What is Three Dog Night's most famous song?

The iconic Three Dog Night song “Joy To the World,” stands easily as the band's most popular recording.
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How many #1 hits Did Three Dog Night have?

The band had 21 Billboard 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 Paul Williams ("An Old Fashioned Love Song") and Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World").
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What was three dog nights first hit?

In 1970, Three Dog Night scored its first #1 with its gold rendition of Newman's “Mama Told Me (Not To Come).” “Out In The Country,” co-written by Williams, peaked at #15.
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What songs did Three Dog Night have?

Three Dog Night Song list
  • An Old Fashioned Love Song (1971)
  • Black and White (1972)
  • Eli's Coming (1969)
  • Good Feeling (1957) (1970)
  • Joy To The World (1970)
  • Mama Told Me (Not to Come) (1970)
  • One (1969)
  • Shambala (1973)
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Did Three Dog Night write any of their hit songs?

Individually and as a group, their musicality is beyond measure. But perhaps something that not everyone knows is the fact that Three Dog Night were also instrumental in introducing songwriters to mainstream audiences. For the record, the band did write some of their tracks but most of them ended up as deep cuts.
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Who was the best singer in Three Dog Night?

Negron, 76, was the top dog – lead singer – in Three Dog Night and he showed Monday in Savannah Center he can still howl with the best of 'em.
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Why is 3 Dog night not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

21 consecutive Top 40 hits are sure to impress, but a relatively short period of popularity and the fact they didn't write their hit songs may be reasons Three Dog Night gets the Hall snub.
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How many members of 3 Dog night are still alive?

The founding members and lead vocalists of Three Dog Night were Danny Hutton, Cory Wells and Chuck Negron, and actually two out of the three, Hutton and Negron are both still alive; however, only one is still in the band.
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What is the meaning of 3 Dog night?

Some say it originated in the Australian Outback. Others point to Alaska or Siberia as the source. No matter where it came from, the expression “three-dog-night” means a night so bitterly cold you'd need three dogs in bed with you to keep you warm.
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Why is the band called Three Dog Night?

The band's now-famous name refers to native Australian hunters in the outback who huddled with their dogs for warmth on cold nights; the coldest being a “three dog night”.
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Who wrote 3 Dog Night hits?

They`re not always given credit for it, but Three Dog Night`s Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells did as much to make other people famous as themselves.
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Who sang Jeremiah was a bullfrog first?

The song is also popularly known by its opening lyric, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog". Three Dog Night originally released the song on their fourth studio album, Naturally, in November 1970, and subsequently released an edited version of the song as a single in February 1971.
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What temperature is a 3 dog night?

old-fashioned A bitterly cold night (i.e., so cold that one would need their dogs in bed with them to stay warm). Temperatures fell well below freezing, a true three-dog night.
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What songs did Cory Wells sing lead on?

Wells sang lead on “Eli's Coming,” but he may be best remembered for “Mama Told Me (Not to Come),” a comic story-song by Randy Newman whose lyrics, narrated by an innocent at a wild party — “The radio is blastin', someone's knockin' on the door/I'm lookin' at my girlfriend, she's passed out on the floor/I seen so many ...
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What was Cory Wells real name?

Wells was born Emil Lewandowski in Buffalo, New York. His father died when he was a small child and his unmarried mother gave him her surname, though he later contracted his father's surname, Wellsley, to Wells.
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Does Three Dog Night still sound good?

With about 60 dates left for 2021, Hutton is grateful that people are still enjoying the music of Three Dog Night and coming out to the shows. “I don't think there are a lot of groups that do what we do,” he said. “Most groups get into one lane of music and that's their deal.
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How did Cory Wells Three Dog Night died?

Wells died in his sleep on October 20, 2015, at Brooks Memorial Hospital in Dunkirk, New York at the age of 74. His family later confirmed he was fighting multiple myeloma, a form of blood cancer. His survivors include his wife, daughters, five grandchildren, and siblings.
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Is Johnny Rivers in the Hall of Fame?

His name has been suggested many times for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, but he has never been selected.
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What does the road to Shambala mean?

The lyrics refer to a situation where kindness and cooperation are universal, joy and good fortune abound, and psychological burdens are lifted. The phrases "in the halls of Shambala" and "on the road to Shambala" tie for number of occurrences in the lyrics.
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Is Michael Allsup still with Three Dog Night?

Today, he currently tours with Three Dog Night, being the only other original member currently in the band's lineup along with Danny Hutton.
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