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Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

Dr. Hook (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show until 1975) are fondly remembered for their warmth, humour, irreverence and slightly left field approach to pop music, represented by the unusual characterisations in the lyrics of their biggest hits, "Sylvia's Mother", "A Little Bit More" and "The Cover of the Rolling Stone" (written by Shel Silverstein). Originally formed by three friends Ray Sawyer, George Cummings and Billy Francis as the Chocolate Papers, their career took off in earnest after they landed up in New Jersey and met singer Dennis Locorriere. They changed their name to Dr...