Talk:Hang on Sloopy

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• Covers

Maybe there should be a section that lists covers of the song?

Back in 1964 I lived in Decatur, Illinois and I recall hearing a demo of Hang on Sloopy. The demo was given to me by a friend who said that a friend of his had written the song. The demo I heard was called "My Girl Sloopy". I went into the Army shortly thereafter and lost track of the people doing My Girl Sloopy. The next year when I heard Hang on Sloopy on the radio I knew it was the same song that I had heard back home in Decatur. I have never been able to substantiate that the song originated in Decatur until recently when I found the following on the internet: http://attitudeadjustment.tripod.com/Essays/Charles-Givens.htm The claim here is that it was written by Charles Givens the now deceased and disgraced former financial guru. Does anyone have any information about who is credited on the original 45rpm? I saw a jacket somewere once and there were no credits.

If anyone wants to include this, the Dead Boys did a cover of "Hang on Sloopy" on the Night Of the Living Dead Boys release, which included live recordings.SleazeeeE 15:14, 2 November 2006 (UTC)

• Catagories

I do not see anything sexual about this song. I do not think the catagory "songs with sexual themes" is appropriate for this song. I propose to remove this category. BuffaloBob 01:15, 29 May 2007 (UTC)

Agreed... not sure where that came from. I removed it. -- ChadScott 20:13, 29 May 2007 (UTC)