Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem Pepper! The hippest of the hip! I mean I have a room for life at the home of the chronically groovy!". His name and pink color are both homages to classic rock acts – he is a Pink Floyd, named after "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", the album by The Beatles. He appears backstage more often than the other band members. Although Dr. Teeth is the leader, Floyd is the one who sings lead most often. Some of the songs he sang on "The Muppet Show" include: "New York State of Mind", "Ain't Misbehavin'", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show and Cummings played and sang a few songs, Francis hopped up and danced on the mogul's desk. This meeting secured the band their first record deal. Subsequently, the band went on to international success over the next twelve years, with Haffkine as the group's manager, as well as producer of all the Dr. Hook recordings. Silverstein and Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show became a great combination. Haffkine, having a knack for picking songs, quickly became Dr. Hook’s #1 A&R man, as well as their producer and manager. Silverstein wrote all the songs for their self-titled debut album, released in