The majority of the Hatfields living in Mingo County ( then part of Logan County ) ( eventually West Virginia ) fought for the Confederacy in the American Civil War ; most McCoys, living in Pike County, Kentucky, also fought for the Confederacy ; with the exception of Asa Harmon McCoy, who fought for the Union.

For some years, he then made guest appearances in primetime series such as Cannon, Barnaby Jones, Hawaii Five-O, and The Waltons, as well as appearing in several made-for-TV movies such as The Hatfields and The McCoys with Jack Palance, Addie and the Kings of Hearts with Jason Robards, Last of the Belles with Susan Sarandon, and Deadman's Curve in which he portrayed Jan Berry of the musical group Jan and Dean.

The unedited three-verse version first appeared on the 1970 Bang various artists compilation Bang & Shout Super Hits ( BLPS-220 ), then again in 1995 on the Sony Legacy compilation Hang on Sloopy: The Best Of The McCoys

The Hatfield party surrounded the McCoys and took Johnse back to West Virginia before he could be transported to the Pikeville, Kentucky county seat, for justice the next day.

Benyon's brother and the thugs confront the McCoys as they are descending the stairs into the hotel lobby.

Films such as Sergeant York or the Ma and Pa Kettle series portrayed the hillbilly as wild but good-natured, and television programs of the 1960s, such as The Real McCoys, The Andy Griffith Show, and especially The Beverly Hillbillies portrayed the hillbilly as somewhat backward but with a wisdom that always outwitted more sophisticated city folk.

A doublecross follows the crime, and the McCoys are forced to flee for Mexico with both the police and criminals in hot pursuit.

* Rick Derringer, guitarist and founding member of The McCoys, hit songwriter (" Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo ") who later worked extensively with Johnny Winter, Edgar Winter and others, in addition to developing a solo career.

Bassist and founding member of The McCoys ; later worked extensively with Johnny Winter and also played with Jimi Hendrix.

* Randy Jo Hobbs ( 1948 – 1993 ), born in Winchester, bassist and founding member of The McCoys ; later worked extensively with Johnny Winter and also played with Jimi Hendrix.

The Herschend Family modernized the cave with electricity and concrete staircases, and in 1960, the Herschends opened Silver Dollar City which was a re-creation of a frontier town that featured five shops, a church and a log cabin with actors that played out the feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys.

They had a major hit with their first single " Sorrow ", which reached Number 4 in the UK Singles Chart, later being covered by many other artists ( although it was itself a cover, having previously been a B-side by The McCoys ).

It was the first time a TV show's producers chose to kill off a major male character ( though it was done twice previously with female leads-in 1956 on Make Room For Daddy, and again in 1963 with The Real McCoys ).

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas ' " Marterto Productions ", in association with Walter Brennan and Irving Pincus's " Westgate " company.

They recorded The McCoys ' song " Sorrow " ( also covered by David Bowie on his 1973 cover album, Pin Ups ) with the band before embarking on a solo career, where he recorded " Bye Bye Baby ".

According to an interview, one of Varney's final projects was writing a screenplay about the legendary feud between the Hatfields and the McCoys, stating that his grandfather hunted squirrel with the McCoys.

The play was a barn-dance version of Shakespeare's classic with the Hatfields and McCoys as the feuding families.

The Mutual Broadcasting System began broadcasting a radio version of Hopalong Cassidy, with Andy Clyde ( later George McMichael on Walter Brennan's ABC sitcom The Real McCoys ) as the sidekick, in January 1950 ; at the end of September, the show moved to CBS Radio, where it ran until 1952.

The group's name was changed to The McCoys ( to avoid confusion with another popular band of the era, Paul Revere and the Raiders ), and their 16-year-old leader, Rick Zehringer, became known as Rick Derringer.

He got parts in TV series of the day with bit parts in The Rifleman, The Real McCoys, The Twilight Zone, Daniel Boone, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and three episodes of The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, before he got the role he would become famous for as " Goober " on the The Andy Griffith Show.

The Hatfields were more affluent than the McCoys and were well-connected politically.

While the Hatfield family won more money -- $ 11, 272 to the McCoys ' $ 8, 459 -- the decision was made to augment the McCoy family's winnings to $ 11, 273.

Writing proved the more lucrative of the two and he abandoned singing, eventually writing for such series as Fibber McGee & Molly and the The Burns & Allen Show, and later such television series as The Dennis Day Show, The Real McCoys, and The Andy Griffith Show.

" Although Burke recognized Berns's skill for crafting hit records, he rejected two Berns compositions, " Hang on Sloopy " ( later recorded by ( The McCoys ), and " A Little Bit of Soap ", a recent hit for The Jarmels.

Thomas also produced three series for Walter Brennan: The Real McCoys, The Tycoon and The Guns of Will Sonnett on ABC during the late 1950s and 1960s.

Paxton starred in the HBO series Big Love ( 2006 – 2011 ) and was nominated for an Emmy Award for the miniseries Hatfields & McCoys.

The Hatfield – McCoy feud is also said to be the inspiration for a long-running game show, Family Feud, and the Hatfields and McCoys actually appeared on the show in 1979, as mentioned above.

The film borrows elements from both the famous feud between the Hatfields and McCoys as well as Romeo and Juliet as Porky and Petunia's love for each other is stymied by their respective hillbilly families ' mutual hatred.

The comedy about a poor West Virginia family that relocated to a farm in southern California ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962 before switching to CBS for a final season as simply The McCoys.

A cover version of " My Girl Sloopy ", retitled " Hang On, Sloopy ", was a hit for the McCoys in 1965.

Reynolds was Costner's uncredited second unit director and set advisor for the western epic and Costner directorial debut Dances with Wolves. Also, debuting on May 28, 2012, Reynolds and Costner would collaborate once again on the History Channel mini-series Hatfields & McCoys.

Hobbs played bass for The McCoys during the 1965-1969 period and in the bands of the brothers Edgar Winter and Johnny Winter during 1970-1976.

Fueled by news stories of mountain feuds, such as that in the 1880s between the Hatfields and McCoys, the hillbilly stereotype developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

* 1948 – Randy Jo Hobbs, American musician ( The McCoys and Montrose ) ( d. 1993 )

McCoys Crisps are also popular in the UK.

Tom Farrell in No Way Out, Mariner in Waterworld, Eliot Ness in The Untouchables and Devil Anse Hatfield in Hatfields & McCoys.

Crenna played " Walter Denton " in the CBS radio and CBS-TV network series Our Miss Brooks, and " Luke McCoy " in ABC's TV comedy series, The Real McCoys, ( 1957 – 63 ), which moved to CBS-TV in September 1962.

* 1974, the state of Michigan put an historical marker ( P25170 ) at the McCoys ' former home at 5720 Lincoln Avenue and at his gravesite.

The Real McCoys revolves around the lives of a mountain family who originally hailed from the fictional community of Smoky Corners, West Virginia.

The McCoys moved to California, where they became dirt farmers.

The McMichaels, a brother-and-sister family played by Andy Clyde and Madge Blake, lived on the hill not far from the McCoys.

Rick Derringer from Fort Recovery, Ohio-when he was seventeen years old, his band The McCoys recorded " Hang on Sloopy " in the summer of 1965, which became the number one song in America.

Among the artists that he signed and / or produced or guided were PP Arnold, Chris Farlowe, the Small Faces, John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers, Rod Stewart, the Nice, Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, the Amen Corner, the McCoys, the Strangeloves, and Duncan Browne.

Child actor Michael Winkelman, later of The Real McCoys, made his first television appearance on The Great Gildersleeve in the role of 9-year-old Bruce Fuller.

The Hatfields of West Virginia were led by William Anderson " Devil Anse " Hatfield while the McCoys of Kentucky were under the leadership of Randolph " Ole Ran ' l " McCoy.