Written by Shel Silverstein, prolific author, cartoonist, playwright, composer, musician. He also wrote “A Boy Named Sue” made famous by Johnny Cash.

A great hit from a fun band! They eventually got their picture on the cover of the Rolling Stone and made the cover again when they brought their mother to RS offices to buy her five copies. Have a Telegraphic Tuesday!!!

A short history of Rolling Stone Magazine is in order . Originally, before it became just a cooperate rag as it is today,. it was well respected publication. It was a great honor to be on its cover, or anywhere in it for that matter. That must be kept in mind when listening to this song to understand it

Dr Hook's first Top 40 hit was "Sylvia's Mother", which is completely different. It's a sad, sweet story of unrequited love. And it shows what kind of a range these guys had. However, I have to admit, my first exposure to them was on a PBS Special, hosted by Dick Cavett, called "VD Blues", in which they sang a song titled "Don't give a dose to the one you love most". Needless to say, I fell in love with them. As you go through their catalog, I would suggest some of their early work, like "Last Morning", "The Ballad of . . .", "Things I Didn't Say", "Carry me, Carrie", "Cooky & Lila", "The Millionaire", "Levitate", "Queen of the Silver Dollar", and, of course, "Sylvia's Mother". They have a number of other good songs as well, but not all he songs on the first 4 albums (Dr Hook, Sloppy Seconds, Belly Up, and Bankrupt) are, shall we say, KZfaq Friendly. I personally think "Freaker's Ball" is absolutely hilarious, but KZfaq might not think so. I suppose "I got stoned and I missed it" might slip by, and maybe "If I'd only Come and Gone", but I doubt they'd like "Penicillin Penny", and I know "Get my Rocks Off" would definitely trigger some people. But, hey, it's all just wacky fun by a bunch of 70s stoners. 😁

Fun Fact! This Song actually got them on the cover of the Rolling Stone!! If you want an unusual song by them, try "Freakin at the Freaker's Ball"

These guys were really good musicians. What's hysterical is the guitar solo, where it goes nowhere and lasts for about 3 seconds long with the lead singer summarizing it as " oh that's beautiful", lmao.

A great giggle is that when this song became a huge national hit, Rolling Stone Magazine ran the group's photo right up front under the headline, "What's-their-name gets their picture on the cover." What a great goof! Did he still make five copies for his mother?

He doesn't wear that eye patch to be ironic or anything, he lost his eye in a car accident. This is one of my fav bands

"I Got Stoned and I Missed It" is another cool one from their stoner hippy days. They cleaned up their look and became a top 40 staple for a number of years.

Brings back memories of my teen years. The song is a microcosm of a '70's Rock bands experience. A jaunty tune that you can't help but sing along with. Their catalog of songs will make you smile and make you cry 🎶🎶🎶

One of the best clips in the film “Almost Famous” was when the band, Stillwater, was told they were going to be on the next cover of Rolling Stone magazine and they all started singing “On the Cover of the Rolling Stone!! I’ve always loved this song cuz you know every rock band wants to make the cover at least once!

I love Dr. Hook. Sylvia Mother is a beautiful song. I Got Stoned And I Missed It is another fun quirky song.

After years and years, I still love the Medicine Show. EDIT - and yes, he did lose an eye... in a car accident... so it isn't an act :)

This and "Sylvia's Mother" are my fave Dr Hook songs.

Right after this song, they were on the cover of The Rolling Stone magazine. Great song to hear when it first came out. Rock And Roll....

That has always been one of my favorite tunes that makes me feel good!!! Thanks for reviewing Cover of the Rolling Stone!!!!

I could imagine the first time the editors of the Rolling Stone heard this.

Great song! My favorite from Dr Hook! I can’t carry a tune in a bucket, but this song is one that I’ll sing at the top of my lungs, regardless of other’s ears!❤😂

Great reaction. The best song lyric “oh that was beautiful “after that funny/sad guitar solo. Thanks.

Saw them at the Tulsa City Limits back in the 90's. Absolutely the funnest concert I have ever been to! 🎉❤🎉

One of my favorite scenes in “Almost Famous” is when Stillwater sings this song at dinner after William tells them they’ve made…”

Really catchy 70's tune, and they DID get that cover of Rolling Stone on March 29, 1973.

One of my favorite bands, you guys need to listen to some of their "innercuts" on their albums, The guitarist in the back with the glasses, Rik, is a friend and very good. The singer, Ray, really needed the eye patchm not a prop...he passed away a couple years ago.... you mentioned the "mountains of W. Virginia, he was from Mobile, Alabama....... try "Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball". "Bad-Eye Bill" or "Michaelangelo" for a chuckle or "Wonderful Soupstone" or "One More Year(Of Daddy's Little Girl)" for some emotions ( I guarentee even Rob will shed a tear or 100 over this one)

love this song. loved this group back in the '70's. love 'sharing the night', but my very favorite's 'a little bit more'.

I know it's a family show so I'll never hear some of their more "intense" songs on this channel, but I hope y'all get to listen to them sometime just the same because a lot of them are hilarious. Freaker's Ball, Makin It Natural, Penicllain Penny, etc, LOL!

Jay & Amber, you'll love their "Sexy Eyes" and "Only Sixteen" !!!! (for song 5 & 6)

I remember when these guys were big and they were such fun. This would come on at a party and everyone would be singing along at the top of their lungs using beer bottles as microphones.... ahhh memories!!!

One of those songs that get in your head and you sing it over and over for the afternoon.

My all-time favorite Dr Hook song is Only Sixteen, a beautiful song about young love. It reminds me of a similar themed song from The Sound of Music, Sixteen Going On Seventeen. A (fictionalized) WWII themed musical based on a real family. Edit: Be cautious diving down that Dr Hook rabbit hole. They have some songs that will scandalize you, but they’ll have you singing the lyrics later. 😆

Just one of the most talented bands to come from the seventies. 👍👍🤟🤟❤

I'm 71, and I grew up with all these songs and music you play. And I enjoy your reactions. The variety then was so much more then than now. Or maybe that's just me getting old. Have fun with it. Black Oak Arkansas, Jim Dandy.

ive been lucky enough to see seem them in person over a dozen times since the 70's, last time was at the blue flame in indy... RIP Ray.. Dennis has one of the most underrated voices of the last 50 yrs.

An all time awesome group...Been jamming to them since the 70`s...Thanks for reacting.

I used to love Dr. Hook, I can't believe how long it's been since I listened to them! I was surprised to see that you have never reacted to Bare Naked Ladies, you should give a listen to "One Week" or "If I Had a Million Dollars". They also have their own style!

I saw them in concert in the early 70's - most entertaining concert I ever attended!

Y'all have no idea how happy I am that you reacted to THIS song!. Thank you. I've been listening to it all my life, and it really makes me smile. It's one of my favorites 😍.

These guys would have been awesome to see live in concert!

Dr Hook had a very catchy and fun song called Walk Right In, great harmonica too.

My favite song by these guys is "Baby makes her blue jeans talk. It is a real fun song to listen to. I am 70 now and have been listening listening to them since I was a teenager. I still have a couple of their CD's.

I so love Dr Hook! The guy with the eye patch doesn’t sing lead on too many songs, but this is one. ❤ This song got them on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine.

I was 9 years old when this song came out. I made my mom take me to the Venture’s record store so I could buy the .45 single of this song. I then proceeded to listen to it daily several times….probably driving Mom and Dad nuts!

LOVED THIS SONG!!! Quirky, fun, the Rolling Stone was big and bands wanted to be on the cover!! You knew you had made it! The 70's were BANGIN!!

I love this band so much.

Nice reaction video! Glad you are showing Dr Hook some love. I've spent some time playing music with Ray Sawyer RIP and he was the most unpretentious and nicest musician I've known. Also he was one of the funniest people I've ever met.

💜💜💜 Love this song too! And they actually got their picture on the cover of Rolling Stone on March 29th, 1973. The song was written by Shel Silverstein, who also wrote the children's book, The Giving Tree.

Seriously one of the best guitar solos ever. Oh that's beautiful. LOL. Not even kidding. It takes talent to play badly.😁👍🎶🍻🇨🇦

I love this band. I grew up listening to them.

Joyful watching you fine young people hearing this one for the first time. Thanks!

What took you so long to get to this classic. Hilarious song, well performed. Love Dr. Hook.

Great song! They definitely have their own sound; makes me smile 😊.

"Freakin' at the Freaker's Ball" is a must!!! You need to hear this Dr. Hook song!

Dr hooks gotta be one of my favourite bands, especially watching videos of them playing live. They just seem to be always having fun and thoroughly enjoying themselves playing music and making people happy. One of my favourites that you might enjoy is called “the millionaire”

"SYLVIA'S MOTHER" shows another side of them. "Living next store to Alice" a great bar song 🎵

Love this band. They had some really good songs in their day...still sharing the night together with my love! 😊

Their shows were legendary & for many of us given their constant touring in the 70’s and early 80’s, they were the first concert we saw. I was 12 when my brother took me & have many friends who also saw Dr. Hook first. It really makes you appreciate the magic of a live concert & being there not watching it. They covered the March 29, 1973 issue of Rolling Stone. Another great hit is Sharing the Night Together.

Love this song & yes it did get them on the cover of Rolling Stone

RIP, Ray Sawyer. Loved his attitude!

I love Dr Hook, They are my first live show. At the State Fair in Huntsville Alabama. 1978 Love them ✌❤🎶

Theyre my Favorites! RIP Ray.

I seen them in concert when I was about 14 I was one of those blue eye'd groupies. Ray had a small silver cross on a chain hanging out of his pocket. Me and some of my friends asked him for his autograph but we didn't have any paper so he autographed or stomach's because we had on halter tops. After he signed my stomach he gave me the chain with the cross on it from his pocket, fifty years later and I still have it.

Amber: Speaking of Shel Silverstein - you need to check out the book: "Where The Sidewalk Ends" - I know you like poetry - and, the poems in there: your girls are just about the right age to enjoy a LOT of them....some have much deeper meanings. My daughter, when she was a girl, enjoyed that book, together! He also wrote the book: "I'm Looking For My Missing Piece" - a CLASSIC in our house!! STILL love this song, after all these years!! SO MUCH FUN!!! GREAT reaction!! HUGS! ❤❤❤❤❤

Oooh my heart skipped a beat when I saw you drop this, I've been waiting since day one for you to discover this it's so great! In case you don't know you probably do but Shel Silverstein wrote a lot of stuff for them they collaborated on an album that's fantastic in every way💕✌ J n Amber.. I have the perfect diamond in the rough for you! Late 90's early 2000's a lot of great bands were underground and not necessarily on the radio a lot and one of them is Sonia Dada they're out of Chicago Jungle Song is fantastic and hopefully will lead you to their other beauties✌😎💕

This song brings me back to a vacation in England with my parents. My father and I sang along with all the songs on this album.

Saw these guys for free when I was 14. At the Calgary Stampede, just on the fairground's walkway. It was unbelievable. They were being them . . . and it was so fun! That was the first time we heard this song. In the sun, in a park . . . by some strangely intriguing guys.

I saw them live in the early 80’s. It was pretty much like you’d expect, great music and total chaos. My eyes almost popped out of my head when they did Freakin’ at the Freaker’s Ball. They did make the cover, BTW!

“Lifes been good” by Joe Walsh ❤ Fun lyrics with lots of musical ear candy. I think you’ll enjoy it ❤

They finally made the cover only it wasnt a photo but carnival type caricatures. Next to the drawing was not the name of the band but the words: "What's-Their-Names Make The Cover." It was such a clever retort from ROLLING STONE. Just classic.

This was a fun song and they finally got their picture on the cover of The Rolling Stone

Aside from all their serious songs out there, this will always be my favorite!

Love Dr Hook. That was the first one I had heard and was hooked ever since. Real entertainers

Just a fun, good song. I was in a bar band in the late 80s early 90s and we’d play this from time to time and it always went over well.

Don't you remember the guys singing this in "Almost Famous"? A great fun song from the day. And so OF the day.

Dr. Hook “Medley” (live) is also a good one as it showcases two other band mates as well as Dennis and Ray. They go through verses of a few 50’s songs 🎶

Thank you for finally getting to this one. Love it!! This is the version of Dr Hook that we all fell in love with. Your next reaction should be The Millionaire or Queen of the Silver Dollar.

Thanks for more of the good Doctor Hook. They have a ton of great songs. Please keep digging.

Luv these guys, my Dad loved these guys, we sang this song at his funeral, Queen of the Silver Dollar is another great song

Another fun song from them is "Everybody's making it big but me" and "Freakin' at the Freakers Ball" good luck getting past the sensors on the Freakers Ball one 😂

Yesssss finally!!! Such an underrated bop to get you feeling right!! 😁😁

Everybody used to embroider on their jeans. So cool!

You can't help but laugh and enjoy this song. One of DH's favorite groups 😂😂

OMG...The first concert I ever went to. 1977 and in the 7th grade, my big sister took me to the Dr Hook concert in Alexandria Louisiana. When we got there, she disappeared and I was on my own and in shock and aw (think that would ever happen today?). 13 years old and on my own at a concert!!!!! And what was that funny smell ;) I have a special place in my heart for Dr Hook. Thank y'all. BTW I loved how this song has the "great" guitar solo and the next line is...."Aw that's beautiful man". Haha, classic.

So funny you should mention 'A Boy Named Sue" Both that song and this song were written by the same guy... Shel Silverstein. He wrote 'Where The Sidewalk Ends'

We used to sing this on the bus on the way to school back in the day. We'd drown out the little transistor radio that kicked us off. Wicked cool. I used to see Dr. Hook's car at a recording studio in Nashville in 1979 while he was recording an album.

I bought the 45 of this song when I was a kid. Thanks for the great flashback!

A classic!

Having hippie parents. This was a favorite of mine and my sister. Imagine girls around the age of y'all's begging for this song to be played 😂 we would dance to it in the living room.

One of my favourite Dr. Hook video is where they do a Doo-Wop Medley. All of the band members were extremely talented👍

It was interesting to watch this band transition from this band to the band they turned into during the disco era.

One of the wonderful Shel Silverstein's songs! ♥

One of the best top 40 songs ever written and performed by this band entitled "Sylvia's Mother". This song is a hoot! Great reaction guys, TY. BTW, they finally did make the cover of The Rolling Stone magazine on March 29, 1973.......... but it was in caricature form. How fitting for a bunch of rag tag cut ups! Great band!

They certainly had their own niche in the music of the times and had an amazing number of hits

A band that seems to always have a grest time. Thanks for the flash back.Sylvia's Mother is great too.

You can't help but sing along every time you hear it

I got to see these guys back around the time this song came out. It was a free concert outside of the local mall. The opening act was Redbone (of Come And Get Your Love fame). It was a great show. I think another band you might also like to check out is Brownsville Station and their song Smoking In the Boys Room.

A Little Bit More is their best. I just LOVE LOVE LOVE them!!! Have since I was a teen!!! Sharing the Night Together is my 2nd favorite.

Happy tunes are more than welcome these days. Thanks guys!

This song brings back such great memories for me...our family get togethers were musical, and my Dad and my Uncles would sing this song! It was fantastic! Such a fun, loose, hip and party song! Love you two, God bless you! You make me smile!

I love this song it reminds me of riding with my grandmother coming back from my grate grandmother house in her 30 foot Buick while smoking with the windows up # Born in the 80s

We loved them, my daughter's favorite and kid friendly song is, you make my pants want to get up and dance. I still see my little ones dancing to it in my head

They did eventually get their picture on the cover. History and description: From left to right: Dennis Locorriere, Billy Francis, and Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show on the March 29, 1973 cover of Rolling Stone in caricature.