# Did Dr. Hook ever make the cover of the Rolling Stone? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 16, 2010, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380 "2010-12-16T17:04:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/21 "2010-12-16T22:20:32Z")
Some interesting details and a fun story about it [here](http://rulefortytwo.com/secret-rock-knowledge/chapter-15/dr-hook/). They did get their five copies. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/22 "2010-12-16T23:37:49Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > They did get their five copies. It was in fact printed in the Random Notes column shortly after the issue in question: “Yes, they bought five copies for their mothers.” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/23 "2010-12-16T23:43:09Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/-Ux3-a9RE1Q/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgXihPMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCB6lAm_Bd7BwSFmHLeoR6Iy4us5w "Cover Of The Rolling Stone-Dr.Hook") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q) “Ah got a freaky ol lady name 'a Cocaine Katy who embroidries on mah jeans…” Q ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2010, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/24 "2010-12-16T23:50:14Z")
Also, I don’t know if it’s been mentioned or is pertinent, but Shel actually searched a long time before he found just the right band for his tunes. Q ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/25 "2010-12-17T00:20:36Z")
(Don’t touch me.) ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/26 "2010-12-17T02:12:18Z")
I could swear they were on it twice! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/27 "2010-12-17T03:09:08Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > He actually put out an album under his own name, entitled “Freakin’ at the Freakers’ Ball”, around the same time as the Dr. Hook stuff… I’m guessing Dr. Hook was the backing band. With one exception (“Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out”), the material is not children’s fare at all, at all. Titles include “I Got Stoned and I Missed It”, “Polly in a Porny”, “Stacy Brown Got Two”, and “Masochistic Baby”. Just wanted to remark that I own this album. It’s only so-so as a musical thing, but as a piece of history it’s right up there with Ultimate Spinach and The Fugs. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/28 "2010-12-17T04:01:05Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It’s only so-so as a musical thing, but as a piece of history it’s right up there with Ultimate Spinach and The Fugs. That sounds like us. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2010, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380/29 "2010-12-17T04:10:26Z")
> [@KneadToKnow](#): > > (Don’t touch me.) Good one, **KTK**! Unfortunately, I saw this great band In Carrollton, Georgia at a time when their finances sucked. They played a wonderful set of all their hits and were very gracious afterward. Too bad that now they’re at odds. Quasi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-dr-hook-ever-make-the-cover-of-the-rolling-stone/564380.md?page=1)