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Three Dog Night
American rock band
Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1967, founded by vocalists Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie, Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums).
The band had 21 Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits between 1969 and 1975, with three hitting number one. Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, and they helped to introduce mainstream audiences to writers such as Harry Nilsson ("One"), Randy Newman, Paul Williams, Laura Nyro and Hoyt Axton.
members: Danny Hutton, Jimmy Greenspoon, Michael Allsup, Cory Wells
formed in: Los Angeles
labels: Dunhill, Columbia Records, Epic Records
genres: rock music
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Name origin
The commentary included in the CD set Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975 states that vocalist Danny Hutton's girlfriend, actress June Fairchild (best known as the "Ajax Lady" from the Cheech & Chong 1978 film Up in Smoke) suggested the name after reading a magazine article about Aboriginal Australians, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep while embracing a dingo, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night was freezing cold, it was a "three dog night".
The three vocalists, Hutton (who got his start with Hanna-Barbera Records in 1964), Negron, and Wells (who landed a recording contract with Dunhill Records) first came together in 1967. They initially went by the name Redwood and made some recordings with Brian Wilson while the Beach Boys were working on the album Wild Honey.
American pop band inducted into The Vocal Group Hall Of Fame in 2000. Between 1969 and 1975, the band registered 21 Billboard Top 40 hits, including three reaching number one. The name of the band refers to an Australian saying, which is used to indicate how cold it is at night (when it's very cold, you need three dogs to lay on the bed you're in to keep you warm).
Also known as: 3 Dog Night, 3-Dog Night, 3DN, Night, The Group
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Liner notes
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Three Dog Night
1968 album
Suitable for Framing
1969 album
Naturally
1970 album
It Ain’t Easy
1970 album
Harmony
1971 album
wanted
Seven Separate Fools
1972 album
Cyan
1973 album
wanted
Black and White
1973 ep
Hard Labor
1974 album
Coming Down Your Way
1975 album
American Pastime
1976 album
It’s a Jungle
1983 ep
Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra
2002 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
"An Old Fashioned Love Song" is a 1971 song written by Paul Williams and performed by the American rock band Three Dog Night. Chuck Negron performed the lead vocal on this track.
Taken as the first single from their fifth studio album, Harmony (1971), the song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in December 1971, becoming the band's seventh top-ten hit. It was Three Dog Night's first record to top the U.S. easy listening chart.
"Shambala" is a song written by Daniel Moore and made famous by two near-simultaneous releases in 1973: the better-known but slightly later recording by Three Dog Night, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, and a version by B. W.
Stevenson. Its title derives from a mythical place-name also spelled Shamballa or Shambhala.
Lyrics
The song's actual lyrics are about the mythical kingdom of Shambhala, which was said to be hidden somewhere within or beyond the peaks of the Himalayas and was mentioned in various ancient texts, including the Kalachakra Tantra and ancient texts of Tibetan Buddhism. The original location was a mystic temple in Peru, specifically, the temple of the White Lodge, according to Alice Bailey's A Treatise on White Magic (1934), cited by Moore.
