Kiki Dee

. Since then he's released a few solo albums and toured, promoting himself as "the voice of Dr. Hook.". She has had 39 singles, 3 EPs, 9 LPs and 2 CDs to date. Locorriere spent a few years relaxing, and then in 1989 performed a one-man show written by Shel Silverstein, "The Devil and Billy Markham," which made him enthusiastic to be on stage again. Her most famous song was a duet with Elton John entitled Don't go breaking my heart, released in 1976. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer" after doing a few country records under his own name. Born Pauline Matthews on March 6th 1947, in Keighley near Bradford, Yorkshire, England, Kiki Dee is a highly successful singer/songwriter, with a career that has lasted over 30 years. In the 1990s, Sawyer went back on the road as "Dr.

1998 Tickety-boo CD Where Rivers Meet. Sawyer left in 1983, and the band continued to tour for two more years before completely splitting up in 1985. 1995 Tickety-boo CD Almost Naked. Hook", and their chart hits became mostly ballads (including "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"). 1994 Rocket Records CD The Very Best Of Kiki Dee. The band toured constantly but spent all the money they earned on partying; their fifh album was aptly called "Bankrupt". Eventually they shortened the band's name to "Dr. 1991 Rocket Records CD Spotlight On Kiki Dee Greatest Hits. It also got the band on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, although as a caricature rather than a photograph.

CD Angel Eyes. "Sylvia's Mother," a ballad from their first album, became a big hit, and "Cover of the Rolling Stone" from the followup album, "Sloppy Seconds" attracted the attention of those who would like their silly stage show and its monologues done as fictional characters. 1987 E.M.I. Silverstein composed most of the songs on their first few albums. 1987 Columbia LP Angel Eyes. Haffkine also became their new manager and got the band a record deal. 1986 Arista CD Perfect Timing. The band hooked up with composer Shel Silverstein when their manager sent in a demo tape to Ron Haffkine, who was in charge of doing the music for the movie Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Silverstein was writing songs for the film, and he and Haffkine both liked the demo enough to get the band to do all the songs for the movie.

1986 Music For Pleasure LP Perfect Timing. The band name is a reference to Captain Hook from Peter Pan; in fact, the original name proposed for the band was "Captain Hook and the Medicine Show". 1982 Ariola LP Perfect Timing (reissue). Sawyer was particularly noticeable due to his trademark cowboy hat and the eyepatch he wore due to a car accident in 1967. 1981 Ariola Records LP Perfect Timing. Other members include Jance Garfat, Rik Elswit, and Jay David. 1980 Warwick Records LP Kiki Dee's Greatest Hits. Bill Francis, John David, and George Cummings were also part of the original band, but their lineup changed quite a bit over the years.

1979 Rocket Records LP Stay With Me. The original lineup consisted of core members Ray Sawyer and Dennis Locorriere. 1977 Rocket Records LP Kiki Dee. Hook & the Medicine Show is a pop-country rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey in 1968. 1976 Rocket Records LP Loving & Free (reissue). Dr. 1976 Rocket Records LP I've Got The Music In Me (reissue).