SATURDAY'S SINGLES - DR. HOOK and WARRANT

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Good morning faithful readers and welcome back to Saturday's Singles. First up in our way back machine is "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone" by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show (later shortened to Dr. Hook). Today would have been vocalist Ray Sawyer's 83rd Birthday. He passed away on New Year's Eve 2018, age 81, after a short illness. "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone" was released  October, 26, 1972 on the Columbia label and produced by Ron Haffkine. The song, from their sophomore release, Sloppy Seconds, was written by children's author,  Shel Silverstein and peaked at #6 on the Hot 100, #3 in New Zealand, and #2 in Canada. It's B-side is "Queen Of The Silver Dollar". 

Ray Sawyer – lead vocals
Dennis Locorriere – lead guitar, lead vocals
George Cummings – steel, electric and Hawaiian guitars, backing vocals
Rik Elswit – rhythm guitar
Billy Francis – keyboards, backing vocals
Jance Garfat – bass
Jay David – drums, backing vocals

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Today also would have been vocalist Jani Lane of Warrant's 56th Birthday. He died of acute alcohol poisoning, in 2011, age 47. He is severely missed. This week marked 31 years since the release of Warrant's debut album, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich (#10 Billboard 200) . Our second single comes from that LP. "Big Talk" was released November of 1989 on the Columbia label and produced by Beau Hill. It reached #93 on the Hot 100 and #30 on the Mainstream Rock charts. It's B-side is the tittle track, "D.R.F.S.R.". 

Jani Lane – lead vocals, acoustic guitar
Joey Allen – guitar
Erik Turner – guitar
Jerry Dixon – bass
Steven Sweet – drums

With :

Mike Slamer - guitar
Beau Hill - keyboards, backing vocals
Bekka Bramlett - backing vocals

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