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Lisa Dalton was born on 16 October, 1953 in Illinois, United States, is a President of the National Michael Chekhov Association (NMCA), Master Teacher of the Michael Chekhov Technique, actor, director, acting coach. Discover Lisa Dalton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 70 years old?

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During her time in New York Lisa trained with Ted Pugh who led her and a small group of actors in an exploration of the Michael Chekhov Acting Technique. These meetings eventually led to Ted's creation of The Actor’s Ensemble, a New York-based theatre company that still operates today. Under Ted's tutelage, Lisa was exposed to the first generation of Chekhov students through Beatrice Straight's Michael Chekhov Studio. It was during these training sessions that Lisa was introduced to Mala Powers , the Chekhov Estate Executrix.

Lisa has taken the technique to the South Eastern Theatre Conference (SETC). She was the Co-chair of the Screen Actors Guild Conservatory Actor’s Evenings at the American Film Institute in Hollywood from 1988-2006, the Central Region workshop leader for the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) for their Professional Actors Training program, 2006-2010, leading sessions in the Chekhov Technique, and is now an elected SAG-AFTRA board member for Dallas/Fort Worth, TX as of 2013. For 4 years she participated as a faculty member and judge for the Donna Reed Festival; 5 years for the International & State Thespian Conference; and 9 years at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival, Regions 1,4,6,8, at each sharing her knowledge of the Michael Chekhov Technique to participants.

She is the co-producer of the award winning documentary From Russia to Hollywood, and contributed about one third of the footage for Michael Chekhov: The Dartington Years, as well as for the first documentary about Michael Chekhov shown on Russia’s public broadcast channel, RTR-Planeta.

Lisa was the Creator/Artistic Director of the first two International Michael Chekhov Workshops in the United States at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Connecticut, 1998-1999. She participated as a faculty member at the Michael Chekhov International Workshop (MCIW) in Berlin, Russia, and London, 1992-1995.

In 1993, Mala Powers , Lisa Dalton, and Wil Kilroy presented workshops on the Michael Chekhov Technique at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE). This experience led the team to establish a formal association that could provide training in the Michael Chekhov Technique. In 1994 the National Michael Chekhov Association (NMCA) held its first official summer intensive during the University of Southern Maine's Summer Sessions. The program continued to grow in credibility, leading to its full accreditation from the State of Maine educational system for both Graduate and Undergraduate studies.

Lisa's professional career began in New York as one of the founding members of the Bond Street Theatre. Aside from acting, she also performed stunts while in New York, doubling for popular artists like Madonna and Cher, until she suffered a debilitating back injury in 1989. Notable film acting credits include ER, Carnivale, Inspector Mom, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, and Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon. In 2011, she toured a solo performance of Anton Chekhov's The Darling, adapted and directed by Victor S. Tkachenko's, at the New York Fringe Festival after first premiering in Fort Worth, TX at the Pantagleize Theatre.

In the late 1980s Lisa moved to Los Angeles and began teaching the Michael Chekhov Technique with Mala Powers . During this time she studied under Michael Chekhov proteges George Shdanoff and Jack Colvin and met future NMCA co-founder, Wil Kilroy, a professor at University of Southern Maine.

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Lisa Leonard Dalton is a prominent American YouTuber, dancer, and public figure, best known as the authentic “Sloopy Girl” dancer in Rick Derringer’s iconic “Hang on Sloopy.” Despite her notable dance career, Lisa Leonard Dalton does not currently have a Wikipedia page.

As of 2023, Lisa is 67 years old. Unfortunately, her exact birthdate remains undisclosed.

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Dalton attended El Camino Real High School in her hometown before pursuing studies at the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising.

Born in California, Lisa has chosen to keep her parents’ names and professions private. Raised with love alongside her sister, Lori, Lisa is not the only child in her family.

Lisa Leonard Dalton launched her YouTube channel, “Sloopy Girl- Lisa Leonard Dalton,” on July 25, 2020. With over 5.38k subscribers and 2,171,889 total views, she has gained significant popularity.

Lisa, identified as the authentic “Sloopy Girl” dancer, rose to fame after appearing in Rick Derringer’s “Hang On Sloopy” music video in 1975. Rick Derringer himself confirmed Lisa’s identity as the mysterious dancer, captivating audiences with her performance.

Beyond YouTube, Lisa shares her dance videos on various social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and others.

Relationship Details

Lisa Leonard Dalton is currently single, as per her Facebook bio. She maintains a low-key profile regarding her personal life and has not disclosed any details about her past relationships or marriage.

Lisa remains focused on her professional life, avoiding involvement in dating scandals, affairs, rumors, or controversies.

Ethnicity and Nationality

A California native, Lisa is an American of white ethnicity, following the path of Christianity.

Height and Weight

Physically, Lisa Leonard Dalton stands approximately 5 feet 4 inches tall, with a proportionate weight.

While Lisa has not publicly disclosed her net worth, her successful career as a dancer and YouTuber undoubtedly contributes to her comfortable living.

Lisa Leonard Dalton’s journey through dance and YouTube showcases a woman of talent and intrigue, leaving a lasting mark on the world of entertainment.

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Hang On Sloopy by The McCoys

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• Credited to the songwriters Bert Berns and Wes Farrell, "Hang On Sloopy" was originally recorded by the R&B group The Vibrations as "My Girl Sloopy" in 1964, reaching #26 on the US charts.
• There are many rumors about the origin of the name "Sloopy." One popular explanation is that it came from Dorothy Sloop, who was a jazz singer from Steubenville, Ohio. Sloop, who died in 1998 at age 85, performed in the New Orleans area using the name "Sloopy."
• The McCoys began as the Rick Z Combo (named after lead guitarist Rick Zehringer, who later became Rick Derringer) in Union City, Indiana. They developed a following playing at Forest Park Plaza in Dayton, Ohio. They later became Rick And The Raiders, a group led by guitarist and lead singer Derringer. In 1965, Rick And The Raiders played a Dayton, Ohio concert as the backup band for The Strangeloves, who were a group of producers who wrote the song " I Want Candy " and made up a group for it. In a strange and brilliant marketing move, The Strangeloves claimed they were from Australia and said they were shepherds who got rich by crossbreeding sheep. The Strangeloves - Bob Feldman, Jerry Goldstein and Richard Gottehrer - arranged a recording session with Rick And The Raiders, who changed their name to The McCoys (after a Ventures song), and had them record a version of "My Girl Sloopy" as "Hang On Sloopy." >> Suggestion credit : Kevin - Port Orchard, WA
• The Strangeloves planned to record this song as the follow-up to their hit " I Want Candy ," and began performing it on their tour. Another group on that tour, The Dave Clark Five, hear them doing the song and acquired a taste for Sloopy, realizing it could be a big hit. Dave Clark taped The Strangeloves performing the song and planned to record it with his group when they got back to England. The Strangeloves were in a tough spot because "Candy" was still climbing the charts, and they didn't want to release another single until it was on its way down. Lucky for The Strangeloves, group member Bob Feldman was afraid to fly, and on their drive back to New York, they stopped in Ohio and played the gig in Dayton where they met Rick And The Raiders, which was led by the 16-year-old Zehringer. The Strangeloves convinced the Raiders' parents to let them take the boys to New York (with Zehringer's parents along for the ride), where they sang over the already-recorded tracks. Said Derringer: "They gave us a small record player and a copy of the musical track and told us exactly what they wanted us to sing. We went out into the park for a few days, practiced singing it, and put the vocal on. They jumped up and down in the control room and yelled, 'Number One!' And a few weeks later, it was."
• Most of the group joined Johnny Winter's backup band in the early '70s, and in 1973 Rick Derringer joined the Edgar Winter group as lead guitarist and vocalist, after which he had a successful hard rock solo career.
• The song is wildly popular in Ohio, especially at Ohio State University, where it is the signature song of their marching band. In 1985, "Hang On Sloopy" was named the official rock song of the state of Ohio. According to the resolution, John Tagenhorst, then an arranger for the Ohio State University marching band, created the now-famous arrangement of "Sloopy," which was first performed at the Ohio State vs. Illinois football game on October 9, 1965. The resolution continues: WHEREAS, "Hang On Sloopy" is of particular relevance to members of the Baby Boom Generation, who were once dismissed as a bunch of long-haired, crazy kids, but who now are old enough and vote in sufficient numbers to be taken quite seriously; and WHEREAS, Adoption of this resolution will not take too long, cost the state anything, or affect the quality of life in this state to any appreciable degree, and if we in the legislature just go ahead and pass the darn thing, we can get on with more important stuff; and WHEREAS, Sloopy lives in a very bad part of town, and everybody, yeah, tries to put my Sloopy down; and WHEREAS, Sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do, 'cause you know, Sloopy girl, I'm in love with you; therefore be it resolved, that we, the members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio, in adopting this Resolution, name "Hang On Sloopy" as the official rock song of the State of Ohio.
• This song was released on Bang Records (an independent label formed by Bert Berns and his Atlantic Records partners in 1965), which had a Derringer gun for a logo. That's what gave Rick Zehringer the idea for his new name.
• Solomon Burke told Mojo magazine August 2008 that Berns, who at the time was his designated producer/writer, originally wrote an earlier version of this song for him, but the soul legend turned it down.
• Rick Derringer has claimed that The McCoys version was the record label's attempt to make a "white song" out of it. (The Vibrations were a Black band). He explained: "The idea was to find a band that looked like The Beatles now in '65 and to redo it as a 'white' song, a 'white' chart hit. And they found us."
• Johnny Thunder recorded a follow-up, also written by Bert Berns and Wes Farrell, called "Everybody Do The Sloopy," which reached #67 US in December 1965.
• Here are the versions of "Sloopy" that charted in America: 1964 - The Vibrations (as "My Girl Sloopy"), #26 1965 - The McCoys, #1 1965 - The Ramsey Lewis Trio, #11 1965 - Little Caesar & The Consuls (as "My Girl Sloopy"), #50 1970 - The Lettermen, #93 1975 - Rick Derringer, #94
• Rick Derringer, whose group The McCoys topped the charts with their rendition in 1965, blew the lid off of the "Sloopy" story in a 2012 interview with Karen Kernan. Berns, the song's purported co-writer, once told the guitarist that he wrote the lyric while visiting Cuba, and that "sloopy" was a colloquialism for girls in that country - but that ended up being a tall tale. According to Derringer, the song was actually written by a "high school kid in St. Louis" who sold it to Berns. Unfortunately, Derringer is as clueless as the rest of us about the unknown girl who inspired it - but she wasn't from Cuba!
• Derringer released a remake of the tune in 1975 that is perhaps most memorable for its music video featuring a beautiful blonde dancer. When the video was uploaded to YouTube decades later, it spurred a debate around the web over the identity of the Sloopy Girl dancer. Some claimed it was Liz Agriss Derringer, a rock journalist who married the guitarist in 1969. Others suggested it was Liz Brewer, a British party girl who later authored books on social etiquette. Confused reporting has even rolled both ladies into one person. In actuality, neither Liz is the dancer in the video. According to a Puget Sound Media documentary about the musical mystery, the Sloopy Girl is Lisa Leonard Dalton, who was crowned Miss Gazzarri Dancer of 1974 at Gazzarri's, a famous Hollywood nightclub. The exposure got her the "Sloopy" gig, and she was given instructions to show up to the shoot in a tank top, short shorts and, most importantly, no bra. She was also given a newsboy cap to hide her blonde locks until the moment Derringer sang the lyrics, "Sloopy, let your hair down, girl." Lisa improvised her sexy dance and went home with around $200 for her day's work. She didn't actually see the video until Christmas 2013, when her brother-in-law found the clip on YouTube. Dalton launched her own Sloopy Girl YouTube channel in 2021.
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Comments: 48

• Fred from Ferona Virginia Howdy... Sloopy is not as endowed as Parton, but I had to close the window or tab playing the video because her features were bouncing around more than I should be seeeing.....
• Susan from Tennessee I am so glad to see your updates on the Sloopy Dancer! Anyone who did just a little bit of looking could find Liz Derringer married to Rick and Liz Brewer having nothing to do with the videos or the Derringers at all. It is also wonderful to see you gave Lisa Leonard Dalton credit for dancing, since she finally found a professional to help her get her true story out. Thank You Song Facts! You Rock!
• Zatara from By The Water, Running Water; some here have quite an imagination; this song had little to do with sex save what others have glommed onto it; it’s simply a story about a boy in love with a poor but beautiful girl; Zit was typical genre of the era, from ‘El Paso’ to ‘Only In America’ to ‘Rag Doll ‘ (Four Seasons) to ‘Jack and Diane’; you want sex in a song? go to ‘Work With Me, Annie’, ‘Love To Love You, Baby’, ‘Turn Your Lights Down Low’, ‘Let’s Get It On’, ‘Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On’, ‘Blitzkrieg Baby (You Can’t Bomb Me)’, ‘Bang Bang Lulu’;
• Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On August 10, 1968, the McCoys performed "Hang On Sloopy" on the Dick Clark ABC-TV Saturday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand', it was also the show's 11th anniversary... Exactly three years earlier on August 10th, 1965 "Hang On Sloopy" was in it's first week on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99, seven weeks later it would peak at #1 {for 1 week} and it spent 14 weeks on the Top 100... It reached #5 on the United Kingdom's Singles chart... Between 1965 and 1968 the Indiana group had nine records on the Top 100 chart, two made the Top 10,besides "Hang On Sloopy", their other Top 10 record was a covered version of Little Willie John's 1956 song "Fever", it peaked at #7 {for 2 weeks} later in 1965 on December 19th... Lead singer Rick Derringer, as a solo artist, charted four times on the Top 100, his biggest hit was "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo", it peaked at #23 {for 1 week} on March 17th, 1974.
• Howard from St. Louis Park, Mn More than 50 years after its release, Hang on Sloopy is a very popular song at professional sporting events in Cleveland. The Indians play the song in the top of the 8th inning and the Browns and Cavaliers play it after the third quarter. Even more common is for thousands of fans to chant "O-H-I-O!" after the chorus.
• Andy from Nottingham For the real info on the song watch this vid of rick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6yAMuaPHNo
• Mark from Seattle I can't for the life of me understand how most of the free world has not figured this song out! It's not about a girl giving a guy a blow job...ewww! But it is most definitely about sex. It's about a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who falls in love with the guy singing the song. He has her get on top (a most excellent position, I highly recommend it)...uh, anyway. He says, let your hair down, let it HANG DOWN ON ME! How can anyone miss that. She's on top...she let's down her long hair and it falls down on him while they are makin' sweet love! It's awesome. And of course, "shake it, shake it, shake it baby" is double meaning...as in shake your hair AND shake your body as they have an orgasm. Ok, if you're a prude this might offend you, but I don't know why it's really kind of sweet if you ask me. But I think the folks who went and made it Ohio's State song would never want to acknowledge what the McCoys were really singing about. Oh Sloopy, let your hair hang down on me...as Austin Powers would say, YEAHHH BABY YEEAAAHHHH!
• Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On August 8th 1965, two versions of 'Sloopy' entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; "(My Girl) Sloopy" by Little Caesar and the Consuls entered at position #86 while the McCoy's "Hang On Sloopy" debut at #99...Little Caesar & the Consuls' version would peaked at #50 {for 1 week} on September 12th, 1965; the McCoy's version was at #7 for that week and two weeks later it would reached #1 {for 1 week}.
• Barry from Sauquoit, Ny On July 27th 1966, the McCoys performed "Hang On Sloopy" on the ABC-TV program 'Where The Action Is'... One year earlier on August 8th, 1965 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #99; and on September 26th, 1965 it peaked at #1 (for 1 week) and spent 14 weeks on the Top 100... Ramsey Lewis released an instrumental covered version later in 1965; his version reached #11 on the Top 100... The Lettermen covered it in 1970; their version stayed for 2 weeks on the Top 100, peaking at #93 (#18 on the Adult Contemporary chart)... And the McCoys' lead singer/guitarist Rick Derringer released his own covered version in 1975 and took it to #94 on the Top 100.
• Denny from Columbia Falls, Mt Grew up in Springfield, Ohio in the 60's and music was a major part of our lives. If there wasn't a sporting event going on we were dancing at Forest Park, The Coconut Lounge or at one of the Wampler venues. I remember the seeing the McCoy's many times starting when they were the Rick Z Combo. Great history of the song, loved it!
• Rotunda from Tulsa, Ok Back in '65 I bought this record when I was at the Univ. of Kansas in Lawrence Ks. Then some time in '66 I think is when The McCoys played a concert at The Red Dog there. I had a crush on Rick Derringer. I always wondered why he had tired bags under his eyes at such a young age. I always liked the intro on this song.
• David Alvis from Lexington, Ky My brother snuck me in to the Caverns of Forest Park in Dayton Oh when I was 14, and it was an awesome to see the likes of Rick and the Raiders and Vicki and the Rest in one of the hottest venues in the Midwest for pure music and dancing with nothing more served than sodas and chips and no tables just one gigantic dance floor with literally hundreds and people dancing and enjoying the battle of the bands every fri and sat
• Chuck from Fairfield, Oh my freshman year in liberty indiana high school (1964) was the first year for the consolidation of multiple schools. the admin felt like it would be a good idea to have a freshman dance to get everyone acquainted with each other. they hired a local band from union city, indiana - rick and the raiders. so since then i have been a follower of rick derringer's career. so in 1964 i got to hear a soon to be released "hang on sloopy" by a band soon to be called the mccoys. it was great and in two days i will be seeing rick derringer here in fairfield ohio some 48 yrs later. rock on rick !!!
• David from Zanesville, Oh The unanswered question is why choose Dorothy Sloop as a symbol? In 1964 Dorothy was 51 years old. Not a likely sexual fantasy. My first thought was her carreer ambitions as a jazz singer could be symbolic of the rock band, the rock singer, the rock culture ambitions for success. Then symbolicly transferring that ambition to sexual success. Not an uncommon thing to do in that era. Buy then I stumbled upon the definition of sloopy at urban dictionary.com that set me to another level of symbolosim. Is Sloopy the low life, slothful, counter culture lifestyle/ philosophy of rock muscians? Or, is it just a song about sloppy sex or worse. It is from the wrong side of town. He loves it anyway. Make ME feel good Sloopy. Hang on. This life style can work. Hence it would have nothing to do with Dorothy Sloop at all, unless it would refer to the life style of a jazz muscian of her time. And then it wouldn't be about Dorothy at all but about her suppossed lifestyle. Dorothy could have sued for defamation of character. Interestingly she became a teacher. She didn't hang on. So, Sloopy is symbolic of a philosophy, a not uncommon tactic for that era either. Of course there are different levels of seriousness to interpreting a song like this. Any object of success could be the meaning of this song. To the pure, to the innocent, all things are pure. But the State of Ohio and the Ohio State University might want to review their fascination with this song. And perhaps Dorothy's family could sue.
• The from Tampa Bay, Fl The song describes more than a boy's love for a girl in a different soci0-economic class. In the mid-60s, references to the taboo subject of sexual activity were still often veiled in euphemism. "Hang on Sloopy" is a classic example. The first stanza speaks to the boy's love and concern for a self-conscious girl from the "poor side of town." He comforts her, telling her he doesn't care what her daddy "do," that he's in love with her and to hang on, things will get better. The second stanza speaks to the strong sexual attraction between the two, and is a veiled reference to the act of fellatio while the boy lays on his back. He delights in her beauty, especially her long, tied-back hair, and coaxes her to "let your hair down, girl, let it hang down on me." Backed by the chorus, he urges her to "come on, come on." He tells her "it feels so good" and "you know it feels so good." Suggestive of his quickening breathing and the movement of her head, the song quickens in tempo and he yells "shake it, shake it, shake it, Sloopy." He lets out a "yeah!" before the song creschendos with a long howl, symbolizing the ecstasy of orgasm.
• Pat from Williston, Sc This song was going good when I was in the jungles of South Vietnam. Brought back memories of one I left behind. We had a sargent who while we were on perimiter guard would sing the lyrics and we would all sing backup!
• Hyungh from San Francisco, Ca Bernard Purdie was the studio drummer for this song. Here are his comments when asked "What was your worst gig?" "Not too many people have ever asked me that. I can't call it the worst, but it was the one I tried to mess up. I was angry. They asked me to play like I was a 14 year old. I was upset. Here I am the number one drummer in New York and around the country, and they want me to sound like a 14 year old. So I tried to mess up the song. That song has haunted me for 45 years. That song is 'Hang On Sloopy.' They wanted me to sound like a beginner. They wanted it to be a trash band, a garage band. It was embarrassing. What made it even worse was the producer and a couple of the guys in the band had been smokin' and drinkin'. It made me very, very upset. So I tried putting fills in every place but where I was supposed to. Once I've told the story around, then people listen to the song differently and say, 'Oh yeah, you would never normally put a fill here.' But I was trying to mess it up. And when we finished, they were like, 'That's it! That's perfect!' I said to myself then that as long as I live, if you don't like something or don't want to do it with somebody, then don't take the job. You cannot go in with the wrong attitude to do a job when somebody is paying you. If you don't want to do the job, then don't accept the job. That has been my motto for my career." — Bernard Purdie
• Nancy from Baltimore, Md this is a fun song to dance to or play when you are feeling a little low
• Tom from Springfield, Oh I remember the night that "Red" (the DJ) announced at the Coconut Lounge in Urbana, Ohio, that the next group from Indiana, Called "The Rich Kids" were Singing their New song Hang on Sloopy, but under their new name The McCoys. The Coconut Lounge at Lakewood Beach, Urbana Ohio north of Springfield had about every popular group at the time four seasons, beach boys, dianna ross and the supremes, ike and tina turner, etc. It was a teen club no booze. I have a pretty good memory, but not a perfect one. Any one else remember the talent at the coconut lounge, like The McCoys?
• Michael from Bridgeport, Ct The vibrations were one of the greatist groups that,i ever saw period.this group was a very exciting act,they could sing,dance, and had great choreography.the vibrations had many hits like the watusi,cindy,sloopy and misty.why doenst this group get any credit for what its done?its a shame after all these years,the vibrations are still being taken for granted.i truly hope that this type thinking changes towards this group soon.sincerely yours,michael mcgehee
• Lynn from Huntington Beach, Ca Don West was the DJ at the Fun Run in Kingman, AZ last night (May 1, 2009). He sang HANG ON SLOOPY and said that he was 17 when he recorded it.
• Sam from Hipsville, Ca Those that have the 45rpm. of this song should flip it over and play "I Can't Explain It" -----------a great little tune in it's own right.
• Lester from New York City, Ny Joe, couldn't find anything saying Don West was ever a member of the McCoys.
• Roggie from Fairborn , Oh One of my all time faves--went to High School in the Dayton area in the 60's----what a fantastic time--w i n g radio playing the weekly top 40 and hearing "hang on sloopy" when it was number one! Great Era to grow up in!!!
• John from Cincinnati, Oh In case anyone is wondering about Jackie's above reference to the "red dress", oldies stations now sometimes play a long version of the McCoys' Sloopy with an added 2nd verse about Sloopy wearing a red dress. Thus, the "YEAH-yeah" call and response in this version comes at the end of the chorus after the second rather than the first verse.
• Steve Dotstar from Los Angeles, Ca an enjoyable 3 chord song.... "sloopy, I don't care what your daddy do..." heh,...love that line.
• Joe from Golden Valley, Az I was told that Don West was a member of the Mc Coys ,when Hang On Sloopy was recorded.can someone put some light on this for me?
• Doug from Cambridge, On Don't see it mentioned but Rick Derringer had a smash solo hit with "Rock n Roll Hootchie Koo" in '73.
• Fred from Laurel, Md David, NYC--Thanks, this supports something I heard long ago. I was in college when this song was current and heard the DJ remark once that the drummer in this band was really young at the time it was recorded--16, or maybe even 14, I don't remember. I think that was the first time I felt really OLD, because here was an actual Rock Star who was younger than me! I guess I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now. ;-)
• Andrew from Birmingham, United States This has roughly the same story line as the Four Seasons' "Rag Doll". The protagonist is a guy in love with a lady from a poor dwelling area. This guy loves her for who she is; everyone else puts her down for being poor and outcast. We are to follow the example of these guys. Not necessarily an obligation to fall in love with just anyone in the outcast class; but at least to love everyone equally and not alienate anyone who's not in the "in-crowd".
• David from New York, Ny I grew up in Dayton in the early 60s and saw these guys a number of times at Forest Park Plaza. The drummer for the McCoys was Rick's little brother Randy who played standing up. First and only time I ever saw that.
• Doug from Oakland, Ca Hang on Sloopy was real popular in the Mexican American community.I even knew a girl whose nickname was Sloopy,probably from the Vibrations version of the tune, Also,the Mc Coys version of Fever is fantastic also.
• Cliff from Amelia, Va ah, so I wasn't going crazy last week. Driving to Florida listening to XM radio's Just #1's on the Sixtys station and I heard the version with the Red Dress lyrics. NEVER heard it before and I am a big fan of 50's & 60's music. Kind of freaked me out!
• Wes from Miami, Fl While this is an amazing song i would hope that this website would credit the other writer of the song Wes Farrell, the person who actually wrote the lyrics! He is my father, so forgive the frustration.
• Ray from Palm Bay, Id when this song came out, Soupy Sales was popular and as a 10 year old kid i thought they were singing "hang on Soupy". Rick was part of the band "Johnny Winters And" killer live album. - ray. palm bay, fl
• Marissa from Is This Optional?, Oh When Ohio State played Michigan a while back, they played this song in a zillion different versions and a zillion different mixes on the morning show on one of the local radio stations. I got sick of it after a while but it sure got me pumped and I even ended up wearing scarlet and gray to the speech tournament that Saturday -- and I don't even like football!
• Fyodor from Denver, Co don, I have that same Great Shakes record! What a gas!!
• George from Richmond, Va ahh, heard this at a "sock" hop at my high school. Loved it
• Alan from Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada The Dave Clark Five wanted to record this song but were beat to the punch by the McCoys. I believe they covered it but never put it into single release.
• Howard from St. Louis Park, Mn One of my favorite songs of the mid 60s. Who would want to name their daughter Sloopy? The opening drumbeat was also used on the McCoys remake of the Peggy Lee hit Fever.
• Nathan from Defiance, Oh This song is the non-official fight song for The Ohio State University, and is played at every sporting event at least 100 times.
• Jackie from Mansfield, , Oh SLOOPY AND THE REAL McCoys Just returned to Ohio after living for five years in Iowa. The version that the oldies Des Moines radio station plays is really different. What's the story on this and the "Red Dress" lyrics?
• Don from New York, Ny When I was 7 or 8 (around 1965), I purchased a 4- song 7" by mail from this long defunct company that made "Great Shakes" shake mix. The songs included Simon & Garfunkel "Got a Groovy Thing", The New Christy Minstrels "This Land is Your Land", Dave Clark 5 "Catch Us if You Can" (which is really what I got it for cause my big sister had just got the DC5's "Weekend in London" LP, and The Yardbirds "My Girl Sloopy" which for the longest time I thought was a rip-off of the McCoys! Never heard of the Vibrations till you mentioned it...thanks for the background. DK, Ithaca, NY
• Chris from Bluffton, Sc This song is most commonly available in an edited version that runs approximately 3 minutes. However, if you look hard enough you can find the unedited version which runs about a minute longer. And no, they didn't cut anything out because it was dirty. There was a verse cut out to fit the 3 minute rule of radio stations in the 60s.
• Mercedes from Poop, In The McCoy's played at my aunt's prom back in the sixties when they were not famous and my mom and friend met them and hung out with them and took all these pictures and the last thing they said before they left was " We'll remeber you when your famous." How wild is that?
• Bob from Cincinnati, Oh Our school won a "Heartbeat Hop" contest in 1966 and the prize was a concert with The McCoys. I'll always rememberthem playing "Sloopy" and the whole school singing along.
• Jennifer from Santa Barbara, Ca "Sloopy" was inspired by a lady named Dorothy Sloopy from Steubenville Ohio who used sloopy as her stage name.. So OSU adopted it and used it for their purposes. Go to Http.//members.aol.com/sloopyo/song.html to see the rest of the story behind this. and see www.netstate.com/states/symb/song/oh_hang_on_sloopy.htm-14k with or without 14k in address. hope this helps
• Aj from Ontario, Canada This is an excellent song!, one of my favorites, but has anyone ever wondered where the name Sloopy came from?

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• Started YouTube in 2020, with 2.1 million views and 5.38k followers.
• Maintains a private personal life despite public recognition.

Lisa Leonard Dalton is a YouTube personality who rose to prominence as the mysterious dancer in The McCoys’ “Hang on Sloopy” music video. Born in California in 1956, the 67-year-old white woman keeps her parents’ identities confidential and is Lori’s beloved sister.

Lisa is 5 feet 4 inches tall and attended El Camino Real High School and the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising. Despite her public prominence, information about her personal life, including romances and children, is kept private.

Lisa, often known as the “Sloopy Girl,” started YouTube in 2020 and has since amassed over 2.1 million views and 5.38k followers. Her channel includes dance videos as well as her legendary performance in Rick Derringer’s 1975 music video.

Lisa has remained single and has kept her personal life low-key, focusing on her career and YouTube channel. Her net worth is unknown, but her career as a dancer and content provider assures a comfortable lifestyle. The reveal of Lisa Leonard Dalton as the classic “Sloopy Girl” gives a nostalgic touch to the history of the music video.

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Who is the girl in the hang on sloopy video?

Not either Liz..not the real Liz Derringer whose name is Liz Agriss Derringer. And not Liz Brewer in Britain. The rumor Brit Liz was married to Rick Derringer is false. Dancer is an American girl, Lisa Leonard Dalton who lived in the LA metro area in 1975. She was 19 years old,

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I’m correcting a prior uneditable comment: The dancer is Lisa Leonard Dalton at the time a 19 year-old dance contest champion at Gazzarri's in Hollywood . She has 25 to 30 witnesses & proof of being the dancer. The rumors that Rick Derringer's real wife, Liz Agriss, or Liz Brewer in the UK, were the Sloopy dancer are urban legend and false.

I believe it`s Rick`s first wife...Liz Derringer

Lisa Leonard Dalton

Check out the video on YouTube Deconstructing A Myth: Sloopy Dancer

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Sloopy Wives-Fact and Fiction

***update: on november 21, 2022 rick derringer provided the answer fans had been waiting for. he was asked on his facebook page for the name of the girl dancer in his “hang on sloopy” video. his answer was “lisa somebody.” he didn’t know her, as had been previously reported here, other than he recalled her first name. this mystery was solved in 2021, but it is now official and verified by rick. lisa leonard dalton is 100% the dancer in that classic 1975 sloopy girl music video..

When The McCoys had a giant hit with “Hang On Sloopy” in 1965, nobody would have guessed that 56 years later some 40 million viewers would be arguing about the short music film shot by Rick Derringer in 1975. Rick, the former lead singer of The McCoys and a prominent guitarist, was re-releasing the Sloopy song adding steel drums and a marimba. The two covers of the same song, along with other versions performed by Rick over the years, have create confusion. For those detectives who wish to investigate this further, the sped-up reggae version of “Hang On Sloopy” came out on Rick Derringer’s 1975 album called Spring Fever and the Sloopy song track was released as a single at that time as well. The main attraction, more so than the cover of the classic song, was the mysterious and previously unidentified “Hang On Sloopy” dancing girl. (Click HERE to watch the video).

Many curious people know that QZVX has been involved in searching for the true “Hang on Sloopy” dancer for about a year. The results of that investigation were released here, and in a YouTube video, two weeks ago. As expected, the video revealing that Lisa Leonard Dalton is the “Sloopy Girl,” has gone viral. Views escalated to several thousand hits per day.

Fans have accepted that the “ Hang On Sloopy “ dancer is the one and only “Sloopy Girl,” Lisa Leonard Dalton. Music websites and YouTube channels are changing titles and labels to reflect that new information. Yet, there is another myth getting in the way of the truth. Unfortunately, many bloggers, as a result of lack of research, have created a rumor that Liz Brewer in the UK married Rick Derringer in 1969 (a marriage lasting 22 years) and that she was the noted rock and pop culture journalist identified as Rick Derringer’s wife. That is false. Inaccurate data has been spread online and in social media. Add to that, the wrong information has been circulating for ten years. And please, don’t read this article and suggest that Lisa Leonard Dalton was married to Rick. She was not!

Two Lizzes Confused With One Another

As far as Lizzes go, fact is it was another Liz, not Liz Brewer in the UK, who was married to Rick Derringer. Liz “Agriss” Derringer, an American from New York, married Rick in 1969. The marriage lasted about 22 years. If that story sounds familiar, that is because the general scenario has been told before…but with the wrong Liz as Rick’s wife. What a muddled mess.

The real life Liz Derringer was Rick first wife, and his ONLY wife with the name Liz. Let’s establish he has been married only three times. Fifteen years ago, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune interviewed Rick and they reported the following:

“Derringer and his “third and last wife,” Jenda, are born-again Christians who clearly would rather not dwell on past rock ‘n’ roll excesses and successes.” (June 24, 2006)

Below is documentation of the first marriage. Ricky Zehringer (birth name) married Liz “Agriss” Derringer in 1969. This Liz, not the Liz in the UK, is also a close friend of Bebe Buell (a famous groupie and the mother of Hollywood actress Liv Tyler).

If Rick Derringer had only three wives, who were the other two? This information comes from public records. The left photo below is Liz “Agriss” Derringer, in the early days and married to Rick (picture was on her Facebook page). Photos of the real Liz Derringer are often attributed to the wrong Liz. Next to that photo is a shot of Liz “Agriss” Derringer and Rick posing together about ten years ago. The center shot is the late Dyan Buckelew Derringer and Rick at their 1991 wedding. She was wife number two. And the right photo is Rick’s current wife, Jenda, whom he married in 2000. You will notice that the Brit, Liz Brewer, is absent from this list.

For anyone who might doubt that Rick was married to this American Liz, go to Facebook and search for Elizabeth Derringer. She has a public page with lots of information, photos of rock stars, pictures with Rick and rock and roll stories. She lives on the East Coast USA. Her current husband informed QZVX that his wife was the only Liz that Rick Derringer was ever married to and that she NEVER had Brewer as a last name. He also said his wife Liz told him she was NOT the “Hang On Sloopy” dancer. Liz said the dancer was a studio backlot girl and Rick did not know her. (That leads us back to Lisa Leonard Dalton in LA being the mystery dancer, as attested to by more than 20 witnesses.)

If you’re still doubting these facts, consider this: While Rick was married to Liz “Agriss” Derringer, over on the other side of the pond, Liz Brewer married John Rendall in 1978 (click HERE ). She is now divorced, but the dates of the Derringer and Rendall marriages coincided with one another for several years. That precludes any possibility that Liz in the UK was one of the “Sloopy Wives.” And remember Rick was only married to one Liz and not two. Bloggers have had these two ladies mixed up for many years now. Factually sloppy bloggers (blogging is not news reporting) spew silliness and lazy bloggers repeat unverified fairy tales.

All of the photos below are Liz “Agriss” Derringer. Not even one picture is that of Liz Brewer in the UK. Unfortunately they have been misidentified in the past. Almost all websites have corrected that egregious error. Currently online “Random Musings” still displays incorrectly labeled photos that erroneously identify the real “Sloopy Wife,” American Liz “Agriss” Derringer, as the British Liz Brewer. The confusing and un-vetted website is so far off base that it is amusing the host has taken the liberty to christen himself as the so-called “film inspector.” That he is not!

Dancing Girl’s Age

Lisa Leonard Dalton’s age, 19 at the time of the 1975 Sloopy dance, is easy to document.  Born in 1955, Dalton turned 20 in late fall of 1975. She was eight years younger than musician Rick Derringer. He turned 28 in the summer of 1975.

Liz Brewer’s age is more elusive. Her Facebook page has her birthday as June 6th. As is typical, the year of birth is not listed. Genealogy sites lacked further details. Online resources are all over the map. One prominent search engine puts her age at 48 today and it seems she is stuck there — her age has not changed in more than a year. That is clearly wrong: Liz is not that young, and a current age of 48 would negate confirmed facts about her life, e.g., that she moved to Portugal as a teen and, by the mid-1960s, she was back in the UK and part of London’s club scene.

An archival search eventually provided an answer. But first, let me digress:  In her video titled In London & Jimi Hendrix Liz reminisced that she was “ about 26 ,” and operating a London club when Jimi Hendrix released his first British hit, Hey Joe . According to The Book of British Hit Singles that record debuted on the British chart in late December 1966, peaking in January ’67 at No. 6. It remained on the chart for a total of eight weeks.

From Liz’s recollection that she was “about 26” at the time of Jimi’s hit, we’d assume she was turning 26 on her June 6th, 1967 birthday. Following the logical sequence, eight years later in 1975, at the time of the Sloopy dance, Liz would have been 34 years old. But hold on, additional information indicates that Liz Brewer was actually younger in the mid-1960s than she thought she was.

QZVX searched deep into British newspaper archives. Many vintage articles mention Liz Brewer’s activities through the years. Most of the content was informative, but not specific as to her age. Then, in a nearly 60-year-old Daily Mirror , I located a photo and an article about the former Brit debutante Elizabeth Brewer. She was photographed in a swimsuit in the Algarve, Portugal (where she ended up running a club). The paper was dated August 17, 1964, (so published about 2 months after her June 6 birthday) and she was listed as being 21 years of age. Crunching the numbers, her year of birth would be 1943. On June 6, 2023, she turns 80 years old. A copy of that newspaper clipping is below. To make it easier to read, I re-pasted a magnified version of the caption in the red circle at the top.

That birth year is believable and it makes sense. Liz’s physical appearance in 1964 fit that of a 21 year old girl. Also, several other articles were in agreement with this timeline. That birth date works with the general details of her teenage journey to Portugal and her return to London approximately seven years later. Remember that the 1964 newspaper photo of 21-year-old Liz predates the Sloopy dance by 11 years. She would have been older, turning 32 in 1975. Comparatively, Rick Derringer turned 28 in 1975 and Lisa Leonard Dalton turned 20 in autumn of that year.

That’s a 12-year age difference or “generation gap” between Liz Brewer and Lisa Leonard Dalton. Brewer was born near the tail end of what is referred to as The Silent Generation . Dalton was born smack dab in the middle of The Baby Boom Generation . Not surprisingly, most viewers refer to the youthful Sloopy Girl dancer as the “dancing girl.” The dancer looks more like a 19 year old girl than a 30-something woman. This revelation further weakens any supposition that Liz Brewer was the dancing girl. That is not unexpected. Remember that historically other verifiably false rumors had been spread by unreliable sources and trolls; for example, that Liz Brewer was a Rick Derringer groupie, that she was tight with Andy Warhol, that she was a pop culture journalist, that she was married to Rick, and/or that she was the dancer. Any parts of that scenario that are correct applied to the other Liz, the real Sloopy Wife, American Liz “Agriss” Derringer. Extensive research has never found any link between Liz Brewer and Rick Derringer. Furthermore, there is no evidence that Liz in the UK had any role in the 1975 “Hang On Sloopy” dance film.

Many people, who’ve been following this case of mistaken identity, have asked what Liz Brewer in the UK has been doing with her life and career from the 1960s on. Some of those answers can be found in the British Newspaper Archives. QZVX has collected a number of articles, several of them with vintage photos of Liz Brewer (Click HERE to view those files).

The Real Liz Derringer is NOT British

In the early days of the saga, I can see how people misidentified the two ladies named Liz. That was especially true if they weren’t paying much attention and just bought the online fiction. Now the two women are obviously not the same person. To clarify the facts, the real Liz Derringer also does not have a British accent — it is an East Coast USA sound. Earlier this year she was interviewed, along with her famous friend Bebe Buell. They told personal stories and spoke of their lives. I have the full interview, however the channel that originally posted it has since made the segment private…so I will not re-post what I have. That would go against their wishes. In the full interview, Liz stated she was married to Rick Derringer from 1969 for about 22 years. And she told of their rock and roll adventures. Fortunately, a segment of the interview remains online. Anyone viewing this segment will have to admit this is not Liz in the UK. To be clear, I don’t have an issue with the British Liz. It is just that the internet has so distorted the story of the dancing girl and Rick’s wives that this big reality check was in order.

Here is a short segment of Liz Derringer, the rock journalist and the lady who was actually married to Rick for 22 years. She was interviewed on the “Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll” channel. This story is not G-rated. It does, however, bring home the point that the real Liz Derringer is absolutely NOT Liz Brewer in the UK.

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In less than a month, Steven’s Youtube presentation has gotten quite a lot of attention. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztmoPIG_2wI

Bradley…Rick’s actual first wife…Liz Agriss Derringer…not to be confused with Liz in the UK was a rock journalist and a close associate of Andy Warhol. She is also close to Bebe Buell, mom of Liv Tyler, who sings. But I think Liz stuck to writing and public relations. I doubt she was singing. Her talents were elsewhere from what I have learned.

Oh, man, Lisa Leonard Dalton!

75 was, in real life imagery, just as it is in that video. Her style, presence, and beguiling smile as she moves in congruence with the music and times in which the filming took place. Enchanting woman, and there’s no surprise that these revelations are making such huge waves.

I saw Rick Derringer at, I believe it was called Annabelle’s at the time (the club’s name changed so many times), in the mid to late eighties, located on PCH on the border of Torrance and Redondo Beach at Palos Verdes Boulevard. It was a great show, and his wife was his backup singer – I remember that distinctly, thinking that the tour was basically operated on a shoestring. It was however, my opportunity to see the Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo artist who I first discovered as a contributing musician on the Edgar Winter album, They Only Come Out at Night, with a very small picture of him on the album cover.

I also remember thinking that the performance of his “backup singer” was rather lackluster, and detracted somewhat from the performance of both him and his band. Now… was she, the backup singer, really his wife? I do not know for sure, as I can’t really remember whether Derringer introduced her as such or if one of my friends attending with me told me.

Rick’s second wife Dyan was a backup singer for him

That makes sense since she was a singer. She has since passed away.

Thank you for taking the time to sort and post this. I have found so many pictures online that professional photographers have available, Getty Images, Alama, Shutterstock. Those are correct as far as the company having named the women, it is when you do a broad google search that you start seeing pictures from the bloggers you speak about. To go back and change information that has gone uncorrected for that long is going to take some time, but I have been keeping up with your stories and watching the counts. It is amazing! I am also amazed at how quickly Lisa Leonard Dalton is becoming a household name and you can literally see it taking over. I am so happy that this story is getting told. Good job.

Thanks for posting that video…It is relatively rare, for those ladies involved with the crazy, Rock and Roll lifestyle of the 60s, 70s and 80s, to really tell some of those off-the-wall stories….It is more typical for folks like Rick Derringer, and his born-again wife, to simply refuse to face the reality of their past lives…Hypocrisy is rampant these days!

Jack….glad you liked it. This whole misidentification of the Lizzes is bad for the real Liz Derringer too. She was a major pop culture writer, but her credit is often given to Liz in the UK…who is accomplished in her field, but it is not as a rock and roll journalist.

Thank you Ginger. I suspect that when we realize that the photos of the dancer in the video are Lisa Leonard Dalton…not either Liz. And if we also realize that all of the early photos listed online as Rick and Liz Brewer are actually Liz Agriss with Rick, I am doubting that anyone anywhere has a real time photo of Rick with Liz in the UK…other than maybe two separate photos of them pasted together.

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