{"id":5184,"date":"2013-09-13T04:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T12:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/?p=5184"},"modified":"2015-07-16T22:42:46","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T06:42:46","slug":"what-is-the-official-rock-song-of-the-state-of-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legendsrevealed.com\/entertainment\/2013\/09\/13\/what-is-the-official-rock-song-of-the-state-of-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the Official “Rock Song” of the State of Ohio?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here is the latest in a series of examinations into urban legends about music and whether they are true or false. Click here<\/a> to view an archive of the music urban legends featured so far.<\/p>\n

MUSIC URBAN LEGEND<\/span><\/u>: “Hang On Sloopy” is the Official Rock Song of the State of Ohio. <\/p>\n

Forty-eight of the fifty states in the United States of America have official state songs (only New Jersey and Virginia are without state songs – Virginia decided to change their state song over a decade ago because their old state song “Carry Me Back to Old Virginny” was considered to be too offensive. Fifteen years<\/strong> later they still<\/b> can’t agree on a new state song. “Shenandoah” came really close in 2006). A lot of these songs are some of the most famous songs ever recorded, like “My Old Kentucky Home” and “Yankee Doodle.”<\/p>\n

But only ONE state has an official ROCK song, and that state is the great state of Ohio, home of the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame!<\/p>\n

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That makes some sense, but what’s interesting is WHAT song they chose…<\/p>\n

“Hang on Sloopy” by The McCoys?!?<\/p>\n

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