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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 ...
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'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 .
I remember seeing this performed during a Fourth of July concert, by a gospel singer (can't remember who) who changed the opening line to "Jeremiah was a prophet" and proceeded to sing about the prophet Jeremiah in the Bible. Has this version of the song been recorded or performed elsewhere? Stonemason89 15:21, 24 March 2010 (UTC)
"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]
"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 ...
"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.
The album is a compilation of hits from Three Dog Night's first four studio albums, including all nine single A-sides issued by the band to date. The album was released concurrently with the band's tenth single (not included on Golden Bisquits ), " Joy to the World ", from their previous album Naturally (1970).