Dr. Talk by Jerry Springer

  I can bet you any amount of money right now that you probably don't know that talk show host Jerry Springer had an album. In fact this album is pretty much forgotten and unknown today. In 1995 Jerry Springer released a country album titled Dr. Talk on CD from a record label called Fiddle Fish Music. Dr. Talk is technically an EP since it is about 23 minutes in length and has 8 tracks.
  Now only one song on Dr. Talk is not a cover, that song is Dr. Talk which was cowritten by Jerry Springer. This song talks about your life being so miserable or unusual that you might be a talk show guest. The song is hilarious. It has the Weird Al Yankovic vibe to it. Jerry Springer would actually play this song on his show when he had hick guests on his show. As a matter of fact, Jerry Springer has a passion for country music so this is why the album is a country album.

  The rest of the seven tracks are covers of other songs. Many of the cover songs feature other artists that I honestly never heard of before. Pretty much they are unknown artists on my behalf. Dr. Talk's tracklisting is as follows.

1. Dr. Talk
2. Let It Be Me
3. Cold, Cold Heart
4. Mr. Tambourine Man
5. Changing Partners
6. You Lay So Easy On My Mind
7. Talk Back Trembling Lips
8. Please Help Me, I'm Falling

  Now the covers are pretty well done. Jerry Springer seems to have given a lot of effort into them. One cover that is one of the best on Dr. Talk is Mr. Tambourine Man. Jerry Springer's version is much better than the original version. The other cover's I am not too familiar with. The songs are pretty amazing.
  I would have loved to see Jerry Springer do more country albums but this seems to fall into the obscure one album category that Macho Man Randy Savage and John Cena fall under. Dr. Talk is so rare that it is not currently available online to download on iTunes. I was lucky enough to buy a brand new copy of Dr. Talk from Amazon for $8. Dr. Talk is only available on CD or cassette.
  Overall I give Dr. Talk a 8 out of 10 stars. I think the CD could have had many more covers on it. Being at 23 some minutes it's kinda short for a cover album. I think the Unknown singers who are featured on the album are there because I believe that a lot of country singers didn't want to work with Jerry Springer due to the controversy of his show. If you see this album at a record store, pick it up. You won't regret it.