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Lyric Poem de Jour

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3 years ago

DR. HOOK: Cover to Cover

Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Joseph Vernon "Big Joe" Turner Jr. (May 18, 1911 – November 24, 1985) was an American blues shouter from Kansas City, Missouri. Turner's records reached the top of the rhythm-and-blues charts. Some of his songs were so risqué that some radio stations refused to play them, but the ...

3 years ago

DR. HOOK: Cover to Cover

Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Julie Felix (June 14, 1938 – March 22, 2020), an American-born, British-based folk/folk rock recording artist, played a key role in bringing folk music into the mainstream in the 1960s with her striking looks, early covers of Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell and Leonard Cohen songs and h ...

4 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone'” is just one of the songs Shel Silverstein wrote for Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. It’s a parody of the success in the music industry and the rock 'n' roll lifestyle. It pokes fun at all the excesses and indulgences of rock stars. · After the song pe ...

4 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Paul Overstreet (born March 17, 1955) is an American country music singer and songwriter. He recorded 10 studio albums between 1982 and 2005, and charted 16 singles on the Billboard country charts, including two Number 1 hits. He has also written singles for several other country ...

4 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · The Rooftop Singers were an American progressive folk-singing trio in the early 1960s, best known for the hit "Walk Right In". The group was composed of Erik Darling and Bill Svanoe (vocals, guitar) with former jazz singer Lynne Taylor (vocals). · Darling put the group together i ...

4 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Norma Cecilia Tanega (born January 30, 1939) is an American folk and pop singer-songwriter, painter, and experimental musician. She wrote songs for Dusty Springfield and other prominent musicians. · Norma's impetus for her first single, "Walkin' My Cat Named Dog", came from livin ...

4 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan" is a song by American poet and songwriter Shel Silverstein. It was originally recorded by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, with the name spelled "Jordon". · The song describes the disillusionment and mental deterioration of a suburban housewife, who cli ...

5 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · James Cecil Dickens (December 19, 1920 – January 2, 2015), better known by his stage name, Little Jimmy Dickens, was an American country music singer and songwriter famous for his humorous novelty songs, his small size (4'11" [150 cm]), and his rhinestone-studded outfits (which h ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Things exploded for Dr. Hook when their producer, Ron Haffkine, found a little tune called "A Little Bit More" on a vinyl record costing 35 cents at a flea market in San Francisco. It was written and originally performed by Bobby Gosh and released on his 1973 album Sitting in the ...

6 years ago

DR. HOOK: Cover to Cover

Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, shortened from 1975 to Dr. Hook, was an American rock band, formed in Union City, New Jersey. At the height of their success, Dr. Hook was at the top of the charts in 42 countries, collecting 60 gold and platinum singles and albums. · The song, “A Co ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · “When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" is a popular single by Dr. Hook. It was recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Alabama. · It was written by Even Stevens, who followed producer Ron Haffkine into the studio washroom to pitch him the song. “When You're in Love with a B ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Dr. Hook recorded many songs by the poet/children's book author, Shel Silverstein. In fact, their first album, Doctor Hook, contained all of Shel's songs but one; their second album, Sloppy Seconds, contained all of Shel's songs and their third album, Belly Up, contained all but ...

6 years ago

Staying alive

Royce Shook · Did you know that our life expectancy changes as you grow older? For example, according to statistics, if you are 65 years old, you will die in 17.19 years.  If you are 70 you will die in 14.1 years if you are a male and 16.3 years if you are a female. · Knowing your life expecta ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Mirriam Johnson, known professionally as Jessi Colter (born May 25, 1943), is an American country music artist who is best known for her collaboration with her husband, country singer and songwriter Waylon Jennings, and for her 1975 country-pop crossover hit "I'm Not Lisa". She w ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · The song, Long Tall Texan, has been recorded by many singers including Jerry Woodard, The Beach Boys, Conway Twitty, The Kingsmen, Buck Owens, Lyle Lovett, Doug Supernaw and Jerry Reed. · Here is the story of the origin of the song. One night in 1957, a tall, rather lanky man in ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Samuel Cook (January 22, 1931 – December 11, 1964), known professionally as Sam Cooke, was an American singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur. · Influential as both a singer and composer, he is commonly known as the King of Soul for his distinctive vocals and importance within popu ...

6 years ago

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Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Jessie Hill (December 9, 1932 – September 17, 1996) was an American R&B and Louisiana blues singer and songwriter, best remembered for the classic song "Ooh Poo Pah Doo".  · The origins of "Ooh Poo Pah Doo" were apparently created from a tune played by a local pianist, who was kn ...

6 years ago

DR. HOOK: Cover to Cover

Dominique 🐝 Petersen · Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, shortened from 1975 to Dr. Hook, was an American rock band, formed in Union City, New Jersey. The band had eight years of regular hits, in both the United States and throughout the English-speaking world including in the UK and Canada Their music s ...

6 years ago

DR. HOOK - Cover to Cover

Dominique 🐝 Petersen · "Happy Trails" by Dale Evans, was the theme song for the 1940s and 1950s radio program and the 1950s television show starring Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Rogers, always sung over the end credits of the program. · Happy Trails was released in 1952 as a 78 RPM and 45 RPM by Roy and D ...

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