# "Cover of the Rolling Stone"

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 29, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606 "2000-04-29T19:18:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606/1 "2000-04-29T19:18:49Z")

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Did Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show ever live up to their song and get on the cover of the Rolling Stone?

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**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606/2 "2000-04-29T19:56:25Z")

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Yup, or more precisely “What’s Their Name’s Make the Cover”. See [Shel Silverstein lyrics](http://www.banned-width.com/shel/works/rstone.html) for more details.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606/3 "2000-04-29T20:03:28Z")

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Yes. Rolling Stone had a cartoon of the band on the cover with the title “What’s Their Name Makes The Cover”.

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**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606/4 "2000-04-29T20:15:25Z")

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Thanks for the link \*\*whitetho thats just what I was looking for.[b/]

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**Author:** ![Mac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Mac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mac)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2000, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cover-of-the-rolling-stone/16606/5 "2000-04-29T20:18:13Z")

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Thanks for the link **whitetho** thats just what I was looking for.  
Gota start using that preview function.