Hogan lost the WWE Championship to the Ultimate Warrior at WrestleMania VI in an all-time great WrestleMania main event.

"Rick produced my first six albums and played guitar on my earliest recordings ... including what would become Hulk Hogan's theme song "Real American." ...

Derringer’s decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar solo on Bonnie Tyler’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart” and producing Cyndi ...

Rick Derringer, whose six-decade career spanned teen stardom as lead singer of the ‘60s smash “Hang on Sloopy,” a ‘70s solo hit with “Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo,” session work with artists from Steely ...

Known for “Hold On Sloopy,” “Rock And Roll, Hoochie Coo” and Hulk Hogan’s theme song, “Real American,” Derringer was a Zelig of the liner notes, playing guitar, producing ...

RICK Derringer, the legendary guitarist behind the garage rock number-one Hang On Sloopy and Hulk Hogan's themes ... blown away at what he did with his guitar. R.I.P. Rick.” ...

there is still a Pavlovian response that comes with hearing the opening guitar riffs on “Real American,” the longstanding entrance music for Hulk Hogan. While the song has long been associated ...

Guitar hero and rock ‘n’ roll legend Rick ... Federation’s “The Wrestling Album,” which included the Hulk Hogan theme song “Real American.” Like so many things that Derringer ...

The track would remain an Ohio classic, an anthem of the Ohio State Buckeyes, and would foreshadow Derringer’s crossover appeal with sports fans. In 1985, he produced the WWF’s The Wrestling Album and ...

Let me tell you a story about Hulk Hogan and the Honky Tonk Man. Share Roy Wayne Farris wrestled under the name Honky Tonk Man and his gimmick was that of a sweaty Elvis impersonator who hit people ...

Just days after fans raised eyebrows over his unusual appearance on national television, wrestling icon Hulk Hogan headed straight to the operating room. The 71-year-old WWE legend underwent neck ...