If Not You
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
1976
Annual listening-list association, not an original-release-date field. Original release year reconciled with reviewed recording-specific Artist Essentials evidence in v3.6.
Release: 1976
Release: 1976Source checked
V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The original studio recording was released in 1976 and belongs to the original A Little Bit More program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.
A Little Bit More - original licensed studio program
The licensed original album identifies its 1976 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.
About Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Song-specific inspiration or recording background is not established for this entry. This sourced artist profile provides career context.
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.
Retained annual-list context
If Not You by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show is included for 1976 on the basis of the cited chart-associated source. This establishes the annual connection, not the circumstances in which the song was written. No reliable song-specific account of its inspiration was established in this review.
Annual-list context only; songwriting inspiration remains unestablished
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
Other appearances and versions
catalog version unspecified
Original release date and exact pressing/version are not independently established.
An annual chart year and an original release date are different. Similar titles may be covers or different masters; no audio fingerprint has been performed.
Sources and scope
Source-backed annual association (secondary source; not a complete discographic review)
Editorial artist-repertoire classification
Hot 100 weekly data mirror, 1976-12-25
Secondary source reviewed for title, artist and annual chart association only. Supplemental selection, not an official annual rank.
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