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  • Feb 1, 1937
    Singer Ray Sawyer is born in Chickasaw, Alabama. With Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, he performs on the early-'70s pop hits "Sylvia's Mother" and "The Cover Of The Rolling Stone," covered in country by Bobby Bare and Buck Owens, respectively
    Apr 29, 2005
    Vern Gosdin is inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame along with Dr. Hook vocalist Ray Sawyer, R&B singer/songwriter Arthur Alexander and producer/bass player Norbert Putnam
    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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