One - Three Dog Night | Andy & Alex FIRST TIME REACTION! 

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Harry Nilsson got the idea while getting a busy signal on a call. The piano beat mirrors the old busy signals on landline phones.

Lead vocals by the incomparable Chuck Negron. 💙

These cats were a blast to see live. . . might I recommend "Old Fashioned Love Song" . . . LIVE . . .

So many good times listening to Three Dog Night over the years. Deep, serious or just fun, they could do it all.

The RU-vid Clip of Three Dog Night doing Eli's Coming 1975 is an awesome live performance. They start by showing off their vocals. You can see just how good they were.

Before the sixties, bands and singers didn't usually write and perform their own songs. There were songwriters, and there were performing artists. The success of The Beatles (and others, such as Bob Dylan) changed all that. Three Dog Night wasn't a "cover band", they were just a holdover that was still following the old ways. During this time you also saw songwriters pivoting into singer/songwriter careers (think Carole King, Randy Newman, Harry Nillson, Neil Diamond) in order to stay relevant-not to mention employed.

You may give their cover of Argent's "Liar"a listen. Danny Hutton sang the lead. He recorded his vocals in a bathroom to give it a haunting echo. Great Russ Ballard composition.

That guitar riff is so bad ass. Builds up that tension and anticipation.

Really hard to imagine a world were somebody hasn't heard this song before. Its one of those songs that I feel like I was born into this world knowing.

Three Dog and Joe Cocker and other *interpreters* of songs aren’t just copying something, they’re making something new. Nilsson’s version is a different interpretation - more fragile and intimate but still great. You should definitely listen to it.

Floyd Sneed was a talented drummer. He was born in my home city, his sister was married to Tommy Chong and he was in Tommy's band before TDN. Passed away earlier this year - RIP Floyd.

Three Dog Night was the greatest cover band in the history of the modern R&B/R&R era. I had the great pleasure of seeing them three times in the early 70's and they always had the crowd enthused and rockin'. Great times, the greatest of days.

Eli’s Coming and Liar are also great songs.

"Shambala" is my absolute fave Three Dog Night ever! Fun fact: I use this song to get rid of earworm songs and it has worked on others as well!

Three Dog Night ( with Chuck Berry opening) was my first concert in junior high! AMAZING BAND! 😉❤️

Out In The Country and Pieces of April are my two favorite Three Dog Night songs

"Never Been To Spain" is a great one, and like "Joy To the World", was written by Hoyt Axton.

Three Dog Night is a shamefully underrated and often overlooked group. "Shambla" and "Family Of Man" are their best song, along with "Pieces Of April", "Celebrate","Out In The Country", "An Old Fashioned Love Song", "Black & White", "The Show Must Go On", "Easy To Be Hard", "Never Been To Spain", "-HEAVEN is In Your Mind"".

They started as a cover band, but they had so many huge hits early on that people started writing songs especially for them.

And people ask me why I listen to oldies all the time 😊

Three dog night never recorded a bad song .... everything they did is quality.

Singer/songwriter Aimee Mann does an excellent version of this song originally for the 1999 film "Magnolia" In fact, the whole film "Magnolia" is peppered with incredible Aimee Mann songs. Discover Aimee Mann, Andy & Alex!

"NO is the saddest experience you'll ever KNOW. YES its the saddest experience you'll ever KNOW" Such a great play on words! Great writing!

When he goes into the falsetto on "one", that's just one of the great moments in vocal performance history...Was there a longer album version of this?

You called it! Brilliant observation! They took well-written songs and transformed them into masterpieces and monster hits!

A&A, You'll love their "Black And White" and "An Old Fashioned Love Song" !!!

I know a guy who's pretty much just a Metalhead, but he will tell you this is his favorite song of all time. Some songs are so great they transcend genre

Three Dog Night are such a staple for 70's music. Love "Never Been to Spain", "Cowboy", "Out in the Country" "Good Time Living" "Woman" and Elton John's "Your Song".

You guys should really give Blood, Sweat & Tears another chance, although "Spinning Wheel" was a hit in the day, they have a long list of soooo much better material. In fact, I'd recommend you do an album review of their self titled 1968 album. It won the 1969 Grammy Album of the year, beating out the Beatles "Abbey Road". The arrangements, switch ups, fusion of styles, and musicianship were way ahead of their time.

Chuck Negron has an amazing voice, one of my favorite of their songs

This “One” is one of their greatest..🎶

The Three Dog Night version of Try a Little Tenderness is my favorite. It reminds me of almost every Teen Town back in the 70s. I saw Three Dog Night in concert years ago and they did not disappoint! I still knew every word to their songs.

Three Dog Night was my first favorite band. They can do soft(Pieces of April, Easy to be Hard), hard (Liar, Eli’s Coming,Fire Eater), whimsical (Joy to the World, Black & White) or just plain good (One, Celebrate, Shambala, and many more)!

You should do Mama Told Me Not To Come. They were famous for their harmonies. Put some bourbon in that tea.

Three Dog Night, Blood, Sweat and Tears, and Creedence Clearwater Revival are three of my favorite bands.

While TDN covered other artists' songs, they always fought against ever being labeled a "cover band", because unlike other "cover/tribute bands", who try to faithfully recreate the original sound and thus stay in the past (which isn't a bad thing if that's what you'rel ooking for), TDN *always* made their own arrangements, putting their own unique spin on songs--and thereby took songs that may not have charted well in their original release and turned them into monster hits.

According to Chuck Negron, who took the lead vocal on this song, had a broken nose at the time of the song was recorded and it totally changed the tonal character of his voice on that performance.

Three incredible vocalists in front of a tremendously tight band! Peace

My first concert. I love telling people that

Such a great backing band also, so tight on every song. Freakin groovy.

-Out in The Country- might be my Favorite Three Dog Night song

One Man Band is their best rocker if you can call it that. One is great and Chuck Negron’s voice as usual is incredible!!!

These guys used to play so many festivals back in the day, and this song and Eli's Coming were always the highlights for me. What a shame that Chuck had a huge drug problem that got him kicked out of the band, and even bigger shame they never took him back when he got clean.

I have most of their vinyl LP albums. Great vocal group! I can not believe they are not in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame !! Many hits in he 1970s !Check out Chuck Negrons solo concerts here in the Tube .He is healthier than ever after a lifetime of drug and alcohol abuse. He sings lead on this song. Peace.

So glad to see someone react to this great '70's band! Thank you!

I had the pleasure of seeing them on a Mississippi riverboat in New Orleans in 1984. Great show.

The Nilsson version is much mellower and jazzy. So much so, there is a flute solo instead of guitar riffs. You are right, 3DN is great an unlocking the potential of a song and turning it up to 11.

Great song from a tremendous group... Easy To Be Hard and Pieces of April are my favorites.

Great description of what 3 Dog Night does, Alex …“ transforming the song.”

The show must go on is another killer song from these guys

Lyrically a gem....!! metaphorically truthful

Heard this song when first released. Thank you for keeping great music alive and well.

Three Dog NIght's vocals are impeccable, but never more so than on "It's For You." It will blow you away.

Such a great riff!

Omg.....flashback time guys! Three Dog Night played at a day long music festival I went to - Beggar's Banquet, Toronto 1971 - along with Yes, Black Sabbath, Humble Pie, Joe Cocker, The Guess Who and others I can't remember. I couldn't recall how much I paid for my ticket, but just did some research - it was $4.00. Unbelievable for such amazing bands. Thanks for bringing back those memories A&A!

I never thought of Three Dog Night as a cover band… 🤔🤔🤔

Three Dog Night could be called a "cover band", of course, but they're a cover band that made a lot of songwriters a ton of money!

Take three super-talented singers with voices that blend seamlessly together, add in a jam band that could master (and draw inspiration from) any musical genre, and you get the magical mastery of Three Dog Night.

Funny story. My now 30 yr old son loves them- begged to go see them when he was about 7 . We went. He’s slumped back in his seat, just watching the first few songs- they hit the first notes of this and he bolts up in his seat. He turned to me and my rarely serious kids says, “THIS is why I came.”

Saw them twice 20 years apart. Awesome.

The beginning of JUST AN OLD FASHIONED LOVE SONG used to scare me as a child, the organ was so ominous. One of my favorites. At one time they out sold the BEATLES.

I heard these guys live in Nov of '68 at a pop festival in Miami. They had such spot-on harmonies - they blew me away. Such a great show.

Another great lead vocal by Chuck Negron. They had a great band too. TDN and CCR were my sisters favorite bands after the Beatles breakup. Helped us through that period. Please do ‘Out in the Country’

Phonetic associations and puns, love it, been there. "Eli's Coming" Soundstage 1975 is my favorite. Speaking of Nilsson, "Me and My Arrow" from the animated movie "The Point" 1971.

My daughter sang this song at a high school talent show quite some time ago, so it has a special meaning to me.

As much as I love Harry Nillson too, Three Dog Night took "One" to another level. On the other hand, Harry took "Without You" from Badfinger to the same level.

Is it just me or when you hear songs and bands like this you feel like being in room and jamming with them.

One of my favorite childhood songs ever. And now as an older musician, I'm so impressed.

Three Dog Night was the first concert event I ever went to in 1972 at the old Sombrero, Tampa Stadium. I was only 13 and was blown away from the 2 bands that played before TDN, Buddy Miles Band (fresh off Hendrix) and Humble Pie (promoting Smokin'). I never listened to TDN again after that. Long live rock!

I remember in the mid-1970s in high school sitting in my car at the Sonic listening to this on their outdoor speakers. The guys and the girls loved Three Dog Night. 😉

These vocals, so much soul! The band's cover of "Try a Little Tenderness ", "Pieces of April", "Never Been to Spain". Love all of them, this song was huge, great memories!

Great song. Famously covered by Bob, Will and Carlton's cellmate in Fresh Prince

Nilsson wrote,this song. Three Dog Night made it a huge hit. Saw them in the 70's. They were fantastic. ❤❤

Out in the Country is a Great song!!!!

Fun facts: Three Dog Night took their name because Australian hunters in the outbacks huddled with their dogs on cold nights. Three Dog Night was the best selling and most successful music act in the world on The Billboard charts from 1969-1974

Thank you so much for solving my Bar Mitva gift dilemma. Of course, every 13 yr-old Jewish boy craves the gift of tea for his Bar Mitzvah! I was going to give the kid $200, but thanks for the tea tip Alex. A gift he'll remember for life!

"One" was written by Harry Nilsson. He wrote the song after calling someone and getting a busy signal. He stayed on the line listening to the "beep, beep, beep, beep..." tone, writing the song.

Andy! That's a Nilsson tune! I know you're a fan! Thanks for the great reaction!

Three Dog, Beach Boys, Beatles, Who, Stones, ZZ and Loggins & Messina - y'all gotta hit some L&M!

Love a bonus reaction day! I grew up with Three Dog Night on the radio all the time, to the point where I do take them for granted, this song in particular. It's great seeing A&A listen with fresh ears and appreciating the music!

FYI: For my money, I’d contend that the signature version of this song comes courtesy of Aimee Mann who recorded an incredible (and notably Beatle-esque) version of ‘One’ for the movie Magnolia.

I was in junior high school and working part-time in Rudy's Record Store when this record came out. It knocked my socks off. It has remained one of my very favorite recordings of all time.

Three Dog Night was the first concert that I went to in 1972. What a show. Lots of Hits. One of my favorites is Heavy Church.

“Eli’s Coming”, live in the 70s is a fun watch.

I listened to this in high school, but today I had headphones on. What a difference! The separation was amazing!

I was 12 and had no idea we were growing up in such an amazing time for music. All I knew was the radio and the 69 cent 45's at the record shop churned out new stuff week by week that was mesmerizing. I mowed lawns and turned in pop bottles at 2 cents each to buy them. I probably still have several hundred 45's in a case in the basement

The harmonies are just incredible

This is quite possibly the greatest cover band of all time. Definitely check out Nilsson's version...it's tonally very different (more melancholy) but also amazing.

I count my blessings that i was fortunate enough to see Three Dog Night when this song was just released. They were fantastic.

Eli's Coming...live. That's what should be your next Three Dog Night song. Three lead singers, all fantastic.

This band is so great, you need to hear Try a Little Tenderness by them !

Saw them at the Forum, in LA, back in the 70's... Flawless.

This song is an example of what makes them special: the ability to take someone else's song and do it better. Whoever is responsible for their arrangements is a genius.

I saw 3 Dog Night 3x in one day! They played Magic Mountain in So Cal in the 70’s That is exactly what sounded like live! Excellent band!

I was second row right up front to see them in the early 70’s. That was a great show. The guy that played The Wizard with them was Skip Conte. He and a friend did Ride, Captain, Ride while in Blues Image. It was only one of two acts that I snuck in a camera and got pictures.

My favorite song of theirs. Simply a great song.

Been drinking Harney and sons for a long time now, great tea.

I got turned on to them by my best friends older brother in the 60's. Have been rocking to them ever since, seeing them live next month!

Spending time with my favorite aunt and smoking a little marijuana and I saw Three Dog Night several times in my life first I was 10 years old and saw them at Johnson Gym here in Albuquerque and last time my brother's band Sassy Jones opened for them here in Albuquerque in my late 20s. As I said my Auntie was my musical influence other then my Dad. She loved Three Dog Night, Hendrix, Janis, CSNY, and so on. My favorite song from them is Chest Fever. When I sang in the Choir church the guy that played the organ would play this song before mass started and the priest. Several great songs Eli's Coming, Try a little tenderness, feeling alright, Heaven is in your mind, Out in the Country, Easy to be Hard and Must let the show go on are just a few. Massive Voices Amazing Band. Enjoy!