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Three Dog Night released One as the second single from their eponymous first album, with Chuck Negron performing the lead vocal. [8] It became their first of seven gold records over the next five years. The original issue of the single version fades out about ten seconds before the final notes heard on the album version.
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 and Chong movie 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 ...
The well-known cover version of this song by the rock band Three Dog Night appeared in 1973 on the Billboard Hot 100, on the top 40 from the beginning of June through the end of August, reaching No. 3 in both the pop singles and adult contemporary categories, [5] No. 1 on the Cashbox charts, [6] and an isolated week at No. 1 on WLS. [7]
Three Dog Night's version of the song reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969, [4] and was ranked number 33 on Billboard's Hot 100 songs of 1969. [ 5 ] A decade later, in 1979, the film version of Hair , directed by Miloš Forman was released, with "Easy to Be Hard" sung by Cheryl Barnes .
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 ...
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.
Three Dog Night (also known as One) is the debut album by American rock band Three Dog Night. The album was originally released by Dunhill Records on October 16, 1968. [1] The album is known for featuring the band's Top 5 hit single, their cover of Harry Nilsson's song "One". The album made the Top 20 on the albums charts in the United States ...
"Out in the Country" is a song written by Paul Williams and Roger Nichols and performed by Three Dog Night. It was produced by Richard Podolor, [1] and was featured on their 1970 album, It Ain't Easy. [2]