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Ray Sawyer

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American singer (1937-2018)

Person · Open Library

Born
1880
Died
1942
Works
3

Top works

  • Books are people
  • Some Oregon poems
  • We who honor books

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
United States
Active from
1937
Active to
2018

Discography

Member of

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
713
Total plays
2,725

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Ray Sawyer (Chickasaw, Alabama, 1 February 1937 - 28 December 2018) was an American singer best known as a singer with the 1970s rock band, Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. He released the solo singles "Rockin' Satellite" in 1960 and "I'm Gonna Leave" in 1962 for the Sandy label in Mobile, Alabama. Sawyer also cut a self-titled solo country album on Capitol in 1977, that was launched with the single "Daddy's Little Girl". With Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ray+Saw

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Chickasaw
Place of death
Daytona Beach
Occupation
musician
Instrument
voice
Official website
drhookraysawyer.com
Image
Ray Sawyer2 (Dr.Hook).jpg
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date of birth
1937-02-01
medical condition
one-eyed
date of death
2018-12-31
Commons category
Ray Sawyer
start of work period
1967-00-00
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