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Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, founded by vocalists Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums).
The song's composer Dave Loggins had recorded "Pieces of April" for his 1972 debut album Personal Belongings from which it was single-released in January 1973. That was the same month the Three Dog Night version reached the Top 20, with Loggins' single release evidently being an attempt to generate a C&W hit.
On colder nights, they would sleep with two dogs; and if the night was freezing, it was called a "three-dog night". [6] Musician Van Dyke Parks has disputed this claim, however, and says he, not Fairchild, came up with the name from the magazine. The band's first Top Ten hit was "One" in 1969. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" reached #1 a year later.
"An Old Fashioned Love Song" is a 1971 song written by Paul Williams and performed by the American pop-rock band Three Dog Night. Chuck Negron performed the lead vocal on this track. Taken as the first single from their 1971 album, Harmony , the song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1971, becoming the band's seventh ...
A member of Three Dog Night said that the original lyrics to the song were "Jeremiah was a prophet" but no one liked it. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] When Hoyt Axton performed the song to the group, two of the three main vocalists – Danny Hutton and Cory Wells – rejected the song, but Chuck Negron felt that the band needed a "silly song" to help bring the ...
Three Dog Night. While the expectation of seeing Three Dog Night was a baby boomerfest, the band's set at Summerfest's Uline Warehouse Thursday night was not. Every age was represented in the ...
In the years 1969 through 1974, no other group has achieved more top 10 hits, moved more records, or sold more concert tickets than Three Dog Night, according to press materials.
In 1967, singer Danny Hutton invited Negron to join him and Cory Wells to found the band Three Dog Night.The group became one of the most successful bands of the late 1960s and early 1970s, selling approximately 60 million records and earning gold records for singles that featured Negron as lead singer, including "One," "Easy To Be Hard," "Joy to the World," "Old Fashioned Love Song" and "The ...