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Ray Sawyer (February 1, 1937 – December 31, 2018) [1] was an American percussionist and vocalist with the 1970s rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. [2] Though primarily a backing vocalist and occasional percussionist on congas or maracas, he sang lead on their hit song "The Cover of Rolling Stone" and was a recognizable presence in the band owing to the eyepatch and cowboy hat he wore.
However, from 1988 to 2015, Sawyer was granted a license to tour separately as "Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook" or "Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer" (joined for a time in 2001 by Billy Francis); Sawyer did not perform publicly after his last tour ended in October 2015 and died on December 31, 2018, at the age of 81.
Sometimes You Win is a studio album by the American band Dr. Hook, released in 1979.It was produced by Ron Haffkine. [2]The album contains three of the band's most commercially successful singles: "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (also included on their previous album Pleasure and Pain), "Better Love Next Time" and "Sexy Eyes."
From left to right: Dennis Locorriere, Billy Francis, and Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show on the March 29, 1973 cover of Rolling Stone in caricature. [3]The song satirizes success in the music business; the narrator laments that his band, despite having the superficial attributes of successful rock stars (including drug use, "teenage groupies, who'll do anything we say," and a ...
"Sylvia's Mother" is a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and the group's first hit song. It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the Billboard singles chart (tied with "Sexy Eyes" from the album Sometimes You Win for the band's best performing song), [1] as well as #2 in the United Kingdom.
"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" is a song by Dr. Hook. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama. [1] [2]Written by Even Stevens, who followed producer Ron Haffkine into the studio bathroom to pitch him the song, "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" which first appeared on the band's 1978 album Pleasure and Pain.
The Best of Dr. Hook, later re-titled Revisited, is the first compilation album by American country rock band Dr ... Ray Sawyer – lead vocals; Dennis Locorriere ...
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