In early 70s they were one of the biggest rock bands in the world. Some call them the first stadium rock band…they sold more records than anyone for a few years with 21 top 40 hits in a row and 11 top 10s…and most people don’t realize.. they were all cover songs! I’m talking about Three Dog Night! With 11 top ten cover songs, you could say they are the greatest cover band ever. But the thing is, their arrangements and vocals were so spectacular, it felt like they were their songs and many have never known the difference. Chuck Negron, Danny Hutton and the late Cory Wells were giants of the 70s. With hits like Joy to the World, Shambala, Black and White, Never Been To Spain, Easy to Be Hard, Eli’s Coming, Old Fashioned Love Song, Mama Told Me Not To Come and today’s classic ONE originally written and recorded by Harry Nilsson. These guys had a knack for breaking unknown songwriters. Several of whom would become industry giants. Like Randy Newman, Paul Williams, and Hoyt Axton...Truly one of the most successful groups of the 60s and 70s,. For this episode, we’re once again enlisting the help of two of their lead singers (two out of three) to tell the story Chuck Negron and Dany Hutton of what just may be the loneliest song ever written. Get the story straight from these icons themselves… NEXT on the Professor of Rock.
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So it’s time for another edition of our series Revelations, where featured artists go deep on their greatest songs, giving us inside information and little-known stories about their biggest hits. From a song’s origins to legacy, you’ll get rare insights that only the artists themselves can give. For today’s episode, we’ve got another good one. From their 1969 self-titled debut album, it’s the loneliest number that you’ll ever do… the one and only ‘One’ by Three Dog Night. And we’ve got lead singers Chuck Negron and Danny Hutton to tell the tale. So let’s get into it.
A hugely successful American harmony rock band, Three Dog Night was formed in 1968 in Los Angeles by Danny Hutton… Danny was a singer-songwriter and vocalist who had already achieved minor success with the song ‘Roses and Rainbows’ in 1965. For Three Dog Night Hutton recruited musicians from diverse backgrounds, including co-lead vocalists Cory Wells and Chuck Negron. A backup band was also assembled out of various musicians in the Los Angeles area: Mike Allsup on guitar, Joe Schermie on bass, Jim Greenspoon on organ, and Floyd Sneed on drums.
Three Dog Night would stick together as a stable unit for about five years… and in the process became one of the biggest bands in the world for the last part of the 60s and into the early 70s. The guys earned early success on the West Coast club circuit.
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