“The Ohio State Marching Band doesn’t play that kind of stuff,” he said. While Tatgenhorst had been allowed to arrange a rock ’n’ roll number or two before, Spohn rejected “Sloopy.” He called his professor and mentor, Charles Spohn, director of the marching band. ![]() ![]() In his head, he could hear the The Ohio State University Marching Band playing “Hang on Sloopy.” He was relatively new at arranging music for the marching band, but he knew “Sloopy,” with its drone bass and easy sway, would lend itself well to the band’s big brass sound. He wandered out to the midway during a break and heard a new pop song crackle across the loudspeakers. In the summer of 1965, John Tatgenhorst was earning a few extra bucks drumming for a studio band that was broadcasting live from the Ohio State Fair.
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