Dr. Hook (Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show until 1975) are fondly remembered for
their warmth, humour, irreverence and slightly left field approach to pop music,
represented by the unusual characterisations in the lyrics of their biggest
hits, "Sylvia's Mother", "A Little Bit More" and "The Cover of the Rolling
Stone" (written by Shel Silverstein). Originally formed by three friends Ray
Sawyer, George Cummings and Billy Francis as the Chocolate Papers, their career
took off in earnest after they landed up in New Jersey and met singer Dennis
Locorriere. They changed their name to Dr...