For years people asked where I filmed the “Hang on Sloopy” dance with Rick Derringer in 1975. I lived in Woodland Hills at the time near LA and Hollywood. So it didn’t take me long to drive to the address they gave me a few days before. The film shoot was at the most storied studio in all of Hollywood and I revealed the name of the studio in this video at my Sloopy Girl YouTube channel. Click below to watch it.
By Lisa Leonard Dalton
I performed my now famous "Sloopy Girl" dance in 1975. At the time, Rick Derringer, previously the front man for the McCoys who'd had the hit with the tune, was re-releasing "Hang On Sloopy" ten years after it had topped the pop charts. It was nearly 40 years later that by happenstance I finally saw my dance appear on YouTube. Since it has been on social media, the Sloopy dance video has been viewed more than 200 million times. I live in Tennessee these days and I look forward to communicating with my friends and fans by way of this website and at my "Sloopy Girl" YouTube channel.
HI LISA THOSE DAYS WERE AMAZING THE 60S MUSIC YOU WERE TOTALLY AWESOME IN THIS DANCE WOW LOVED YOUR LONG BLONDE HAIR YOU WERE BEAUTIFUL DACING IN FRONT OF THE MCOYS MUST HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST THRILL OF YOUR LIFE ESPECIALLYAT YOUR YOUNG AGE. THANKYOU FOR BEING THE SLOOPY GIRL. I AM 71 BORN IN 1953 LIVED THROUGH THE SIXTIES AND BEYOND. WISH YOU WERE MY GIRLFRIEND BACK THEN I LOVE LONG BLONDE HAIR AND YOUR AMAZING DANCING LOL. THANKS AGAIN LOTS OF HUGS AND KISSES.
ANTHONY DALESSANDRO