GLOBALRPH MUSICATLAS

Sexy Eyes

Dr. Hook | Artist Essentials

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show / RECOMMENDED SELECTION 6

First released: 1979 (year verified)

Original 1979 full studio album presentation

MusicAtlas editorial note: The full original album performance gives the bouncing rhythm and repeated vocal hook additional room.

YouTube opens a title-and-artist search. The selected recording and date are identified below.

Release evidence and recording details

First released: 1979 (year verified)

The original studio recording was released in 1979 and belongs to the original Sometimes You Win program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.

Recording: Original 1979 full studio album presentation
Credit: Dr. Hook
Role in this collection: Primary artist

Original album: Sometimes You Win
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.

Sometimes You Win - original licensed studio program
The licensed original album identifies its 1979 program and selected original Dr. Hook recordings. Earlier single context and individual metadata conflicts are scoped separately. Later live recordings and member solo performances are not selected. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Annual version match under review

The selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.

The full original album presentation is selected. The retrieved licensed program separately presents a shorter single edition, and the actual annual row does not specify which version it retains. The actual candidate remains provisional and is excluded from Beyond.

Sometimes You Win - original licensed studio program
The licensed original album identifies its 1979 program and selected original Dr. Hook recordings. Earlier single context and individual metadata conflicts are scoped separately. Later live recordings and member solo performances are not selected. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Dr. Hook original hits - named single and live versions
The licensed program explicitly distinguishes Sexy Eyes Single Version, a shorter A Little Bit More, and live Cover of the Rolling Stone and Sylvia's Mother. Used for presentation boundaries only; compilation or inherited package dates are not original release dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

Dr. Hook original recording anthology
The licensed retrospective preserves the original 1975 Only Sixteen field and distinguishes a named A Little Bit More single presentation. Some other fields inherit later or inconsistent dates and are not adopted. Original studio selections are cross-checked against their original programs. | Reviewed 2026-10-18

ARTIST BACKGROUND

About Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show

Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show developed from musicians associated with Chocolate Papers, including Ray Sawyer, George Cummings and Billy Francis, and the arrival of singer Dennis Locorriere in New Jersey. Their early records paired rough, conversational voices with comic and narrative songs. Later recordings under the shorter Dr. Hook name placed those voices in smoother pop arrangements. The historical group includes several changing roles and lineups; Sawyer's and Locorriere's subsequent solo performances are separate from its original studio catalog.

Artist background sources

Dr. Hook - label group biography
The label identifies Ray Sawyer, George Cummings, Billy Francis and Dennis Locorriere and the band's New Jersey development from Chocolate Papers connections. The historical group and later solo careers are distinct. Its 1971 debut claim is explicitly in conflict with another retrieved distributor narrative and is not used as a settled release date. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Dr. Hook - distributor historical catalog notes
The retrieved distributor notes identify the shortened Dr. Hook name after 1975, original Only Sixteen in 1975 and Cover of Rolling Stone in 1972. Its explicit 1972 debut statement conflicts with the other licensed sources; that discrepancy remains queued. Hit years are not substituted for earlier album releases. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Sloppy Seconds - original licensed studio program
The licensed original album identifies its 1972 program and selected original Dr. Hook recordings. Earlier single context and individual metadata conflicts are scoped separately. Later live recordings and member solo performances are not selected. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Pleasure & Pain - original licensed studio program
The original Pleasure & Pain album is dated 1978 and includes Sharing the Night Together and When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman. Their inherited 1977 track fields conflict with the independently reviewed licensed original-album items. The supported original 1978 year is used, before the later annual appearances. | Retrieved 2026-10-18

Profile reviewed: 2026-10-18. Artist background does not establish a song's creative origin or release date.

Continue listening

Recommended positions express one editorial listening sequence. They are not measured quality scores.

ALL 66 ANNUAL COLLECTIONS

1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.

All 66 years
Show every year by decade
MusicAtlas homeComplete year indexAll 50 artist quizzesReturn to top