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( March 2014 ) `` The Cover of ' Rolling Stone ' '' Single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show from the album Sloppy Seconds B - side `` Queen of the Silver Dollar '' Released November 1972 Format 7 '' Genre Pop rock, soft rock, comedy Length 2 : 53 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Shel Silverstein Producer ( s ) Ron Haffkine Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show singles chronology `` Carry Me, Carrie '' ( 1972 ) `` The Cover of ' Rolling Stone ' '' ( 1972 ) `` Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie '' ( 1973 ) `` Carry Me, Carrie '' ( 1972 ) `` The Cover of ' Rolling Stone ' '' ( 1973 ) `` Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie '' ( 1973 ) `` The Cover of ' Rolling Stone ' '' is a song written by Shel Silverstein and first recorded by American rock group Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. Produced by Ron Haffkine and released in 1972, it was the band 's third single and peaked at number six on the U.S. pop chart for two weeks on March 17 -- 24, 1973. Contents 1 Song information 2 Cover versions 3 Further utilization 4 See also 5 References Song information From left to right : Dennis Locorriere, Billy Francis, and Ray Sawyer of Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show on the cover of Rolling Stone in caricature. The song satirizes success in the music business ; the song 's narrator laments that his band, despite having the superficial attributes of a successful rock star ( including drug usage, `` teenage groupies, who 'll do anything we say '' and a frenetic guitar solo ) has been unable to `` get their pictures / on the cover of the Rolling Stone ''. As the song was riding high on the charts, the magazine acquiesced to Dr. Hook 's request -- sort of. The March 29, 1973 cover of Rolling Stone did indeed feature the band, but in caricature, rather than in a photograph. Also, the group 's name was not used ; instead the caption read simply, `` What 's - Their - Names Make the Cover. '' BBC Radio refused to play the song, as it contained the name of a commercial publication ( Rolling Stone ) and could therefore be considered advertising. An urban legend states that the song was re-recorded by the band as `` The Cover of the Radio Times '', the weekly television and radio guide published by the BBC ; however, this is disputed by Dennis Locorriere, Dr. Hook 's co-lead singer. `` Legend has it that we went into a studio and rerecorded the song. What actually happened was that a bunch of BBC disc jockeys went into a studio and shouted ' RADIO TIMES ' over our original chorus, '' Locorriere said. `` It 's the same recording that we released but with the addition of their voices layered on top of ours. You can, however, still hear us singing ' Rolling Stone, ' but way in the background, under their voices. '' The new version was rush - released in the UK, but did not find its way onto the charts there. Cover versions The song has been covered by various artists, including R. Stevie Moore on his 1987 album Teenage Spectacular ; Poison on their 2000 album Crack a Smile... and More ! ; Sammy Kershaw on his 2010 album Better Than I Used to Be, with his version featuring Jamey Johnson ; Black Francis on the album Twistable, Turnable Man : A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein in 2010, and Jackyl on their 2012 studio album Best in Show. Additionally, Buck Owens and the Buckaroos adapted the song as `` On the Cover of the Music City News '' on the 1974 album It 's A Monster 's Holiday and the 1976 album Best of Buck Owens, Volume 6. German comedian Mike Krüger covered and translated the song with small lyrical changes for his 1978 album Stau mal wieder, changing the title to `` Auf der Hülle mit den Rolling Stones '' ( On the Cover with the Rolling Stones ), lyrics implying he would like to have his photograph as an album cover for the Rolling Stones. In 1987 Dutch band Bertus Staigerpaip released a parody : `` De veurplaat van d'n Donald Duck '' ( the cover of the Donald Duck - the latter having been a highly popular comics magazine in The Netherlands for many decades ). Phish played the song live in concert on February 14, 2003 after learning they would appear on the cover of the March 6, 2003 issue of the magazine. The song has also been covered with the changes to the lyrics and used as social satire and civil protest against alleged corporate malfeasance and landlord abuses as Ode to Dark Avalonbay. Further utilization The song was featured in the 2000 film Almost Famous. See also List of celebrities who have appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine References Jump up ^ Pop / Rock '' Soft Rock '' Soft Rock. `` Soft Rock Significant Albums, Artists and Songs ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 24. CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list ( link ) Jump up ^ Jerry Osborne. `` Mr. Music ''. Retrieved 2017 - 01 - 05. Shel Silverstein Books Uncle Shelby 's ABZ Book Lafcadio : The Lion Who Shot Back The Giving Tree Do n't Bump the Glump ! : and Other Fantasies The Missing Piece Runny Babbit Poem collections Where the Sidewalk Ends A Light in the Attic Falling Up Every Thing on It Albums Freakin ' at the Freakers Ball Inside Folk Songs Twistable Turnable Man Where the Sidewalk Ends A Light in the Attic Songs `` 25 Minutes to Go '' `` The Ballad of Lucy Jordan '' `` Big Four Poster Bed '' `` A Boy Named Sue '' `` The Cover of Rolling Stone '' `` Marie Laveau '' `` The Mermaid '' `` One 's on the Way '' `` Sylvia 's Mother '' `` The Unicorn '' `` Wrong Ideas '' Film soundtracks Ned Kelly ( 1970 ) Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me ? ( 1971 ) Screenplays Things Change ( 1988 ) Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Billy Francis Ray Sawyer George Cummings Bobby Dominguez Jimmy Allen Dennis Locorriere Popeye Phillips Joseph Oliver John David Rik Elswit Jance Garfat John Wolters Bob `` Willard '' Henke Rod Smarr Walter Hartman Studio albums Sloppy Seconds ( 1972 ) Pleasure and Pain ( 1978 ) Sometimes You Win ( 1979 ) Compilations Greatest Hits ( 1980 ) Singles `` Sylvia 's Mother '' `` The Cover of Rolling Stone '' `` The Ballad of Lucy Jordan '' `` Only Sixteen '' `` A Little Bit More '' `` Walk Right In '' `` Sharing the Night Together '' `` When You 're in Love with a Beautiful Woman '' `` Better Love Next Time '' `` Sexy Eyes '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Cover_of_Rolling_Stone&oldid=811122710 '' Categories : 1972 singles Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show songs Novelty songs Songs written by Shel Silverstein Rolling Stone 1972 songs Columbia Records singles Hidden categories : CS1 maint : Multiple names : authors list Articles needing additional references from March 2014 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia Nederlands Norsk Русский Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Edit links This page was last edited on 19 November 2017, at 17 : 36. 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Question: who sang on the cover of rolling stone
Answer: Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show