Bobby Day

Bobby Day died of cancer in 1990 and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California. Since then he's released a few solo albums and toured, promoting himself as "the voice of Dr. Hook.". Sometimes referred to as a one-hit wonder, despite numerous recordings with a variety of record companies, after "Rockin' Robin" Bobby Day never achieved a Top 40 hit again. 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. However, Day is most remembered for his 1958 solo recording of the Billboard Hot 100 No.2 hit, "Rockin' Robin", a song covered by Michael Jackson in 1972. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer" after doing a few country records under his own name. Bobby Day's best known songwriting efforts were "Over and Over" made popular by the Dave Clark Five in 1965 and "Little Bitty Pretty One" popularized by the Jackson Five in 1972. In the 1990s, Sawyer went back on the road as "Dr.

In 1957, Day formed his own band called the "Satellites" following which he authored three songs that are seen today as Rock and Roll classics. Sawyer left in 1983, and the band continued to tour for two more years before completely splitting up in 1985. He went several years with minor musical success limited to the West Coast. Hook", and their chart hits became mostly ballads (including "The Ballad of Lucy Jordan"). As a member of the R&B group, the Hollywood Flames, he used the stage name Bobby Day to perform and record. 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. Byrd in Fort Worth, Texas he moved to Los Angeles, California at the age of fifteen. It also got the band on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine, although as a caricature rather than a photograph.

Born Robert J. "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. Bobby Day (born July 1, 1928 - died July 27, 1990, was an African American musician. Silverstein composed most of the songs on their first few albums. Haffkine also became their new manager and got the band a record deal. 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.

The original lineup consisted of core members Ray Sawyer and Dennis Locorriere. Hook & the Medicine Show is a pop-country rock band formed in Union City, New Jersey in 1968. Dr.