Artist: Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Author: Shel Silverstein
Label: CBS
Year: 1974
On the original label the name is spelled out as "Lucy Jordon".
Covers:
Marianne Faithfull [at the age of 32; hit B, NL]
Silverstein wrote the greater part of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show's repertoire. That includes Sylvia's Mother, Marie Laveau (n°1 C&W hit for Bobby Bare), The Cover Of The Rolling Stone, Freakin' At The Freaker's Ball, Queen Of The Silver Dollar (covered by Emmylou Harris) and Get My Rocks Off (see there).
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)