![]() For the first time in the band’s career, this album included material that did not have involvement from outside sources contributing to the writing. The same year they signed with Capitol Records and released an aptly titled album called Bankrupt. In 1975, the band shortened their name to just Dr Hook. In 1974, the band recorded an album titled Fried Face that was never released. However, the band would soon encounter a slight setback in their path to success after they failed to live up to the success of Sloppy Seconds with the next album Belly Up! During this time, the band became bankrupt but still continued to tour consistently. The poet and songwriter Shel Silverstein was a frequent collaborator with the band, writing many songs on the second album released later the same year titled Sloppy Seconds. They released the single “Sylvia’s Mother” which was not instantly successful but after some further promotion entered the top five in the summer of ’72. It sold over a million copies and was awarded a gold disc on the year of its release. They released their first album Doctor Hook in 1972. Although the film was not a massive success, it did help the band secure their first recording contract. They recorded two songs for it: “The Last Morning” which was its main theme and “Bunky and Lucille” which they performed in a cameo performance in the film. In 1970, their demo tapes were heard by Ron Haffkine who was the musical director of the movie “Who is Harry Kellerman and Why is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Haffkine decided that the bad were the ideal group to record the soundtrack. However, he left during the recording of the band’s first album and was replaced by John David. ![]() For the first few years the drummer was Popeye Philips who later got replaced by Joseph Oliver. They then recruited Dennis Locorriere on bass, who would later become the vocalist. The founding members were George Cummings, Ray Sawyer and Billy Francis who had all previously been in a band together called the Chocolate Papers. Our Top 10 Dr Hook and the Medicine Show songs list looks back at a New Jersey band formed in the 1960s. ![]()
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