Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (shortened to Dr. Hook in 1975) was an American rock band, formed in Union City, New Jersey. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including “Sylvia’s Mother“, “The Cover of ’Rolling Stone’“ (both 1972), “Only Sixteen“ (1975), “A Little Bit More“ (1976), “Sharing the Night Together“ (1978), “When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman“ (1979), “Better Love Next Time“ (1979), and “Sexy Eyes“ (1980). In addition to their own material, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show performed songs written by the poet Shel Silverstein.
The founding core of the band consisted of George Cummings, Ray Sawyer (from Alabama), and Billy Francis (born William Allen Francis, Jr. in Sacramento, California; January 16, 1942 – May 23, 2010), who had worked together in a band called the Chocolate Papers. They played the southern, eastern, and mid-western United States before breaking up. Cummings, who moved to New Jersey with the plan of forming a new band, brought Sawyer to rejoin him. They then took on future primary vocalist, New Jersey native Dennis Locorriere, initially as a bass player. Francis returned to be the new band’s keyboardist.
Cummings named the new band “Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show: Tonic for the Soul.“ The “Hook“ name was inspired by Sawyer’s eyepatch and a reference to Captain Hook of the Peter Pan fairy tale, although, humorously, Captain Hook was neither a doctor nor wore an eyepatch. Ray Sawyer had lost his right eye in a near-fatal car crash in Oregon in 1967, and thereafter always wore an eyepatch. The eyepatch led some to believe that Sawyer was ’Dr. Hook’. When anyone asked the band which one of them was ’Dr Hook’ they always directed everyone to the bus driver.
RIP Ray Sawyer
Ray Sawyer (Chickasaw, 1 februari 1937 – Daytona Beach, 31 december 2018) was singer of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show.
He died on New Year’s Eve, 2018 in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA.
RIP Ray.
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Broadcast date: 1980/2/16
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TopPop was the first regular dedicated pop music TV show in the Dutch language area. Dutch broadcaster AVRO aired the programme weekly, from 1970 to 1988. Presenter Ad Visser hosted the show for its first fifteen years.
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