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    • Apr 4, 1973
    Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show nab a gold single from the RIAA for "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone." Ten months later, Buck Owens records a country version, "On The Cover Of The Music City News"
    Jan 4, 1974
    Charlie Rich sings "Behind Closed Doors" and Eric Weissberg does "Dueling Banjos" as Wolfman Jack hosts "The Midnight Special" on NBC. Also featured: Dobie Gray, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Loggins & Messina, Al Green, Billy Preston and Dr. Hook
    Mar 1, 1974
    Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show perform the Shel Silverstein-written "Marie Laveau" on NBC-TV's "The Midnight Special." The installment also features Melissa Manchester and Peter Yarrow
    Aug 25, 1975
    Pop act Dr. Hook records "A Little Bit More" at the Glaser Studios in Nashville. The musician lineup includes familiar country contributors Shane Keister, Kenny Malone, Steve Gibson, Ted Reynolds and Mark Casstevens
    Feb 6, 1976
    Dr. Hook's "A Little Bit More" gets a string section overdub at Nashville's Glaser Studios. The section includes Shelly Kurland, Carl Gorodetzky, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christenson and Billy Puett
    Dec 18, 1976
    Merle Haggard hosts the week's installment of "Music Hall America." Also featured are Johnny Tillotson, La Costa, Dr. Hook and Dean Dillon
    Jul 17, 1979
    Strings are overdubbed to Dr. Hook's "Sexy Eyes" and "Better Love Next Time" at Nashville's Sound Lab
    Aug 22, 1979
    Dr. Hook scores a gold single from the Recording Industry Association of America for the pop hit "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman." The song is written by frequent Eddie Rabbitt co-writer Even Stevens
    Jan 22, 1983
    Charlie Daniels hosts Volunteer Jam IX at Nashville's Municipal Auditorium, with Larry Gatlin, Tanya Tucker, Dr. Hook, Carl Perkins, Dickey Betts, Jimmy Hall, Dobie Gray, James Brown and Woody Herman, among others
    Dec 31, 2018
    Ray Sawyer dies in his sleep in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was the lead singer for Dr. Hook, a pop band that came to prominence in the early 1970s with two hits that led to country covers: Bobby Bare's "Sylvia's Mother" and Buck Owens' "On The Cover Of The Music City News"
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