Ohio is the only state to have a rock song, Hang On Sloopy https://youtube/watch?v=TlTKhPkZSJo See more below. Ohios State Rock Song - Hang On Sloopy In 1985, the Ohio General Assembly approved Hang on Sloopy as Ohios official rock song. The Ohio General Assembly adopted an official rock song after Joe Dirck, a columnist for the Columbus Citizen-Journal, wrote a column about the State of Washington considering the adoption of its own rock song. The Ohio General Assembly responded by making Hang on Sloopy Ohios rock song. Ohio is the only state to have an official rock song. Bert Berns and Wes Farrell co-wrote the song, and Hang on Sloopy became a major hit for the band The McCoys in 1965. The McCoys were originally from Dayton, Ohio. The song was about Dorothy Sloop of Steubenville, Ohio. A singer, Sloop sometimes used the stage name Sloopy. The resolution establishing Hang on Sloopy as Ohios rock song had a number of references to the songs lyrics and to the songs importance to Ohioans. The resolution read: HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 16 WHEREAS, The members of the 116th General Assembly of Ohio wish to recognize the rock song Hang On Sloopy as the official rock song of the great State of Ohio; and WHEREAS, In 1965, an Ohio-based rock group known as the McCoys reached the top of the national record charts with Hang On Sloopy, composed by Bert Russell and Wes Farrell, and that same year, John Tagenhorst, then an arranger for the Ohio State University Marching Band, created the bands now-famous arrangement of Sloopy, first performed at the Ohio State-Illinois football game on October 9, 1965; and WHEREAS, Rock music has become an integral part of American culture, having attained a degree of acceptance no one would have thought possible twenty years ago; and WHEREAS, Adoption of Hang On Sloopy as the official rock song of Ohio is in no way intended to supplant Beautiful Ohio as the official state song, but would serve as a companion piece to that old chestnut; and WHEREAS, If fans of jazz, country-and-western, classical, Hawaiian and polka music think those styles also should be recognized by the state, then by golly, they can push their own resolution just like were doing; and 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 dont care what your daddy do, cause you know, Sloopy girl, Im 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; and be it further Resolved, That the Legislative Clerk of the House of Representatives transmit duly authenticated copies of this Resolution to the news media of Ohio.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 05:15:01 +0000
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