Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night was an American rock and roll band active from 1968 to 1975. Their hits included; "Joy to the World", "Easy To Be Hard" from the musical Hair, and "Black and White".

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American - Rock and roll - 1968 - 1975 - Joy to the World - Hair

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The band included three lead vocalists — Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells — and Michael Alsup on guitar, Floyd Sneed on drums, Joe Schermie (from the Cory Wells Blues Band) on bass, and Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards.

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Danny Hutton - Chuck Negron - Cory Wells - Michael Alsup - Guitar - Floyd Sneed - Drums - Joe Schermie - Cory Wells Blues Band - Bass - Jimmy Greenspoon - Keyboard

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The band was the protegé of Beach Boys producer, composer, vocalist, and instrumentalist Brian Wilson, and at the time went under the name Redwood. The band changed their name based on an article describing how Australian Aborigines slept with their dogs for warmth on cold nights, the coldest being a "three-dog night."

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Beach Boys - Brian Wilson - Australian Aborigine

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Three Dog Night collected no fewer than fourteen gold albums and recorded twenty-one Billboard Top 40 hits, nine of which went gold. Dunhill, their record company, claimed 40 million units sold by them.

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Billboard - Top 40 - Dunhill

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Their use of songs by Randy Newman ("Mama Told Me Not To Come", their sole British hit), Laura Nyro ("Eli's Coming"), Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World"), Elton John & Bernie Taupin ("Lady Samantha"), the late John Lennon and Paul McCartney ("It's For You"), and Harry Nilsson ("One") were the first major hits for songs by these singer/songwriters.

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Randy Newman - Laura Nyro - Hoyt Axton - Elton John - Bernie Taupin - John Lennon - Paul McCartney - Harry Nilsson

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Joe Schermie quit in 1973 and was replaced by Jack Ryland. The band then became an eight-piece with the induction of another keyboards player, Skip Konte. However, by this time, the band had stopped recording and broke up not long afterwards.

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1973 - Jack Ryland - Skip Konte

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