<Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Last Morning" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Sylvia's Mother" (1972) </Td> <Td> "Carry Me, Carrie" (1972) </Td> </Tr> </Table> </Td> </Tr> <Table> <Tr> <Td> "Last Morning" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Sylvia's Mother" (1972) </Td> <Td> "Carry Me, Carrie" (1972) </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> "Last Morning" (1971) </Td> <Td> "Sylvia's Mother" (1972) </Td> <Td> "Carry Me, Carrie" (1972) </Td> </Tr> <P> "Sylvia's Mother" was a 1972 single by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and the group's first hit song . It was written by Shel Silverstein, produced by Ron Haffkine and was highly successful in the United States, reaching #5 on the Billboard singles chart (tied with "Sexy Eyes" from the album Sometimes You Win for the band's best performing song), as well as #1 in Ireland and #2 in the United Kingdom . It also spent 3 weeks at #1 on the Australian music charts, making it the 15th ranked single in Australia for 1972 . It appeared on the group's first album, Dr. Hook . </P>

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