Fifty years ago this week — on March 29, 1973, to be exact — the ragged New Jersey country-rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show got their wish: Rolling Stone put them on the cover. In 1967, ...

Some moments of a musicians long career in rock ‘n’ roll, especially one as adventure-filled as that of Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook, are unforgettable. “The Cover of the Rolling Stone,” the band’s biggest ...

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He also won a Grammy for producing a children’s album from Shel Silverstein, a frequent collaborator. By Mike Barnes Senior Editor Ron Haffkine, a Grammy-winning record producer and manager known for ...

Ray Sawyer, the Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show member who sang the 1973 Shel Silverstein-penned hit “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone,'” has died at the age of 81. Page Six first reported Friday that Sawyer ...

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Guitarist and vocalist Ray Sawyer of the rock band Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show has died at the age of 81. Wearing a black eyepatch, Sawyer was the face of the band as they ...

Ray Sawyer, co-founder of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, is dead at age 81. Billboard reports Sawyer’s agent Mark Lyman announced Wednesday that the guitarist and vocalist died in his sleep Monday in ...