The Weight Muppet characters including Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, and Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem, and ended with Fallon walking out of the "Late Night" studio, down the hall, and into the new studio of "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon". After Levon Helm's death, Graham Nash and Shane Fontayne wrote a song in tribute to him, entitled "Back Home." The refrain from "The Weight" ("take a load off Fannie, ...") is included as a coda. The song has since become a staple of Nash's public performances, including those of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. Rickie Lee Jones recorded "The Weight"
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show Shel Silverstein. The band had eight years of regular chart hits, in both the United States, where their music was played on top-40, easy listening, and country music outlets, and throughout the English-speaking world including the UK, Canada and South Africa. Their music spanned several genres, mostly novelty songs and acoustic ballads in their early years; their greatest success came with their later material, mostly consisting of disco-influenced soft rock, which the band recorded under the shortened name "Dr. Hook". Dr Hook recently announced that they will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary with the Dr. Hook 50th Anniversary World Tour