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

“Derringer’s legacy extends beyond his music, entertaining fans with his signature energy and talent,” Wilson wrote. “His ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, known for hit songs "Hang on Sloopy" and "Rock and Roll, Hoochie, Koo," has died at 77.

Derringer’s decades in the music industry spanned teen stardom, session work for bands like Steely Dan, supplying the guitar ...

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 ...