Groupe · États-Unis
Dr. Hook
aka “Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show”
Formé en 1968 · Séparé en 1985
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Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show est un groupe de musique américain, originaire de Union City, dans le New Jersey. Il mélange pop, country et de soft rock. Le groupe est formé en 1967 sous le nom The Chocolate Papers. Le groupe a connu un succès commercial considérable dans les années 1970 avec plusieurs tubes dont : Sylvia's Mother, The Cover of the Rolling Stone, A Little Bit More et When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman. Outre leur répertoire, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show a interprété les chansons écrites par le poète Shel Silverstein.
Mieux connu ensuite sous le nom Dr. Hook, le groupe s'est régulièrement retrouvé en tête du hit-parade pendant huit ans, aux États-Unis comme au Royaume-Uni, et a connu par la suite un succès encore plus grand grâce à un répertoire de chansons plus commerciales.
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Dr. Hook (known as Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show until 1975) was an American rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey. The band had commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles "Sylvia's Mother" (1972), "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" (1973), "Only Sixteen" (1976), "A Little Bit More" (1976), "Walk Right In" (1977), "Sharing the Night Together" (1978), "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (1979), "Better Love Next Time" (1979), "Sexy Eyes" (1980), and "Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk" (1982). In addition to its own material, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show performed songs written by the poet Shel Silverstein.
The band had eight years of hits in the United States. Its music, spanning acoustic ballads and soft rock, was played on Top 40, easy listening and country music outlets throughout the English-speaking world.
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Discographie
Albums
- 1972 Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
- 1972 Sloppy Seconds
- 1973 Belly Up!
- 1974 Fried Face!
- 1975 Bankrupt
- 1976 A Little Bit More
- 1977 Makin’ Love & Music
- 1978 Pleasure & Pain
- 1979 Sometimes You Win...
- 1980 Rising
- 1982 Players in the Dark
- 1983 Let Me Drink From Your Well
EP
- 1972 Sylvia’s Mother
Singles
- 1971 Last Morning / One More Ride
- 1972 Carry Me, Carrie / I Call That True Love
- 1972 Sylvia’s Mother / Come What Way
- 1972 The Cover of “Rolling Stone” / Queen of the Silver Dollar
- 1972 Silvia’s Mother / Makin’ It Natural
- 1973 If I’d Only Come and Gone / Last Mornin’
- 1973 Life Ain’t Easy / The Wonderful Soup Stone
- 1973 Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie / Put a Little Bit on Me
- 1973 The Cover of “Rolling Stone” / Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- 1974 Cops and Robbers / Acapulco Goldie
- 1974 Monterey Jack / Cops and Robbers
- 1974 The Ballad of Lucy Jordon / Make It Easy
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- 1977 I Can’t Touch the Sun / Stayin’ Song
- 1978 When You’re in Love With a Beautiful Woman / Dooley Jones
- 1979 Sexy Eyes / Help Me Mama
- 1979 Sylvia’s Mother / The Cover of “Rolling Stone”
- 1979 Better Love Next Time
- 1980 Sylvia’s Mother / Carry Me, Carrie
- 1983 Sylvia’s Mother / Ballad of Lucy Jordan
- The Cover of “Rolling Stone” / Life Ain’t Easy
