Left to right: Randy Z, Rick Derringer, Randy Jo Hobbs,
Ronnie Brandon – The McCoys.

Rick Derringer, lead singer of the 1965 smash hit "Hang on
Sloopy,"has died, according to an announcement from his
caretaker, Tony Wilson, and Guitar Player magazine.

Rick Derringer (Richard Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947 – May 
26, 2025)

 

He revolutionized rock and folk music with songs like
"Blowin’ in the Wind."

With an estimated more than 125 million records sold
worldwide, he is one of the best-selling musicians of all
time and he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. He is 84
years old today

Stevland Hardaway Morris, known professionally as Stevie
Wonder, is a singer-songwriter, musician, and record producer.

He is regarded as one of the most influential musicians of the
20th century. Wonder is credited as a pioneer and influence by
musicians across a range of genres that include R&B, pop, soul,
gospel, funk, and jazz.

Blind since shortly after his birth, Wonder was a child prodigy
who signed with Motown‘s Tamla label at the age of 11.        

Singer, songwriter and activist Willie Nelson led the "outlaw
country" movement in the late 1960s. Hits include "On the
Road Again."

He worked as a disc jockey at radio stations in his native
Texas, and at several radio stations in the Pacific Northwest.

Roy Kelton Orbison (April 23, 1936 – December 6, 1988)

Roy Orbison was a singer, songwriter, and guitarist known for
his distinctive and powerful voice, complex song structures,
and dark, emotional ballads.

Orbison’s music is mostly in the rock music genre and his
most successful periods were in the early 1960s and the late
1980s.