Such an anthem. I hear it at high school basketball games, the gym is packed and the students are going crazy to their band playing this song. I had tears in my eyes learning about the history ot it. Nice video.
The older i get the better it sounds. Thanks to everyone who contributed to make this music available to all of us, and especially the Ohio State Marching Band.
I had a classmate from high school who went to Ohio State and he told me about Hang on Sloopy. I love 60's music and had no idea that that song was used at football games.
OMG, I was scrolling thru my phone when I saw the words “Hang on Sloopy”. I’m 80 years old now and as soon as I read it, tears began running down my cheeks. You see, back in 1968, that song was sung by my sister and her best friend all the time because her friend was nicknamed Sloopy. Why am I crying, because my sister passed away in 1989 at just 39yo from a rare brain tumor know as Antiplastic Astrocytoma. As fate would have it, her daughter, my niece was just talking about her two weeks ago. I told my niece about the song and her best friend and our cousin. I miss my beloved sister so much, as her daughter just visited her grave just 3 days ago. Just hearing that song brought back such overwhelming emotions, I miss her so much and I can’t stop crying. RIP my best friend and sister, we’ll be together again someday soon.
@@sbaker4920 Sorry to hear of your loss. The one thing you have as solace is the memories of happy times we had to share while they shared their time with us.
@@robertmiller3810 Thanks for your kind thoughts. My 26 year old son intentionally planned his death. i'm not sure I have yet moved very far from that day when the police came to my house at 7 am.
@@sbaker4920 Strangely, I was the same age in 1969 when I deliberately stopped my heart with drugs and went to a place not many people come back from. It’s hard to explain what goes thru their mind but in my Autobiography I talk about “The Point of No Return”. It means this, “It’s when you’re more afraid of life and living, Than you are of death and dying.” I went thru it and sadly, so did your son. He was in pain for some reason known only to him. I spent years of therapy with mental health professionals. It was those same drugs my psychiatrist gave me that I used to kill my self. Why I chose death over life, only I know. I’m 80 years old now and curse the day a doctor at the ER for resuscitating me. He brought me back to a hellish nightmare I cannot escape from for 55 years. I’m truly sorry about your son’s death, he was tormented by something as he passed his Point of No Return. I hope this helps you to ease your pain. I fight the Grim Reaper every day now as he’s pounding on my apartment door and some day I’ll pass my Point of No Return again, an open the door to let him in.
BUCKEYE NATION!!! At the risk of sounding corny, I'd love to see all the surviving members of The Vibrations and The McCoy's dot the I at a home game (preferably during pre-game of The Game (of that team up north...) O-H!!! :-D
Don't worry pal, my alma mater UGA is going to "dot the I" and then smash your little Angry Acorns into the turf at the Mercedes-Benz Dome in downtown Atlanta. DAWGS ON TOP!!!!!! 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣💥💥
The real history of Sloopy song is that some teenage kid in St. Louis wrote it and the record label bought it from him and re-appropriated themselves as the writers even though the current people credited with the song's creation had nothing to do with it.
It was a hit for LITTLE CAESAR AND THE CONSULS in Canada. I have both versions on vinyl. That McCoys video version with the awesome chick dancer is memorable.
Ohio State could really ramp up the Hang on Sloopy connection by inviting in Lisa Leonard Dalton, the Sloopy Girl dancer from Rick Derringer's 1975 music video. She has still got it and could dance on the field while the iconic video was on the big screen. Her dance has been an online sensation with millions of views when it was released on YT 10 years ago.
@@sloopygirl-lisa.leonard.dalton Oh GOD- I woke up at 3.30 am my time and found a reply from LISA LEONARD that's all!! Lisa, fly across the Atlantic and be with me for ever. It's what we both want, stop fighting it.
How wonderful. Never knew this at all and I'm an Ohioan. Byw, so was Rick Derringer! I'm guessing he knows about his hit song going viral at the OSU and I'm sure the original writers would get royalties all these years. Imagine that, ever since 1965 when I was a mere 8 years of age. Hang on Sloopy...Sloopy hang on!
Wait wait wait! They get The Vibrations together to sing their version and record it, they talk about the issue of Black artists not getting their songs played on the radio, AND THEN THE VIDEO DOESN’T LET US HEAR THEM SINGING THEIR VERSION?!? I’d like to speak with the director, please.
Love Hang On Sloopy, and this is a good story to cover. My OCD troubles me in a lot of articles. Hang On Sloopy was written in the key of G Major. The arranger said he arranged it in the key of G flat. The sheet music on the piano is written in the key of F. Details like this drive me crazy. 🤪 p.s. Hang On Sloopy will never be forgotten by my generation. So glad Ohio carries it on.
Nice video 'cept for one thing: We didn't get to hear the DAMN arrangement. Why? I'm VERY disappointed--especially since I played in my school marching band way back when.
It wouldn't have become a tradition if the crowd at that first game hadn't come up with their own tradition during the 3rd quarter -- the "We want Sloopy!" chant.
I grew up in Ohio in the 70's. Every kid knew & loved this song. I played this in 7th grade band as I am sure all the school bands in Ohio did. I have not touched a trombone in more than 40 years but if you put one in my hands I could play my part today. I was thrilled to go to the Shoe last year for a game and the skull session. I am not ashamed to say Sloopy had me welling up. Go Bucks
I remember when the McCoys version came out in 1965, and I know exactly how cool it would have been in those days to any band member, to get to play a contemporary hit song (not one 10 years old.) I don't follow football, so I never knew about the Sloopy/Ohio State connection, but I'm impressed by the whole story--- including the fact that the original (which I never knew existed) was included. In true pop music fashion, the McCoys version was almost the same, just...less. They put a fresh coat of paint on it. I'll link the original below.
@ 5:32 the announcer says if not for OHIO Hang on Sloopy would have been forgotten. This is simply balderdash. This song is loved around the world. The lead singer Rick Darenger went on to play with other groups and produced other singers including Cindy Loupner and others. The group only had this monster hit that bumped the Beatles to 2nd place. Thank you OHIO but Sloopy got you this attention - not you getting attention for Sloopy
Dwight Yoakam Played it to fire up the audience 8/4/23 at the PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati. Search "Dwight Yoakam - Hang on Sloopy - Cincinnati, Ohio - Aug 4, 2023" The audience chants O H I O
I guess you learn something new every day. I didn't know Beatles song twist and shout. I've only heard the Isley brothers version. Hound dog I've heard and like both equally. I do believe that Leiber and Stoller the two guys who wrote it should get more credit. Phil and Bert should get more credit for writing twist and shout. Bert also helped Wes write this song.
"Hound Dog", in 1952, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953 and selling almost two million copies. "Twist and Shout", which reached number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 2 on the R&B chart, staying on the charts for 19 weeks
This is very interesting. Stanford 🌲is the same way when they have a tradition of playing the song “All Right Now” where it is engrained in the students to sing it at sports events
great vid explaining OSU history, but one thing is wrong - the song would not have been forgotten. Just searching UA-cam for Hang On Sloopy shows its own following - 35M views, another one 15M, not to mention "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" with another 10M
Any chance, THE OHIO STATE MARCHING BAND, could play,'KILLING IN THE NAME OF', by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE? Thank you, for your patience, and persistance😲.
I was so disappointed when I found out the song isn't about Snoopy...as a matter of fact The Coasters' "Charlie Brown" isn't even about Charlie Brown the cartoon/comic strip character!
2:13 - highly repetitive, simple, 4 notes - Love to hear this guys take on modern country or rap music. Possibly the uppermost monotony, mind numbing mundanity - 1 note...
Whoever owned the comic strip Peanuts threatened to sue when the song was in original title mode: Hang On Snoopy. But Charles Shulz, Snoopy's creator, was too dumb to see that it could've been a HUGE publicity boost for both him and his strip Peanuts. So it was changed to the nonsensical Sloopy. Yes, in boating there are sloops where they are kept, but nothing - or nobody - is called a sloopy. Major fail.
HAS CARL FISHER and THE VIBRATIONS EVER BEEN HONOURED AND RECOGNISED BY OHIO STATE???? Love and sincerest apologies to them all. I am appalled. 😢😢😢😢 ❤❤❤❤
News to me that they wouldn’t play black music. Listening to my grandparents, who are white, the favored music were English groups, and R&B. The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Four Tops, Otis Redding, Junior Walker and The All Stars.
If they were the only ones to have done it then maybe. But they weren't. Many 60's rock bands made a fortune covering R&B tunes from a decade earlier. The Beatles actually met and applauded the efforts of Muddy Waters and others.
That eejit professor said it's just four notes repeated; he mustn't have listened to the song, which also has a verse section. In addition, this video implies it was stolen black music, when in fact it was written by two WHITE MEN in 1964, so it wasn't a black song, it was always a WHITE ROCK SONG. The Vibrations were the first to record and release it, but it's been a hit for several WHITE bands. Let's be honest, eh?
The Rolling Stones put an end to this shit. They exposed England to the black man's blues and then the world! And the black artist finally started getting paid.
Such an anthem. I hear it at high school basketball games, the gym is packed and the students are going crazy to their band playing this song. I had tears in my eyes learning about the history ot it. Nice video.
The older i get the better it sounds. Thanks to everyone who contributed to make this music available to all of us, and especially the Ohio State Marching Band.
I had a classmate from high school who went to Ohio State and he told me about Hang on Sloopy. I love 60's music and had no idea that that song was used at football games.
We played it at Dublin High School in the 70’s. Both directors were from TBDBITL. It was a staple at football and basketball games.
Thank you! I saw many games in the sixties but I didn’t realize until now that I was there at its birth. Class of ‘66.
I had this record as a kid. It was still at mom and dads when they passed away.
I'm a 76 year old Floridian and I Love This!!!!❤
OMG, I was scrolling thru my phone when I saw the words “Hang on Sloopy”. I’m 80 years old now and as soon as I read it, tears began running down my cheeks. You see, back in 1968, that song was sung by my sister and her best friend all the time because her friend was nicknamed Sloopy. Why am I crying, because my sister passed away in 1989 at just 39yo from a rare brain tumor know as Antiplastic Astrocytoma. As fate would have it, her daughter, my niece was just talking about her two weeks ago. I told my niece about the song and her best friend and our cousin. I miss my beloved sister so much, as her daughter just visited her grave just 3 days ago. Just hearing that song brought back such overwhelming emotions, I miss her so much and I can’t stop crying. RIP my best friend and sister, we’ll be together again someday soon.
Memories are special (though the original would be better); lost my son in 2010.
@@sbaker4920 Sorry to hear of your loss. The one thing you have as solace is the memories of happy times we had to share while they shared their time with us.
@@robertmiller3810 Thanks for your kind thoughts. My 26 year old son intentionally planned his death. i'm not sure I have yet moved very far from that day when the police came to my house at 7 am.
@@sbaker4920 Strangely, I was the same age in 1969 when I deliberately stopped my heart with drugs and went to a place not many people come back from. It’s hard to explain what goes thru their mind but in my Autobiography I talk about “The Point of No Return”. It means this, “It’s when you’re more afraid of life and living, Than you are of death and dying.” I went thru it and sadly, so did your son. He was in pain for some reason known only to him. I spent years of therapy with mental health professionals. It was those same drugs my psychiatrist gave me that I used to kill my self. Why I chose death over life, only I know. I’m 80 years old now and curse the day a doctor at the ER for resuscitating me. He brought me back to a hellish nightmare I cannot escape from for 55 years. I’m truly sorry about your son’s death, he was tormented by something as he passed his Point of No Return. I hope this helps you to ease your pain. I fight the Grim Reaper every day now as he’s pounding on my apartment door and some day I’ll pass my Point of No Return again, an open the door to let him in.
@@robertmiller3810 Any way we could connect? I'm on facebook.
BUCKEYE NATION!!! At the risk of sounding corny, I'd love to see all the surviving members of The Vibrations and The McCoy's dot the I at a home game (preferably during pre-game of The Game (of that team up north...) O-H!!! :-D
I-O!!!!
Don't worry pal, my alma mater UGA is going to "dot the I" and then smash your little Angry Acorns into the turf at the Mercedes-Benz Dome in downtown Atlanta. DAWGS ON TOP!!!!!! 😆😆😂😂🤣🤣💥💥
I-O!! That's a good idea 👍
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@@glenntucker69 I went to OSU but I gotta give you credit for the hilarious insult "little Angry Acorns." 😆😆😆
Thankfully I grew up in the sixties loved this record then and still love it
As a fan of OSU since 2000, this jam opened my eyes to past marching band songs
Bruh I was a Ohio state Dean for my hole life
You became a fan at the right time! Post Cooper era! I’ve been a fan my entire life.
You should have a contest for a new Sloopy Girl among your co-eds.
AS an alum I love Sloopy, so happy when the band plays it.
I had that record, but at first I thought they were saying "Hang on Snoopy."
You and me both.
Sounded great tonight in our route of Wisconsin
In High school thru my marching ba ND year. First played Hang on Sloopy on a clarinet then on a tenor sax. 😊
Great song, great arrangement. Inspiring.
Thanks for the history..loved this song as lil boy ..never knew this history ❤
The real history of Sloopy song is that some teenage kid in St. Louis wrote it and the record label bought it from him and re-appropriated themselves as the writers even though the current people credited with the song's creation had nothing to do with it.
"Likely would have been forgotten"? Yeah, right. It caught and held because it's a great tune, man--always and everywhere.
I remember the Mccoys version. The song was very popular with us 14 year olds.
It was a hit for LITTLE CAESAR AND THE CONSULS in Canada. I have both versions on vinyl. That McCoys video version with the awesome chick dancer is memorable.
Ohio State could really ramp up the Hang on Sloopy connection by inviting in Lisa Leonard Dalton, the Sloopy Girl dancer from Rick Derringer's 1975 music video. She has still got it and could dance on the field while the iconic video was on the big screen. Her dance has been an online sensation with millions of views when it was released on YT 10 years ago.
Ohio State has been rocking Hang On Sloppy for 50 plus years without any help…
@@johnmetcalfe2482true,but for me,it would be a nice acknowledgement of each other.
Who cares about some dancer that you wanked off to in the 60s? She didn’t write the song or sing it. She’s just an extra that featured in a film clip
@@stewartfenton7660 yes it would Stewart!!
@@sloopygirl-lisa.leonard.dalton Oh GOD- I woke up at 3.30 am my time and found a reply from LISA LEONARD that's all!! Lisa, fly across the Atlantic and be with me for ever. It's what we both want, stop fighting it.
I love my buckeyes born in 1956 been watching since 1966 to this day i ❤ OSU n my Buckeyes- BEAT MICHIGAN
How wonderful. Never knew this at all and I'm an Ohioan. Byw, so was Rick Derringer! I'm guessing he knows about his hit song going viral at the OSU and I'm sure the original writers would get royalties all these years. Imagine that, ever since 1965 when I was a mere 8 years of age. Hang on Sloopy...Sloopy hang on!
RIP John Tatgenhorst 1938 - 2024
How dare television coverage not show this!
Wait wait wait! They get The Vibrations together to sing their version and record it, they talk about the issue of Black artists not getting their songs played on the radio, AND THEN THE VIDEO DOESN’T LET US HEAR THEM SINGING THEIR VERSION?!? I’d like to speak with the director, please.
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My thoughts exactly. The Vibrations should be acknowledged first! Not the McCoys. Geesh!
Would it have been too much trouble to hear the original by The Vibrations?
I agree it's shocking
Dreadfully racist treatment, in 2023!
It was a big hit at Cornell University Schoolo0f Architecture in 1965. Winkie and the Ramses played it in the basement of Sibley Hall.
Love Hang On Sloopy, and this is a good story to cover. My OCD troubles me in a lot of articles. Hang On Sloopy was written in the key of G Major. The arranger said he arranged it in the key of G flat. The sheet music on the piano is written in the key of F. Details like this drive me crazy. 🤪
p.s. Hang On Sloopy will never be forgotten by my generation. So glad Ohio carries it on.
Nice video 'cept for one thing: We didn't get to hear the DAMN arrangement. Why? I'm VERY disappointed--especially since I played in my school marching band way back when.
It wouldn't have become a tradition if the crowd at that first game hadn't come up with their own tradition during the 3rd quarter -- the "We want Sloopy!" chant.
As a Penn State fan, I love this👍👍👏
I grew up in Ohio in the 70's. Every kid knew & loved this song. I played this in 7th grade band as I am sure all the school bands in Ohio did. I have not touched a trombone in more than 40 years but if you put one in my hands I could play my part today. I was thrilled to go to the Shoe last year for a game and the skull session. I am not ashamed to say Sloopy had me welling up. Go Bucks
O-H!
@@Chess-Panda I O
Brilliant
Greetings from the UK
Speaking of one-hit wonders that became a staple at college athletic events: "Na-Na Hey-Hey Kiss Him Goodbye".
If I'm not mistaken, The McCoys were from Dayton; I'm surprised that didn't get mentioned in this piece.
The McCoys were a bunch of kids from Union City IND/OHIO. They used to play at the Armory in Greenville Ohio when i was a kid.
I remember when the McCoys version came out in 1965, and I know exactly how cool it would have been in those days to any band member, to get to play a contemporary hit song (not one 10 years old.)
I don't follow football, so I never knew about the Sloopy/Ohio State connection, but I'm impressed by the whole story--- including the fact that the original (which I never knew existed) was included.
In true pop music fashion, the McCoys version was almost the same, just...less. They put a fresh coat of paint on it. I'll link the original below.
The Vibrations:
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I love this story so much. It’s a band story. I’m a Wolverine but I love this!
❤
@ 5:32 the announcer says if not for OHIO Hang on Sloopy would have been forgotten. This is simply balderdash. This song is loved around the world. The lead singer Rick Darenger went on to play with other groups and produced other singers including Cindy Loupner and others. The group only had this monster hit that bumped the Beatles to 2nd place. Thank you OHIO but Sloopy got you this attention - not you getting attention for Sloopy
It would be cool to see the band incorporate "The Vibrations" into their choreography. Great story!
Imagine if they showed a performance of the song in this video?
Good work!
Thanks!
Interesting. I’ve always loved this song. And of course, The Ohio State marching band!
Great job!❤
So awesome!!!
A great STORY....I remember the ORIGINAL story in 1965!! GO BUCKEYES!!
Dwight Yoakam Played it to fire up the audience 8/4/23 at the PNC Pavilion in Cincinnati. Search "Dwight Yoakam - Hang on Sloopy - Cincinnati, Ohio - Aug 4, 2023" The audience chants O H I O
I guess you learn something new every day. I didn't know Beatles song twist and shout. I've only heard the Isley brothers version. Hound dog I've heard and like both equally. I do believe that Leiber and Stoller the two guys who wrote it should get more credit. Phil and Bert should get more credit for writing twist and shout. Bert also helped Wes write this song.
Love those screaming trumpets!
I love Hang on Sloopy and I love Lisa Leonard Dalton.
As an Ohioan I approve this message. Lol
This needs to be better researched, Hound Dog, By Big Mama Thorton, and Twist and Shout, by The Isley Brothers were both hits for those artists.
"Hound Dog", in 1952, staying seven weeks at number one on the Billboard R&B chart in 1953 and selling almost two million copies.
"Twist and Shout", which reached number 17 on the Hot 100 and number 2 on the R&B chart, staying on the charts for 19 weeks
This video leaves out the names of the writers. Bert Burns and Wes Farrell.
This is very interesting. Stanford 🌲is the same way when they have a tradition of playing the song “All Right Now” where it is engrained in the students to sing it at sports events
Good Black musicians had been integrated into mainstream society since the early broadcast days, long before desegregation. All money was green.
Brilliant!
That's awesome!
This is cool, you’ll like this, too!!!
great vid explaining OSU history, but one thing is wrong - the song would not have been forgotten. Just searching UA-cam for Hang On Sloopy shows its own following - 35M views, another one 15M, not to mention "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" with another 10M
And how many views were for that adorable young lady they used in the clip lol
Fantástico. Ever
The song is about love breaking across social class boundaries. That's what the USA is all about.
I am from Findlay,Ohio and the Buckeyes was always our team! GO BIG 10! GO BUCKEYES!!
Born an raised in Ohio..
And I never knew.
Any chance, THE OHIO STATE MARCHING BAND, could play,'KILLING IN THE NAME OF', by RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE? Thank you, for your patience, and persistance😲.
I was so disappointed when I found out the song isn't about Snoopy...as a matter of fact The Coasters' "Charlie Brown" isn't even about Charlie Brown the cartoon/comic strip character!
Me too!😂
2:13 - highly repetitive, simple, 4 notes - Love to hear this guys take on modern country or rap music. Possibly the uppermost monotony, mind numbing mundanity - 1 note...
This one time at band camp...
Gracias.
I was in Grad. School at Ohio State in 1965. I thought "Sloopy" was ridiculous at the time.
classy!!!!
But there needs to be a sloopy girl dancing...
The video of this song is cool,
hippy cutie pie dancing
Whoever owned the comic strip Peanuts threatened to sue when the song was in original title mode: Hang On Snoopy. But Charles Shulz, Snoopy's creator, was too dumb to see that it could've been a HUGE publicity boost for both him and his strip Peanuts. So it was changed to the nonsensical Sloopy. Yes, in boating there are sloops where they are kept, but nothing - or nobody - is called a sloopy. Major fail.
I really thought it said "Snoopy", not "Sloopy"!! 😅😂😅
Awesome.
Since 1965
when i was a kid growing up in the 60,s i thought they were saying snoopy lol
HAS CARL FISHER and THE VIBRATIONS EVER BEEN HONOURED AND RECOGNISED BY OHIO STATE???? Love and sincerest apologies to them all. I am appalled. 😢😢😢😢 ❤❤❤❤
If not, a dreadful oversite 😢😢😢😢
Can't begin to touch Enter Sandman VTech Boiler Up
To each his own... stop judging or criminalizing these issues
Did they ever pay royalties I wonder....
Es Lupe, Lupita mi amor.
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@@danstrode
Wow this song makes me think of osu YeawHY?
Go Bucks
Where is the Sloopy girl?? She is still arounfd you know
I ❤
Go Bucks!
Umm, my friends and I have always liked this song and play it at parties.
Don’t live in Ohio.
2:30
O-H!
I-O
Where are the college girls in shorts shaken it?? We can see football players anytime!! We want to some cheerleaders too, they are part of team too!
I'm cool with the players. Sit down! 😉
I may have to consider Ohio State a break :)
Still doesn't explain what the song has to do with Ohio, other than they borrowed it, similar to how Stanford borrowed Alright Now.
Rick Derringer was from Ohio, maybe that helped.
@@bvm3925 Just as I expected, there is no rhyme or reason.
@@randallbouza1864 nobody cares.
It’d be nice to hear the original version of the song instead of some guy blathering all over it.
News to me that they wouldn’t play black music. Listening to my grandparents, who are white, the favored music were English groups, and R&B. The Temptations, Smokey Robinson, Aretha Franklin, the Four Tops, Otis Redding, Junior Walker and The All Stars.
They need Lisa Dalton.
Covering a song is standard in the industry. The Mc Coys made a better version. No racism involved.
If they were the only ones to have done it then maybe. But they weren't. Many 60's rock bands made a fortune covering R&B tunes from a decade earlier. The Beatles actually met and applauded the efforts of Muddy Waters and others.
@@johngaither9263 Still, not about racism.
“No racism involved” when it was entirely about race 😂
Horse shit. The reason Hang on Sloopy became an Ohio State Buckeyes song was because I changed the words to "Hang on Woody. " You're welcome.
Yes - this is the real story (don't know if John Whitmer changed the words, but someone did).
Yes!!! Woody Hayes!!! I heard him speak, and saw him coach Go BUCKEYES
Excuse me, its THEE
That eejit professor said it's just four notes repeated; he mustn't have listened to the song, which also has a verse section. In addition, this video implies it was stolen black music, when in fact it was written by two WHITE MEN in 1964, so it wasn't a black song, it was always a WHITE ROCK SONG. The Vibrations were the first to record and release it, but it's been a hit for several WHITE bands. Let's be honest, eh?
And the McCoys were NOT one hit wonders.
9 top 100 hits
3 of them top 25 hits
(US)
What are the names of the other hits.
Fever, come on let's go
There weren't any Hatfields in the band, were they?
The Rolling Stones put an end to this shit. They exposed England to the black man's blues and then the world! And the black artist finally started getting paid.