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| | "Hang On Sloopy" -- State Rock Song of Ohio |
 | | "Hang on Sloopy," was a national hit in 1965 by The McCoys, from Dayton, Ohio. |
 | | Co-written by The McCoys' guitarist Rick Derringer of Celina, Ohio, "Hang on Sloopy," became the Ohio state rock song in November 1985. |
 | | 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 |
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