Wes Farrell

Wes Farrell was an American musician, songwriter and record producer, who was most active in the 1960s and 1970s. Farrell was born in New York, United States. Farrell's catalogue includes close to 500 songs that he wrote, produced and/or published. One of his earliest successes, Boys (co-written with Luther Dixon), appeared on the B-side of the Shirelles' 1960 number-one hit Will You Love Me Tomorrow, and in 1963 was covered by the Beatles for their debut album Please Please Me. Farrell's biggest chart hit as a composer – the McCoys' 1965 US number one Hang On Sloopy (a reworking of "My Girl Sloopy", co-written with Bert Russell) – remains one of the most performed songs in the history of popular music, according to the RIAA.[citation needed] In 1985, Hang On Sloopy became the official state rock song of the State of Ohio.