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  2. Robert Hooke - Wikipedia

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    While a student at Oxford, Hooke was also employed as an assistant to Dr Thomas Willis – a physician, chemist and member of the Oxford Philosophical Club. [42] [e] The Philosophical Club had been founded by John Wilkins, Warden of Wadham College, who led this important group of scientists who went on to form the nucleus of the Royal Society. [44]

  3. Gimme Dat Ding - Wikipedia

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    "Gimme Dat Ding" is a call-and-response duet between a deep, gravelly voice, that of Tony Burrows, and a high tenor, that of Roger Greenaway.The voices are said to represent a piano and a metronome.

  4. Sometimes You Win - Wikipedia

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    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."

  5. Freakin' at the Freakers Ball - Wikipedia

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    The title track was covered by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show on an album titled Sloppy Seconds. The tracks "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out" and "The Peace Proposal" would later be released as poems in Silverstein's collection Where the Sidewalk Ends, with "The Peace Proposal" being retitled "The Generals".

  6. The Ballad of Lucy Jordan - Wikipedia

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    2000: Dennis Locorriere, on his album Out of the Dark (as the singer for Dr. Hook, he performed on the original version of the song) 2005: Bobby Bare, on his album The Moon Was Blue; 2010: Lucinda Williams, on the Shel Silverstein tribute album Twistable Turnable Man; 2017: Kikki Danielsson, on her album Portrait of a Painted Lady. [20]

  7. Ray Sawyer - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Hook-and-loop fastener - Wikipedia

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    A shoe using hook-and-loop closures. Hook-and-loop fasteners, hook-and-pile fasteners or touch fasteners (often referred to by the genericized trademark velcro, which was the original name it was given by the inventor), are a method for allowing two surfaces to be repeatedly fastened and unfastened, useful for clothing or other purposes.

  9. Only Sixteen - Wikipedia

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    Dr. Hook released a version of "Only Sixteen" in the winter of 1975 and it was the most successful chart release of the song. It reached No. 6 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and No. 5 on Cash Box. Dr. Hook's version spent 22 weeks on the charts and became a Gold record.