Dr. Hook "When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman" (1978) -Soft Rock-

Label : Capitol Records

 1

01 - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman (Even Stevens)

2

01 - Knowing She's There (Dennis Locorriere & Shel Silverstein)

From the Album 'Pleasure & Pain' (1978)

Producer & Musical Director : Ron Haffkine

Ray Sawyer : Lead vocals

Dennis Locorriere : Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Lead vocals

Jance Garfat : Bass

John Wolters : Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Billy Francis : Keyboards, Vocals

Rik Elswit : Guitar, Vocals

Bob 'Willard' Henke : Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

George Jones "My Very Special Guests" (1979) -Country-

Label : Epic Records

 Side 1

01 - Night Life (Willie Nelson, Paul Buskirk & Walter Breeland)

02 - Bartender's Blues (James Taylor)

03 - Here We Are (Rodney Crowell)

04 - I've Turned You To Stone (Jim Rushing)

05 - It Sure Was Good (Billy Sherrill & George Richey)

Side 2

01 - I Gotta Get Drunk (Willie Nelson)

02 - Proud Mary (John Fogerty)

03 - Stranger In The House (Elvis Costello)

04 - I Still Hold Her Body (But I Think I've Lost Her Mind) (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)

05 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Traditional)

Side 1

01 - Night Life

With Waylon Jennings

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Tommy Cogbill

Drums : Jim Isbell

Guitars : Tommy Allsup, Phil Baugh, Cliff Parker, Pete Wade

Steel Guitar : Buddy Emmons, Jim Vest

Harmonica : Charlie McCoy

Engineer : Lou Bradley

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

02 - Bartender's Blues

With James Taylor

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Henry Strzelecki

Drums : Jim Isbell

Guitars : Phil Baugh, Billy Sanford, Reggie Young

Steel Guitar : Pete Drake

Engineers : Don Meehan, Ron Reynolds, Ken Robertson

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN & CBS Recording Studios, New York, N.Y.

03 - Here We Are

With Emmylou Harris

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Emory Gordy

Drums : John Ware

Guitars : Brian Ahern, Rodney Crowell, Emmylou Harris, Albert Lee

Steel Guitar : Hank DeVito

Harp : Mickey Raphael

Engineers : Lou Bradley, Jim Nipar

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN & Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA

04 - I've Turned You To Stone

With Linda Ronstadt

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Tommy Cogbill

Drums : Jim Isbell

Guitars : Tommy Allsup, Phil Baugh, Cliff Parker, Pete Wade

Steel Guitar : Jim Vest

Harmonica : Charlie McCoy

Engineers : Lou Bradley, Jim Nipar

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN & Sound Factory, Los Angeles, CA

05 - It Sure Was Good

With Tammy Wynette

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Henry Strzelecki

Drums : Jerry Carrigan

Guitars : Jimmy Capps, Glenn Keener, Cliff Parker

Steel Guitar : Jim Vest

Background Vocalists : The Nashville Edition, The Jordanaires & Millie Kirkham

Engineer : Lou Bradley

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

Side 2

01 - I Gotta Get Drunk

With Willie Nelson

Piano : Bobbie Nelson

Bass : Chris Ethridge

Drums : Paul English

Guitars : Willie Nelson, Jody Payne

Steel Guitar : Buddy Emmons

Fiddle : Johnny Gimble

Harmonica : Mickey Raphael

Engineers : Lou Bradley, Ken Laxton

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

02 - Proud Mary

With Johnny Paycheck

Piano : Bobby Wood

Bass : Steve Schaffer

Drums : Jerry Kroon

Guitars : Tommy Allsup, Phil Baugh, Cliff Parker, Billy Sanford

Steel Guitar : Jim Murphy

Background Vocalists : The Nashville Edition

Engineer : Lou Bradley

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

03 - Stranger In The House

With Elvis Costello

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Henry Strzelecki

Drums : Karl Himmel

Guitars : Elvis Costello, Tommy Allsup, Phil Baugh, Billy Sanford, Peter Wade

Steel Guitar : Pete Drake

Fiddle : Johnny Gimble

Engineers : Lou Bradley, Ken Laxton

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

04 - I Still Hold Her Body (But I Think I've Lost Her Mind) 

With Dennis & Ray (of Dr. Hook)

Piano : Larry Butler

Bass : Tommy Cogbill

Drums : Jim Isbell

Guitars : Tommy Allsup, Phil Baugh, Cliff Parker

Steel Guitar : Jim Vest

Fiddle : Johnny Gimble

Engineer : Lou Bardley

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

05 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

With Pop & Mavis Staples

Piano : Hargus 'Pig' Robbins

Bass : Henry Strzelecki

Drums : Karl Himmel

Guitars : Tommy Allsup, Phil Baugh, Billy Sanford, Peter Wade

Steel Guitar : Pete Drake

Fiddle : Johnny Gimble

Engineers : Lou Bradley, Bill Fair

Recorded at CBS Recording Studios, Nashville, TN & Muscle Shoals Sound, Muscle Shoals, AL.

Dr. Hook "Sexy Eyes" (1979) -Soft Rock-

Label : Capitol Records

 Side 1

01 - Sexy Eyes (Robert Mather, Keith Stegall & Chris Waters)

Side 2

01 - Help Me Manna (Ray Sawyer & Shel Silverstein)

From the Album 'Sometimes You Win...' (1979)

Produced & Musical Director : Ron Haffkine

Dr. Hook : Ray Sawyer, John Wolters, Dennis Locorriere, Rik Elswit, Bob 'Willard' Henke, Bill Francis,

Jance Garfat

Additional Musicians : Barry Beckett, Mickey Buckins, Larry Byrom, Jon Goin, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Shane Keister, Randy McCormick, Billy Puett, Rod Smarr
Background Voices : The Cherry Sisters (Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver & Diane Tidwell)

Dr. Hook "Rising" (1980) -Soft Rock-

Label : Casablanca Record And FilmWorks

 Side 1

01 - Girls Can Get It (Leslie Pearl)

02 - Body Talkin' (Hazel Smith & Dennis Locorriere)

03 - That Didn't Hurt Too Bad (Robert Byrne & Tommy Brasfield)

04 - Blown Away (Sam Weedman)

05 - S.O.S. For Love (David Malloy & Even Stevens)

Side 2

01 - Doin' It (Ray Sawyer, Dennis Locorriere & Jance Garfat)

02 - Before The Tears (Even Stevens & Paul Overstreet)

03 - Hold Me Like You Never Had Me (Robert Byrne & Tommy Brasfield)

04 - Do You Right Tonight (Even Stevens & Eddie Rabbitt)

05 - 99 And Me (Ray Sawyer)

Jance Garfat : Bass

Ray Sawyer : Lead vocals, Percussion

Dennis Locorriere : Lead vocals, Guitar, Bass

Billy Francis : Vocals, Keyboards

Rod Smarr : Guitar

John Wolters : Vocals, Drums

Rik Elswit : Vocals, Guitar

Ron Haffkine : Producer & Musical Director

Recorded at :

Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, ALA

The Sound Lab, Nashville, TN

Engineers : Jim Cotton, Steve Melton, Chuck Ainley, David Cherry, Mary Beth McLemore

Musicians : Kenneth Bell, Mickey Buckins, Larry Byrom, Duncan Cameron, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Clayton Ivey, Jimmy Johnson, Shane Keister, Mac McAnally, Randy McCormick, Farrell Morris, Wayne Perkins

Background Voices : The Cherry Sisters (Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver & Diane Tidwell)

String & Horn Arrangements : Shane Keister & Mike Lewis

Strings : The Shelly Kurland Strings

Horns : The Nashville Horns

Mastered at Phonogram International, Baarn, The Netherland

Dr. Hook "A Little Bit More" (1976) -Country Rock-

Label : Capitol Records

 

 1

01 - More Like The Movies (Shel Silverstein)

02 - A Little Bit More (Bobby Gosh)

03 - The Radio (Shel Silverstein, Dennis Locorriere & Elswit)

04 - Up On The Mountain (Jeffrey Comanor & Shel Silverstein)

05 - Only Sixteen (Sam Cooke)

2

01 - Jungle To The Zoo (Shel Silverstein)

02 - Bad Eye Bill (Hazel Smith)

03 - What About You (Johnny Wright & Jack Anglin)

04 - If Not You (Dennis Locorriere)

05 - A Couple More Years (Shel Silverstein & Dennis Locorriere)

Produced & Musical Director : Ron Haffkine

"What About You" Produced by Ron Haffkine & Waylon Jennings

Recording & Re-Mixing Engineer : Kyle Lehning

Recording Technician : Ron Treat

Recorded at Glaser Bros. Studio, Nashville, Tennessee

Mastering Engineer : Wally Traugott

Dr. Hook : Rik Elswit, Billy Francis, John Wolters, Jance Garfat, Ray Sawyer, Dennis Locorriere

Thanks to the following Nashville cats & kittens (listen by height & weight)

Steve Gibson, Kyle Lehning, Larrie Londin, Kenny Malone, Charles Polk, Ted Reynolds, Warren Hartman, Shane Keister, Mark Casstevens, Doyle Grisham, Mel Brown, Buddy Spicher

Shelly Kurland, Carl Gorodetzky, Marvin Chantry, Roy Christensen

Lea Jane Berinati, Janie Fricke, Ginger Holiday, Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell

String & Horn Arrangements by Warren Hartman

Dr. Hook "Players In The Dark" (1982) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Casablanca Record And FilmWorks

 Side One

01 - Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk (Sam Weedman, Dennis Locorriere & Ron Haffkine)
02 - The Turn On (Greg Bowen)
03 - Lady Sundown (Michael Clark & John Bettis)
04 - I Can't Say No To Her (Dennis Locorriere & Paul Overstreet)
05 - Loveline (Even Stevens, Eddie Rabbitt & David Malloy)

Side Two

01 - Pity The Fool (Sam Weedman)
02 - Chained To Her Memory (Paul Overstreet)
03 - Devil's Daughter (Rick Schulman, Don Goodman, Mark Paul & Bud Reneau)
04 - Hearts Like Yours And Mine (Dennis Locorriere)
05 - Fire In The Night (David Carr & Larry Henley)


The Dr. Hook Band is : Dennis Locorriere, Ray Sawyer, Billy Francis, Rik Elswit, Jance Garlat, John Walters & Rod Smarr

Additional Musicians : James Stroud, David Hungate, Larry Byrom, Randy McCormick, Shane Keister, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Mickey Buckins, Mike Lewis & Bob Wray

Background vocals : The Cherry Sisters (Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell & Sheri Huffman), Paul Overstreet, Joe Scaife

Engineers : Jim Cotton, Joe Scaife & Chuck Ainlay
Recorded at Sound Lab, Nashville, TN ; Wisselord Studio, Hilversum, Holland & Muscle Shoals Recording Studio, Sheffield, Alabama
Mastered at Masterfonics, Nashville, TN
String & Horn Arrangements : Mike Lewis
Horns : Nashville Horns
Strings : Shelly Kurland Strings & Nashville String Machine

Producer & Musical Director : Ron Haffkine

Dr Hook "Rising" (1980) -Westcoast Rock-

Label : Casablanca Records / Mercury Records

01 - Girls Can Get It (Leslie Pearl)
02 - Body Talkin' (Hazel Smith & Dennis Locorriere)
03 - That Didn't Hurt Too Bad (Robert Byrne & Tommy Brasfield)
04 - Blown Away (Sam Weedman)
05 - S.O.S. For Love (David Malloy & Even Stevens)
06 - Doin' It (Ray Sawyer, Dennis Locorriere & Jance Garfat)
07 - Before The Tears (Even Stevens & Paul Overstreet)
08 - Hold Me Like You Never Had Me (Robert Byrne & Tommy Brasfield)
09 - Do You Right Tonight (Even Stevens & Eddie Rabbitt)
10 - 99 And Me (Ray Sawyer)


Ron Haffkine : Producer & Musical Director

Jance Garfat : Bass
Ray Sawyer : Lead vocals, Percussion
Dennis Locorriere : Lead vocals, Guitar, Bass
Billy Francis : Vocals, Keyboards
Rod Smarr : Guitar
John Wolters : Drums
Rik Elswit : Vocals, Guitar

Recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, ALA & The Sound Labs, Nashville, TN
Enginers : Jim Cotton, Steve Melton, Chuck Ainlay, David Cherry, Mary Beth McLemore

Musicians : Kenneth Bell, Mickey Buckins, Larry Byrom, Duncan Cameron, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Clayton Ivey, Jimmy Johnson, Shane Keister, Mac McAnally, Randy McCormick, Farrell Morris, Wayne Perkins

Background Voices : The Cherry Sisters (Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver & Diane Tidwell)

String & Horn Arrangements : Shane Keister & Mike Lewis
Strings : The Shelly Kurland Strings
Horns : The Nashville Horns

Mastered at Phonogram International B.V., The Netherlands
Mastering Engineer : Hans Brethouwer

Dr. Hook "Sometimes You Win..." (1979) -Soft Rock / Pop Rock-

Label : Capitol Records

 Side 1

01 - Better Love Nex Time (Steve Pippen, Larry Keith & Johnny Slate)
02 - In Over My Head (Even Stevens, Eddie Rabbitt & Dan Tyler)
03 - Sexy Eyes (Robert Mather, Keith Stegall & Chris Waters)
04 - Oh! Jesse (Sam Weedman)
05 - Years From Now (Roger Cook & Charles Cochran)

Side 2

01 - I Don't Feel Much Like Smilin' (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)
02 - What Do You Want? (Even Stevens & Eddie Rabbitt)
03 - Love Monster (Sam Weedman)
04 - Mountain Mary (Ray Sawyer & Shel Silverstein)
05 - Help Me Manna (Ray Sawyer & Shel Silverstein)


Recorded at :

Muscle Shoals Sound Studios, Muscle Shoals, Ala. 

The Sound Labs, Nashville, TN
Engineers : Jim Cotton, Steve Melton, Pat Holt & Joe Scaife

Additional Musicians : Barry Beckett, Mickey Buckins, Larry Byrom, Jon Goin, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Jimmy Johnson, Shane Keister, Randy McCormick, Billy Puett, Rod Smarr
Background Voices : The Cherry Sisters (Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver & Diane Tidwell)

String & Horn Arrangements : Shane Keister & Mike Lewis
Strings : The Shelly Kurland Strings
Horns : The Nashville Horns

Dr. Hook : Ray Sawyer, John Wolters, Dennis Locorriere, Rik Elswit, Bob 'Willard' Henke, Bill Francis, Jance Garfat

Produced & Musical Director : Ron Haffkine

Dr. Hook "Pleasure & Pain" (1978) -Soft Rock-

Label : Capitol Records

 1

01 - Sharing The Night Together** (Ava Aldridge & Eddie Struzick)

02 - Sweetest Of All (Shel Silverstein)

03 - Storms Never Last (Jessi Colter)

04 - I Don't Want To Be Alone Tonight (Shel Silverstein)

05 - Knowing She's There (Dennis Locorriere & Shel Silverstein)

2

01 - Clyde (J.J. Cale)

02 - When You're In Love With A Beautiful Woman (Even Stevens)

03 - Dooley Jones (Hazel Smith & Walter Carter)

04 - I Gave Her Comfort (Dennis Locorriere & Shel Silverstein)

05 - You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance* (Sam Weedman)

Ray Sawyer : Lead vocals

Dennis Locorriere : Guitar, Bass, Harmonica, Lead vocals

Jance Garfat : Bass

John Wolters : Drums, Percussion, Vocals

Billy Francis : Keyboards, Vocals

Rik Elswit : Guitar, Vocals

Bob 'Willard' Henke : Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals

Producer & Musical Director : Ron Haffkine

The Album was Recorded at :

Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Muscle Shoals, Ala.

Engineers : Steve Melton & Gregg Hamm

Criteria Recording Studios, Miami, Florida

Engineer : Jerry Masters

Musicians : Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson, Roger Hawkins, David Hood, Pete Carr, Larry Byrom, Randy McCormick, Tom Roady, Mickey Buckins, Kenneth Bell

String & Horn Arrangements : Mike Lewis

Strings : 

The Miami Horns

The Muscle Shoals Horns*

Background vocals : The Cherry Sisters - Sheri Kramer, Lisa Silver, Diane Tidwell

"Sharing The Night Together"**

Mixed by Brent Maher

Strings & Horn Arrangements : Buddy Skipper

Strings : The Shelly Kurland Strings

Woodwinds : Billy Puett & Dennis Solee