When we came to Columbus in 1967 I worked in cataloging at the OSU Libraries as a cataloguer of Slavic material--I even typed cards using a Cyrillic typewriter--that's how much things have changed. What hasn't changed is the 50 year popularity of "Hang on Sloopy" for football games. I remember listening to the chatter on Monday of the game on Saturday and the almost worship of the band, even if the team didn't win. So what can you get if read up on the history of Sloopy (she was a girl in an Afro-Cuban pop song made popular by the McCoys)?
“The pillaging of black culture and mistreatment of black musicians have been part of American music from the first minstrel show to the present.” Ted McDaniel, Professor Emeritus.
It was first recorded by a black group, The Vibrations, and did not become a hit, but did when performed by the McCoys, a white group.
Who says that about black singers who perform Italian operas or black musicians and Bach? Really, it's getting boring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlTKhPkZSJo
http://fox8.com/2015/09/07/ohio-state-university-celebrates-50-years-of-hang-on-sloopy/
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