Fifty-four years ago today, The Rolling Stones started a two-week run at No. 1 with a controversial song from 'Sticky Fingers' ...

They gained a notable collaborator when Shel Silverstein started writing ... like “Sylvia’s Mother” and “Cover Of The Rolling Stone”. The latter song became prophetic, as the band ...

1973 - Shortly after having a hit with Shel Silverstein's "The Cover of the Rolling Stone," Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show were on the cover of Rolling Stone in caricature. 1975 - Labelle's "Lady ...

Silverstein was linked with country music and the outlaw movement, co-writing a series of songs with Kris Kristofferson, and penning more for everyone from Jerry Lee Lewis, Waylon Jennings, Judy ...

Shel Talmy, the producer behind hits including ... a representative confirmed to Rolling Stone. He was 87. Born in Chicago in 1937, Talmy first started working in the music industry in the late ...

Silverstein then wrote their entire ... In 1972 Sawyer took the lead vocal on “The Cover of Rolling Stone”, a No 6 hit in the US which followed The Byrds’ “So You Want To Be a Rock ...

The Chicago-born poet, author, and songwriter Shel Silverstein has influenced millions and yet he may not quite be a household name. The creator of the iconic children’s book The Giving Tree ...

“Joni Mitchell sang ‘Both Sides Now,’ Graham Nash sang ‘Marrakesh Express,’ Shel Silverstein sang ‘A Boy Named Sue,’ Bob Dylan sang ‘Lay Lady Lay,’ and Kristofferson sang ...

That same year, another career-changing event occurred. Songwriter Shel Silverstein (“A Boy Named Sue,” “The Cover of ‘Rolling Stone'”) attended a Dailey show and suggested they do some songwriting ...

Tokyo, Japan, 1954: Artist Shel Silverstein checks a pre-press plate before it is printed, along with Pacific Stars and Stripes staff at the Hardy Barracks building. Silverstein worked for Pacific ...

The “Vanderpump Rules” star recreated Christina Aguilera’s iconic 2002 Rolling Stone cover for designer Michael Ngo’s new “Anima Reloaded” fashion campaign, posing shirtless for a faux ...