Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - Marie Laveau (1973) • TopPop

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