"Doctor My Eyes" is a 1972

1972 in music

-Events:*January 17 – Highway 51 South in Memphis, Tennessee is renamed "Elvis Presley Boulevard"*January 20 – The début of Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon at The Dome, Brighton, is halted by technical difficulties,...

 song written and performed by Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne is an American singer-songwriter and musician who has sold over 17 million albums in the United States alone....

 and included on his debut album Jackson Browne

Jackson Browne (album)

Jackson Browne is the self-titled debut album of singer Jackson Browne released in 1972. It peaked on the Billboard 200 chart at number 53. Two singles were released with "Doctor My Eyes" peaking at number 8 on the Pop Singles chart and "Rock Me on the Water" reaching number 48.-History:Browne had...

. Featuring a combination of an upbeat piano

Piano

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 riff coupled, somewhat ironically, with lyric about feeling world-weary, the song was a surprise hit, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

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 in spring 1972. Browne would not see the Top 10 again until 1982's soundtrack hit "Somebody's Baby

Somebody's Baby

"Somebody's Baby" is a 1982 song written and recorded by Jackson Browne for the 1982 Fast Times at Ridgemont High movie soundtrack. Reaching #7 on 1982's Billboard Hot 100, the track would be Browne's last top ten song as well as the highest-charting single of his career...

". "Doctor My Eyes" became a concert mainstay for Browne, and was included on both his later compilation albums.

Jesse Ed Davis

Jesse Ed Davis

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 played the guitar fills and solo, while David Crosby

David Crosby

David Van Cortlandt Crosby is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. In addition to his solo career, he was a founding member of three bands: The Byrds, Crosby, Stills & Nash , and CPR...

 sang backing vocals.

Other versions

• The Jackson 5
  The Jackson 5
  The Jackson 5 , later known as The Jacksons, were an American popular music family group from Gary, Indiana...
  
   recorded "Doctor My Eyes" on their 1972 Lookin' Through the Windows
  Lookin' Through the Windows
  Lookin' Through the Windows was the fifth studio album released by The Jackson 5 on the Motown label in May 1972. The album would go on to sell 3.5 million copies worldwide.-Production:...
  
  album, and the song was released as a single in Europe, where it became a Top 10 hit for them.
• Paula Cole
  Paula Cole
  Paula Cole is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.-Early life:...
  
   also did a cover of the song for the soundtrack of the 2004 film Eulogy
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  -Plot:The film opens with Kate Collins walking up to a house. She knocks and a woman answers the door. Kate explains that although she doesn't know her she has a long story to explain....
  
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• Ben Folds
  Ben Folds
  Benjamin Scott "Ben" Folds is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and television personality. From 1995-2000, Folds was the frontman and pianist of the alternative rock band Ben Folds Five. Since the group disbanded, Folds has performed as a solo artist and has toured all over the world...
  
   recorded the song for the soundtrack of the 2002 film The Banger Sisters
  The Banger Sisters
  The Banger Sisters is a 2002 American comedy film produced by Fox Searchlight Pictures about the reunion of two middle-aged women who used to be friends and groupies when they were young. The movie starred Goldie Hawn, Susan Sarandon and Geoffrey Rush...
  
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• Wilson Phillips
  Wilson Phillips
  -Studio albums:-Compilation albums:-Singles:-Other charted songs:-Awards and nominations:...
  
   covered the song on their 2004 album California
  California (Wilson Phillips album)
  California is the third studio album and the first cover album by American female group Wilson Phillips. The group reunited in 2003 to record it. It is their first studio album in twelve years...
  
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• Drummer Russ Kunkel and the group Chateau Beach covered the song from their 2008 album Rivage.
• Sheryl Crow
  Sheryl Crow
  Sheryl Suzanne Crow is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, musician, and actress. Her music incorporates elements of rock, folk, hip hop, country and pop...
  
   did a cover for her 2008 album Detours
  Detours
  Detours has been praised by music critics and her fans, scoring a 75 on the website Metacritic. Many deem this album as marking Crow's return to prominence, linking the tracks to her original sound as heard on The Globe Sessions.-Track listing:...
  
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• Cory Morrow
  Cory Morrow
  Cory Morrow is a Texas Country singer/songwriter who has gained popularity throughout the Southwest. Morrow started playing guitar at Memorial High School in Houston. He continued to develop as a musician while attending Texas Tech University, where he was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity...
  
  for the 2010 album "Brand new me".