| LC control no. | n 92087054 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Sawyer, Ray |
| Birth date | 1937-02-01 |
| Death date | 2018-12-31 |
| Place of birth | Chickasaw (Ala.) |
| Place of death | Daytona Beach (Fla.) |
| Field of activity | Country rock music |
| Affiliation | Dr. Hook (Musical group) Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show (Musical group) |
| Profession or occupation | Singers Rock musicians |
| Found in | His Ray Sawyer [SR] p1977: label (Ray Sawyer) New York times WWW site, viewed Jan. 3, 2019 (in obituary published Jan. 2: Ray Sawyer; b. Feb. 1, 1937, Chickasaw, Ala.; d. Monday [Dec. 31, 2018], Daytona, Fla., aged 81; cut a distinctive figure as a member of the band Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show thanks to his flamboyant style and attention-drawing eye patch; sang lead on one of the group's best-known songs, The cover of Rolling stone; Sawyer and the band rose to prominence in the early 1970s with a country-rock sound that later became more lush and occasionally even displayed a disco influence) |
| Associated language | eng |
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