BALLAD OF LUCY JORDAN

Created on 03/11/2005
Latest update on 20/05/2023

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:

1975:

Johnny Darrell

1976:

Lee Hazlewood

1979:

Marianne Faithfull [at the age of 32; hit B, NL]

1996:

Belinda Carlisle

2005:

Bobby Bare

2007:

Hanne Boel

2010:

Lucinda Williams

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).

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