watching since 1966 to this day i ❤ OSU n my Buckeyes- BEAT MICHIGAN

Awesome.

I love this story so much. It’s a band story. I’m a Wolverine but I love this!

@lawyerscariocascariocasadv4633

9 ай бұрын

❤

Love Hang On Sloopy, and this is a good story to cover. My OCD troubles me in a lot of articles. Hang On Sloopy was written in the key of G Major. The arranger said he arranged it in the key of G flat. The sheet music on the piano is written in the key of F. Details like this drive me crazy. 🤪 p.s. Hang On Sloopy will never be forgotten by my generation. So glad Ohio carries it on.

Gracias.

This needs to be better researched, Hound Dog, By Big Mama Thorton, and Twist and Shout, by The Isley Brothers were both hits for those artists.

@danstrode

Жыл бұрын

"Hound Dog", in 1952, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953 and selling almost two million copies. "Twist and Shout", which reached number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 2 on the R&B chart, staying on the charts for 19 weeks

This is cool, you’ll like this, too!!!

A great STORY....I remember the ORIGINAL story in 1965!! GO BUCKEYES!!

Wait wait wait! They get The Vibrations together to sing their version and record it, they talk about the issue of Black artists not getting their songs played on the radio, AND THEN THE VIDEO DOESN’T LET US HEAR THEM SINGING THEIR VERSION?!? I’d like to speak with the director, please.

@RobPett6986

10 ай бұрын

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@marysmith-ps7uj

7 ай бұрын

My thoughts exactly. The Vibrations should be acknowledged first! Not the McCoys. Geesh!

@donaldleider7382

6 ай бұрын

Would it have been too much trouble to hear the original by The Vibrations?

@jennibarnes140

5 ай бұрын

I agree it's shocking

@jennibarnes140

5 ай бұрын

Dreadfully racist treatment, in 2023!

Born an raised in Ohio.. And I never knew.

It would be cool to see the band incorporate "The Vibrations" into their choreography. Great story!

Fantástico. Ever

I love Hang on Sloopy and I love Lisa Leonard Dalton.

I am from Findlay,Ohio and the Buckeyes was always our team! GO BIG 10! GO BUCKEYES!!

I remember when the McCoys version came out in 1965, and I know exactly how cool it would have been in those days to any band member, to get to play a contemporary hit song (not one 10 years old.) I don't follow football, so I never knew about the Sloopy/Ohio State connection, but I'm impressed by the whole story--- including the fact that the original (which I never knew existed) was included. In true pop music fashion, the McCoys version was almost the same, just...less. They put a fresh coat of paint on it. I'll link the original below.

@MelissaThompson432

7 ай бұрын

The Vibrations: kzread.info/dash/bejne/mJxkyqqmXcbRgdo.htmlsi=wAcTf-q-435rFzoF

Good Black musicians had been integrated into mainstream society since the early broadcast days, long before desegregation. All money was green.

Dwight Yoakam Played it to fire up the audience 8/4/23 at the PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati. Search "Dwight Yoakam - Hang on Sloopy - Cincinnati, Ohio - Aug 4, 2023" The audience chants O H I O

The video of this song is cool, hippy cutie pie dancing

Now record a Platinum selling hit like USC did with Fleetwood Mac and you'll be right up there.

Nice video 'cept for one thing: We didn't get to hear the DAMN arrangement. Why? I'm VERY disappointed--especially since I played in my school marching band way back when.

As an Ohioan I approve this message. Lol

This one time at band camp...

If I'm not mistaken, The McCoys were from Dayton; I'm surprised that didn't get mentioned in this piece.

I ❤

when i was a kid growing up in the 60,s i thought they were saying snoopy lol

Go Bucks

Since 1965

Go Bucks!

I was in Grad. School at Ohio State in 1965. I thought "Sloopy" was ridiculous at the time.

@ 5:32 the announcer says if not for OHIO Hang on Sloopy would have been forgotten. This is simply balderdash. This song is loved around the world. The lead singer Rick Darenger went on to play with other groups and produced other singers including Cindy Loupner and others. The group only had this monster hit that bumped the Beatles to 2nd place. Thank you OHIO but Sloopy got you this attention - not you getting attention for Sloopy

Es Lupe, Lupita mi amor.

@danstrode

Жыл бұрын

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@cartapax5077

Жыл бұрын

@@danstrode

Can't begin to touch Enter Sandman VTech Boiler Up

Covering a song is standard in the industry. The Mc Coys made a better version. No racism involved.

@johngaither9263

10 ай бұрын

If they were the only ones to have done it then maybe. But they weren't. Many 60's rock bands made a fortune covering R&B tunes from a decade earlier. The Beatles actually met and applauded the efforts of Muddy Waters and others.

@johnkeviljr9625

10 ай бұрын

@@johngaither9263 Still, not about racism.

@NickGuy0320

9 ай бұрын

“No racism involved” when it was entirely about race 😂

But there needs to be a sloopy girl dancing...

Wow this song makes me think of osu YeawHY?

Did they ever pay royalties I wonder....

HAS CARL FISHER and THE VIBRATIONS EVER BEEN HONOURED AND RECOGNISED BY OHIO STATE???? Love and sincerest apologies to them all. I am appalled. 😢😢😢😢 ❤❤❤❤

@jennibarnes140

5 ай бұрын

If not, a dreadful oversite 😢😢😢😢

I may have to consider Ohio State a break :)

2:30

They need Lisa Dalton.

Still doesn't explain what the song has to do with Ohio, other than they borrowed it, similar to how Stanford borrowed Alright Now.

@bvm3925

10 ай бұрын

Rick Derringer was from Ohio, maybe that helped.

Excuse me, its THEE

It’d be nice to hear the original version of the song instead of some guy blathering all over it.

Lisa leanard dalton hot as

News to me that they wouldn’t play black music. Listening to my grandparents, who are white, the favored music were English groups, and R&B. The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Four Tops, Otis Redding, Junior Walker and The All Stars.

now that is american culture

@marilyntaylor9577

10 ай бұрын

I did too, until today!

that is all true however I wish to keep alive an other chant - I Don't Give A Damn About the Whole State of Michigan

Horse shit. The reason Hang on Sloopy became an Ohio State Buckeyes song was because I changed the words to "Hang on Woody. " You're welcome.

@hinsdalehighschools2896

10 ай бұрын

Yes - this is the real story (don't know if John Whitmer changed the words, but someone did).

@meman6964

8 ай бұрын

Yes!!! Woody Hayes!!! I heard him speak, and saw him coach Go BUCKEYES

But it wasn't such a simple song.

And the McCoys were NOT one hit wonders.

@danstrode

Жыл бұрын

9 top 100 hits 3 of them top 25 hits (US)

@LLcoolDel

Жыл бұрын

What are the names of the other hits.

@terrydouglas5008

11 ай бұрын

Fever, come on let's go

@DntHtThPlya

10 ай бұрын

There weren't any Hatfields in the band, were they?

That eejit professor said it's just four notes repeated; he mustn't have listened to the song, which also has a verse section. In addition, this video implies it was stolen black music, when in fact it was written by two WHITE MEN in 1964, so it wasn't a black song, it was always a WHITE ROCK SONG. The Vibrations were the first to record and release it, but it's been a hit for several WHITE bands. Let's be honest, eh?

This is their real state song. Internet trying to change history with trt gaslighting.

@Obospeedo

Жыл бұрын

Truth hurts

Didn't know the history of the song Let's Go Michigan I hate this song because you guys use it

@jeffreycook3289

Жыл бұрын

And thats why we use it, nothing like free real-estate in every _ichigan fans frontal lobe! Enjoy and go Buckeyes.

The importance of tradition in college athletics, and in particular football, can not be overstated from the fan's perspective. It's ironic that this video would publish in the backdrop to the Big 12's role in the destruction of the traditions of the Pac-12 conference, and for what? TV revenues. So, you'll excuse me if I find this little excursion into Ohio State "traditions" strikes me as more than a little hypocritical.

That racial discrimination back then was sickening. As a Canadian born in the early 60’s I remember hearing about this when I was a kid but in Canada this was not an issue. Many of my childhood friends where black kids and we went and did everything together and never heard a peep from anyone. We never had colored go here signs. But our government was discriminating enough against our native peoples .

@johngaither9263

10 ай бұрын

You're lucky. Canda didn't have to suffer 600,000+ men killed in the fight to end slavery. Nor endure a century of Jim Crow, Poll Taxes and other humiliations of black people.

Also what is interesting is that they would not allow certain white performers to have their songs played. Why, they sound to black. Look it up. Those musicians also helped to bring down segregation. Elvis. Righteous Brothers and many more

I am a Brit, and even we know this university band, black and Southern music was well known and used , copied by Stones, beatles, etc but the beatles wrote more music than classical music composer's, we never had the ridiculous apartheid that America had for years. You lost so much rich culture because of it.

@user-gj1pq5zm4l

7 ай бұрын

America still suffers from that apartheid. Officially it may be gone, but in daily life, it’s never really gone away. (Speaking as a Canadian neighbour who travels there and follows their news.)

@m2pozad

7 ай бұрын

@@user-gj1pq5zm4l Completely irrational. That would be Africa. First by European colonists, then by African retribution, promoted by US boycotts of South Africa. The US is posing as the bastion of BLM wokeism.

If we want this story to have a fitting end camo why have we not addressed the stolen material that was taken from these black artists. The ethical thing to do is for Ohio State to pay these artists a fee for the original work. Anything less should not be a feel-good story.

Get ready to get eaten by Michigan this year. May as well call Ryan an Uber.

White versions always sound better! That’s why they are hits

@DntHtThPlya

10 ай бұрын

Nah..just more of y'all around to buy the records. When you're over 80% of the population...

@peterfireflylund

8 ай бұрын

Not always. Big Mama Thornton made some good versions.

@user-gj1pq5zm4l

7 ай бұрын

It’s just that you’re more used to white music.

would have been nice if they kept us sperate, their evil to live near and evil to be around and event heir own people know its true and cant stnad them

Gay

Yawn

Stopped listening because you tried to make it about race. Who fuckin cares who records the song and if it hits, it hits. How many people recorded My Way, Yeterday, Mr Bojangles, Bobby McGee etc

Elvis covered anything… not sure why he gets much credit for what he did really.

It's a great story and I hate to admit this as a Buckeye diehard, but I don't care much for the song. I have bought into all other Buckeye traditions. I have stood and clapped for hundreds of ramp entrances. I Have the words down to all the other Buckeye songs, etc. I don't hate "Sloopy" but I don't love it. But that's just me. If you love it, great. Go Bucks!

🥲 🩷 🎉

Afroamericans stole this song from the withes