Rick Derringer Albums Ranked

Rick Derringer (born Ricky Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, Grammy Award-winning producer, and writer of several hit songs. He came to prominence in the 1960s as a founding member of his band, The McCoys. At that time, they were taken to New York City to record what became the number one hit song “Hang On Sloopy”. The McCoys then had seven songs that charted in the top 100, including versions of “Fever” and “Come On Let’s Go”. In the 1970s, Derringer had another major hit with his own song, “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo”. He has worked extensively with the brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter, playing lead guitar in their bands, and also producing all of their gold and platinum disc recordings. He has worked with Steely Dan, discovered Cyndi Lauper and “Weird Al” Yankovic, producing Yankovic’s Grammy Award-winning songs “Eat It” and “Fat”. “Eat It” included Derringer’s guitar solo, which emulated Eddie Van Halen’s solo on Michael Jackson’s “Beat It”. The work he did with Yankovic convinced Vince McMahon, the president of the World Wrestling Federation, that Derringer should be the producer of The Wrestling Album (1985) and then the follow-up, Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II (1987). The albums included the entrance song for Hulk Hogan, “Real American”, and the Demolition tag team, “Demolition”. Here are all of Rick Derringer albums ranked.

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4. Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo: The Best Of Rick Derringer (1996)

“”Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo” has been my official theme song for years now. Derringer is a guitar god, sadly unrecognized by most. When I hear this music, I feel like I’m being crazy at a wild college party. I see kegs of beer and pure madness, and I love it! The other songs on the collection are all great too.”

3. Guitars And Women (1979)

“This set is HOT! Derringer has the fire and he can carry it to the mountain top. Many of his other records have the touch, but this one is special. Great tunes–he plays the Nielsen tracks like he owns them–superb vocals and his amazing guitars. Produced with Rundgren there’s plenty of perfection and soaring. “

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2. Derringer (1976)

“Derringer, the album, is quite a bit different than the loose feel of his 1973 All American Boy. Tighter, maybe. Starts with Let Me In which sounds radio ready for those days. Sailor and Beyond the Universe are clear standouts. Wish there were more of those. He treads the pedestrian way with some of these tunes, but they are always superbly done and fun.”

1. All American Boy (1973)

“Very nice solo debut for Rick Derringer and the re-master is very clean as the previous reviewer mentioned. This import also has a booklet with a brief bio (from a British perspective) with various pictures and the full lyrics and musician list (although it neglects to mention Edgar Winter’s saxophone contribution to Jump Jump Jump).”