Original vs Remake #32 (Marie Laveau)

Marie Laveau

Shel Silverstein and Baxter Taylor

Original recording from Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show's 1971 album "Doctor Hook".



Remake by Bobby Bare in 1974.  Reached #1 on the Hot Country chart for 1 week in 1974 and spent 18 weeks on the chart.  This was Bobby Bare's only #1 country single.

Cover of the Rolling Stone

Today in 1973 Dr Hook and The Medicine Show got their wish and appeared on the March 29th issue of Rolling Stone magazine.