"Irish Singles Chart, the band's only single ever to chart in Ireland, and number 46 in New Zealand. A Little Bit More ""A Little Bit More"" is a song written and performed by Bobby Gosh, released on his 1973 album ""Sitting in the Quiet"". The first hit version was recorded by the band Dr. Hook; their version was released as a single in 1976. It charted at number 11 on the US ""Billboard"" Hot 100, and spent two weeks at number nine on the ""Cash Box"" Top 100. It reached number two on the UK Singles Chart. It was Dr."
"version of the song, named 'Sylvia's Moeder"", is played by Dutch group Drukwerk. Sylvia's Mother ""Sylvia's Mother"" is a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and the group's first hit song. It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the ""Billboard"" singles chart (tied with ""Sexy Eyes"" from the album ""Sometimes You Win"" for the band's best performing song), as well as #1 in Ireland and #2 in the United Kingdom. It spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Australian music charts, making it"
"publicly since his last tour ended in October 2015. Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Dr. Hook (shortened from Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show in 1975), an American blue-eyed soul, rock band, formed in Union City, New Jersey. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including ""Sylvia's Mother"", ""The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"" (both 1972), ""Only Sixteen"" (1975), ""A Little Bit More"" (1976), ""Sharing the Night Together"" (1978), ""When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"" (1979), ""Better Love Next Time"" (1979), and ""Sexy Eyes"" (1980). In addition to their own material, Dr. Hook and"
"Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Dr. Hook (shortened from Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show in 1975), an American blue-eyed soul, rock band, formed in Union City, New Jersey. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including ""Sylvia's Mother"", ""The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'"" (both 1972), ""Only Sixteen"" (1975), ""A Little Bit More"" (1976), ""Sharing the Night Together"" (1978), ""When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"" (1979), ""Better Love Next Time"" (1979), and ""Sexy Eyes"" (1980). In addition to their own material, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show performed songs written by the poet"
"He had many hit singles such as ""Sylvia's Mother"", ""Cover of a Rolling Stone"", ""A Little Bit More"", ""Only Sixteen"", ""Walk Right In"",""Sharing the Night Together"", ""When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"", ""Better Love Next Time"", ""Sexy Eyes"", ""Girl can get It"", and ""Baby Makes Her Bluejeans Talk"". From 1988 to October 2015, Sawyer toured the nostalgia circuit as ""Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer,"" under license from bandmate Dennis Locorriere, who tours separately and owns the Dr. Hook trademark. Ray Sawyer Ray ""Eye Patch"" Sawyer (born February 1, 1937, Chickasaw, Alabama, United States) is a singer best known"
"Sylvia's Mother ""Sylvia's Mother"" is a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and the group's first hit song. It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the ""Billboard"" singles chart (tied with ""Sexy Eyes"" from the album ""Sometimes You Win"" for the band's best performing song), as well as #1 in Ireland and #2 in the United Kingdom. It spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Australian music charts, making it the 15th ranked single in Australia for 1972; and also reached #1 in"
"1972. ""Doctor Hook"" featured lead vocals, guitar, bass and harmonica by Locorriere, guitarist Cummings, singer Sawyer plus drummer David, singer/guitarist and keyboard player Billy Francis. The album sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA on August 2, 1972. It has been released 20 times in the US, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Yugoslavia, Canada, Europe, Spain, and Greece. The single ""Sylvia's Mother"", a subtle parody of teen-heartbreak weepers, flopped on first release, but with some more promotional muscle became the band's first million-seller, and hit the top five in the summer of 1972. Other titles"
"write me a song or promise to change, and I'd try again. We were always fighting, then getting back together."" Sylvester Jr., born late 1973. His mother is Kathy Silva. Sylvyette, born c. 1976. Her mother was Cynthia Robinson (1944–2015). Novena Carmel, born c. 1982. She is a singer and performer and also a booking agent at the Little Temple club in Los Angeles, now known as The Virgil. She is also a member of pop/hip hop group Wallpaper. Stone's cousin is Moses Tyson, Jr., who is a gospel musician and organist. Sly Stone Sly Stone (born Sylvester Stewart, March"
"one included on the ""At the Rainbow"" live album. He compared the relatively short length of the song to the band's longer compositions, describing Akkerman's playing as an ""exercise in economics"". In the US, the song peaked at #89. Sylvia (Focus song) ""Sylvia"" is a 1972 song by Dutch rock band Focus. It was released on their 1972 album ""Focus 3"" and as a single on 27 January 1973. The single became the band's biggest international hit. The song was released on the album ""Focus 3"" in July 1972. On 12 December, the band recorded a session for the BBC's"
"the recording of their next album, ""Something Special"", Charmaine, one of the original Little Angels, left the group. ""Something Special"" was the family's biggest selling LP, reaching 13 on the Billboard album charts. Produced by Perren, the LP spawned another smash million-seller, ""Hot Line"" (#5 on Billboard Hot 100), as well as ""High School Dance"" (#17 on Billboard Hot 100). These two singles firmly entrenched the siblings in the bubble-gum, teeny-bopper demographic. In an effort to reach a wider, more mature R&B audience, the Sylvers (now seven in number following Olympia's retirement to have children) opted not to re-team with"
"The Sylvers The Sylvers are an American R&B/Soul family vocal group from Watts, Los Angeles, California. The Sylvers were one of the most popular acts during the 1970s, recording the hit singles ""Fool's Paradise"", ""Boogie Fever"" and ""Hot Line"". Prior to becoming the Sylvers, the four eldest members (Olympia, Leon, Charmaine, and James) recorded as the Little Angels, appearing on shows such as ""Make Room for Daddy"" and ""You Bet Your Life"", and opening for such acts as Johnny Mathis and Ray Charles. During this time, two singles were released: ""Santa Claus Parade"" b/w ""I'll Be a Little Angel"" on"
"Sons of Sylvia Sons of Sylvia, originally known as The Clark Brothers, was an American country pop trio composed of three brothers with the surname Clark: Adam (guitar, mandolin), Ashley (lead vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Austin (background vocals, resonator guitar). All three, along with their three other brothers Aaron, Andrew, and Alan, originally comprised a sextet called The Clark Family Experience. Sons of Sylvia released its debut album in April 2010. Brothers Adam, Ashley, Austin, Aaron, Andrew, and Alan Clark, natives of Rocky Mount, Virginia, founded a family band in the late 1990s called The Clark Family Experience. The"
"A Little More Love (Olivia Newton-John song) ""A Little More Love"" was the lead single by Australian singer Olivia Newton-John from her 1978 album ""Totally Hot"". It was a worldwide Top 10 hit single, peaking at #4 in the UK and #3 in the US. In Canada, it spent three weeks at #2 during February and March 1979, and was the seventh biggest Canadian hit of that year. In the US, ""Billboard"" magazine ranked ""A Little More Love"" as the 17th most popular song of 1979, and ""Cash Box"" ranked it as 23rd for the year, where it had peaked"
"Ron Haffkine Ron Haffkine, born December 13 in New York City, New York, is an American, Grammy Award-winning, record producer, composer and music manager most recognized for his work as a producer and manager of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, an American rock band, producing hit singles including ""Sylvia's Mother"", ""The Cover of Rolling Stone"", ""Sharing the Night Together"", ""A Little Bit More"" and ""When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"" and achieving 67 Gold and Platinum records. Ron Haffkine born in New York City, New York on December 13, contracted polio, at age 12, and remained completely"
"Crew (James Burton on guitar, Hal Blaine on drums, Larry Knechtel on keyboards, and Joe Osborn on bass) — who'd regularly backed the Mamas & the Papas — were among the instrumentalists on the album. ""It's Getting Better"" was issued as the second advance single in May 1969 following the release that March of ""Move in a Little Closer, Baby"", a single reminiscent of the Mamas & the Papas sound which reached a ""Billboard"" Hot 100 peak of #58 (#30 Canada). Steve Barri says that ""Move in a Little Closer, Baby"" was ""one [album track] [Elliot] wasn't ""too"" thrilled about...but"
"to discover, encourage and promote new artists. Past recipients include Arcade Fire, The Ladies and Gentlemen (Small Sins), and Great Lake Swimmers. Their highly anticipated third album ""Trees And Shade Are Our Only Fences"", produced by J. Robbins of Jawbox fame, was released on October 21, 2008 on Smallman Records. In the fall of 2008, Sylvie toured for six weeks, which included several US shows supporting Minus the Bear. Sylvie (band) Sylvie is a Canadian indie rock music group from Regina. It features singer/guitarist Joel Passmore, formerly of the now-disbanded Despistado, alongside bass player Riva Farrell Racette, guitarist Chris Notenboom,"
"reached number 22), and another minor hit with ""Slaves No More"" (#73) three months later. Sylvia provided lead vocals for ""92°F"" on Pop Will Eat Itself's 1990 EP ""Very Metal Noise Pollution"" (#45) and subsequent album ""Cure for Sanity"" (#33), and backing vocals for the single version of ""92°F"" which reached 22 in the singles charts in 1991. In 1996 she had several successes on the reggae chart both with Vivian Jones, and solo with ""Searching For The One"" and ""Happy Home"". In 1997 she toured internationally with Saint and Campbell, appeared at London's Notting Hill Carnival alongside Beenie Man"
"Mommy's Little Monster (album) Mommy's Little Monster is the debut studio album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released in 1983. In 1982, Social Distortion took part in the tour with Youth Brigade (as chronicled in the documentary ""Another State of Mind"") and broke up shortly afterwards. However, because of the tour's success, the band reconciled not long afterward and decided to begin work on their first album. ""Mommy's Little Monster"" was recorded at The Casbah in Fullerton, California, on December 24, 1982. They recorded the album in a single session for numerous hours to cut down studio costs."
"Sylvie (band) Sylvie is a Canadian indie rock music group from Regina. It features singer/guitarist Joel Passmore, formerly of the now-disbanded Despistado, alongside bass player Riva Farrell Racette, guitarist Chris Notenboom, keyboardist Erin Passmore and drummer Jeff Romanyk. All band members also provide backing vocals. Together since 1999, Sylvie developed alongside the members’ other bands, emerging finally as their main focus with the release of 2005's ""An Electric Trace"". This full-length album was recorded with Juno award-winning producer Brandon Friesen at Studio 11 in Winnipeg. Sylvie has played with such notables as Wintersleep, Minus the Bear, Death From Above 1979,"
"was Dr. Hook's joint second-best UK chart placing, matching ""Sylvia's Mother"". Follow-ups to ""A Little Bit More"" included ""Sharing the Night Together"" (number 6), ""When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"" (number 6), Better Love Next Time and ""Sexy Eyes"" (number 5), which featured prominent female backup singers. Save for ""A Little Bit More"" (number 11), all the singles mentioned above were certified million-sellers. ""When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman"" reached number 1 for several weeks in 1979 in the UK and they had another UK hit single with ""Better Love Next Time"" (number 12). Though the"
"she lacked her predecessor's ""stage charisma and grittier edge"", and Michelle Phillips was reinstated on August 23, 1966. ""Jill Gibson, so nearly a full-time Mama, left and was paid a lump sum from the group's funds."" ""The Mamas & the Papas"" peaked at number four in the US, continuing the band's success, but only made number twenty-four in the UK. ""I Saw Her Again"" was released as a single in June 1966 and reached number five in the US and number eleven in the UK. There is a false start to the final chorus of the song at 2'42"". While"
"more) selling album in the US. In addition, ""Give a Little Bit"" became a US Top 20 single and reached number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. While ""Give a Little Bit"" was the big hit, both ""Fool's Overture"" and the title track also got a fair amount of FM album-rock play. A remastered CD version of the album with full original artwork, lyrics and credits restored (including the inner sleeve picture of the band absent from the original CD) was released on 11 June 2002 on A&M Records in the US. The cover photo is not doctored – a"
"Hammon, later joined War. Their song ""Found a Child"" from their first album was featured on the Columbia Records sampler album ""Together!"". Several of their songs have been covered or sampled by other artists, including: A short instrumental song called ""Little Bit of Feeling"" or ""A Little Bit of Feeling"", with rock guitar chords and horns, is said to have been played by Ballin' Jack in at least one of their concerts in January 1972 that was broadcast live on KDEO radio station that month in San Diego, California. No known recording exists of this song, or any recording of"
"funk, jazz, R&B, and soul vibraphonist Roy Ayers in his group Ladies of the Eighties and recorded one album with each group. Ayers signed Sylvia to his Uno Melodic record label. where she recorded an album with him, an extended single of her own—""Give Me Your Love""—then her first solo album of the same name ""Give Me Your Love"". Her song ""You Can't Turn Me Away,"" the flip side of her single and a track on her solo album, was featured in """", playing on quiet storm station . It was also in the romantic comedy film ""Prime"" and the"
"Leon Sylvers III Leon Frank Sylvers III (born March 7, 1953, Memphis, Tennessee) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer and multi-instrumentalist. He was a member of the family group The Sylvers and became one of the most successful producers in black music in the late 1970s to the mid-1980s through his association with Dick Griffey's SOLAR Records. Leon Sylvers first rose to prominence in the early 1960s as a member of The Little Angels harmony vocal group featuring his siblings (Olympia, Charmaine, and James). During this time they appeared on variety shows such as ""Make Room for Daddy"", ""You"
"Give a Little More ""Give a Little More"" is a song by American band Maroon 5. It was released on August 17, 2010 as a digital download. The song is the second single from their third studio album, ""Hands All Over"" (2010). The song officially impacted US mainstream radio on October 12, 2010. The song was covered by ""American Idol"" season 11 winner Phillip Phillips and featured in the television series ""Army Wives"". ""Give a Little More"" was written by Adam Levine with keyboardist Jesse Carmichael and guitarist James Valentine. The lyrics talk about how to ask more of a"
"Most. Just a Little Bit Better ""Just a Little Bit Better"" is a song written by Kenny Young and released as a single under his name (ATCO Records 45-6322) in October 1964. A 1965 cover by Herman's Hermits reached #7 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, #15 on the UK, and #16 in Canada in 1965. It also reached #7 in Sweden, #11 in New Zealand, and #40 in Australia. It was featured on their 1965 album, ""The Best of Herman's Hermits"". It is also featured on their 1966 EP, ""A Must to Avoid"". The Herman's Hermits recording was produced by"
"members in 2004. After reuniting, they recorded and released three more albums—""One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This"" (2006), ""Cause I Sez So"" (2009) and ""Dancing Backward in High Heels"" (2011). The New York Dolls have been inactive following a 2011 British tour with Alice Cooper; the band's guitarist on that tour, Earl Slick, confirmed in an interview they had disbanded that same year. Sylvain Sylvain and Billy Murcia, who went to junior high school and high school together, started playing in a band called ""the Pox"" in 1967. After the frontman quit, Murcia and Sylvain started"
"at the 11th Annual Rhythm and Blues Awards Gala in 2000. Robinson died of congestive heart failure on September 29, 2011 at age 76. Robinson was born as Sylvia Vanterpool (aka Little Sylvia) on May 29, 1935 in New York City, New York, to Herbert, an immigrant from the Virgin Islands, and Ida Vanterpool. Robinson attended Washington Irving High School until dropping out at the age of 14, and began recording music in 1950 for Columbia Records under the billing, Little Sylvia. In 1954, she began teaming up with Kentucky guitarist Mickey Baker, who then taught her how to play"
"Small played guitar while Ness sang with his arm in a cast and sling. Original member Brent Liles, who played bass on ""Mommy's Little Monster,"" died on January 18, 2007 after being hit by a semi truck while riding a dirt bike in Placentia, California. Social Distortion released its first ""Greatest Hits"" compilation on June 26, 2007. It includes hit singles from ""Mommy's Little Monster"" to ""Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll"", yet lacks any song from """". Along with a new studio recording of the song, ""Far Behind"", new studio recordings of 6 of their classic songs are included"
"(1980), ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The group supported Frank Sinatra on his 1975 European tour. They were particularly successful in Japan, scoring a string of hits (including a No.1) and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". They also achieved success in Europe and Australia. In 1981, she scored a minor hit with her sister Coleen as part of the Young & Moody Band, with ""Don't Do That"" (UK No. 63) which also featured Lemmy from Motörhead"
"both singles appear on the Solar Records retrospective box set. In 1984, after a three-year hiatus, the siblings (now six strong, with Charmaine returning) regrouped with new management (Weisner–DeMann) and a new label (Geffen Records). The result was an unsuccessful album entitled ""Bizarre"". The disc was not heavily promoted, but spawned two minor hits: ""In One Love and Out the Other"" (#42) and ""Falling For Your Love"" (#76). The Sylvers' youngest sibling, Christopher, died of hepatitis on June 18, 1985 at age 18. He was never part of the performing family. Following the disappointing sales performance of the Geffen LP,"
"Give a Little Bit ""Give a Little Bit"" is the opening song on Supertramp's 1977 album ""Even in the Quietest Moments..."". The song was released as a single that same year and became an international hit for the band, peaking at number 15 on the ""Billboard"" Pop Singles chart. It was a chart hit in the band's native UK, reaching number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. The single was re-released in 1992 to raise funds for the ITV Telethon Charity event, but failed to chart. Its writing credits are given to Rick Davies and Roger Hodgson, although it is"