The Ramsey Lweis Trio - Hang On Sloopy

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The Ramsey Lewis Trio
Hang On Sloopy / Movin' Easy
Chess CRS 8024 (1965)

Ramsey Lewis (1935-2022) was an American jazz pianist and composer.  During the 1960s he became very popular with the Mod scene in the UK and had several hit 45s.

This 45 was originally released with the title "(Hang On Sloopy) My Girl Sloopy" but later releases reduced it to "Hang On Sloopy".  The song was written in 1964 by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns and the first version recorded was by the R&B group the Vibrations. Their version was released in the US on Atlantic records.

The song quickly became a favourite with garage bands with The Strangeloves considering it as a follow up to their hit 45 "I Want Candy".  They were at the time touring with The Dave Clark Five who let it be know they were going to record a version of the song copying The Strangeloves' arrangement.

Along came a band called Rick And The Raiders who supported The Strangeloves on a few dates and their lead singer Rick Zehringer (aka Rick Derringer) was put in the studio to record his vocals over the Strangeloves' backing track.  To avoid any confusion as to which band it was on the record, it was released as a 45 credited to The McCoys.  The single went on to worldwide chart success (#1 in the US & #5 in the UK). As it was the Dave Clark Five version was never released as a 45.

Ramsey's 45 was a hit reaching #6 on the US R&B Billboard charts and #11 on the pop charts. The single did not chart in the UK.






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