Three Dog Night

Three Dog Night
General information
origin	United States
founding	1968, 1981
resolution	1976
Founding members
singing	Danny Hutton
singing	Chuck Negron
singing	Cory Wells († 2015)
guitar	Michael Allsup
Drums	Floyd Sneed
bass	Joe Schermie
Keyboards	Jimmy Greenspoon († 2015)

Three Dog Night was an American rock band and was active in the original line-up from 1968 to 1976.

history

The group had seven members, including three singers and two keyboard players. The band was promoted by Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys . The group was originally called Redwood , but renamed itself because they had read in an article that Australian Aborigines slept with their dogs on cold nights; on particularly cold nights they needed three dogs to keep warm.

Three Dog Night achieved 19 gold records and two platinum records for music sales in the United States . She had 21 top 40 hits.

She sang songs by Randy Newman (Mama Told Me Not to Come) , Laura Nyro (Eli's Coming) , Hoyt Axton (Joy to the World, Never Been to Spain) , Elton John & Bernie Taupin (Lady Samantha) , John Lennon and Paul McCartney (It's for You) , Leo Sayer (The Show Must Go On) and Harry Nilsson (One) . A great success for the band was the interpretation of the hair classic Easy to Be Hard .

In the mid-1980s, the group reappeared, and in 2006 they even went on tour. From the original members there were two singers (Cory Wells and Danny Hutton), a keyboardist (Jimmy Greenspoon) and a guitarist (Michael Allsup) on stage. They were supplemented by a new bassist (Paul Kingery) and a new drummer (Pat Bautz).

Keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon died of cancer on March 11, 2015 at the age of 67. That same year, 73-year-old singer Cory Wells followed him on October 20 in Dunkirk , New York .

Discography

Albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		US
1968	Three Dog Night	US11 platinum (62 weeks)US
1969	Suitable for framing	US16 gold (74 weeks)US
1970	It ain't easy	US8th gold (48 weeks)US
	Naturally	US14th gold (64 weeks)US
1971	Harmony	US8th gold (34 weeks)US
1972	Seven Separate Fools	US6th gold (40 weeks)US
1973	Cyan	US26th gold (17 weeks)US
1974	Hard laboratory	US20th gold (22 weeks)US
1975	Coming down your way	US70 (12 weeks) US
1976	American pastime	US123 (6 weeks) US

more publishments

• 1983: It's a Jungle
• 2002: Three Dog Night with the London Symphony Orchestra

Live albums

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		US
1969	Captured Live at the Forum	US6th gold (72 weeks)US
1973	Around the World with Three Dog Night	US18th gold (27 weeks)US

more publishments

• 1988: Three Dog Night: Live
• 2007: Super Hits Live
• 2008: Three Dog Night: Greatest Hits Live

Compilations

year	title	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChartsChart placements (Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes)	Remarks
		US
1971	Golden biscuits	US5 gold (61 weeks)US
1974	Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits	US15th gold (17 weeks)US
1999	20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Three Dog Night	US109 platinum (73 weeks)US
2004	The Complete Hit Singles	US178 (1 week) US

more publishments

• 1982: The Best of 3 Dog Night (US:gold)
• 1993: Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975
• 2004: 35th Anniversary Hits Collection

Singles

year	Title album	Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes)				Remarks
		DE	AT	UK	US
1969	Try a Little Tenderness Three Dog Night	-	-	-	US29 (12 weeks) US
	One Three Dog Night	-	-	-	US5 gold (16 weeks)US
	Easy to Be Hard Suitable for Framing	-	-	-	US4 (13 weeks) US
	Eli's coming suitable for framing	-	-	-	US10 (14 weeks) US
1970	Celebrate Suitable for Framing	-	-	-	US15 (9 weeks) US
	Mama Told Me Not to Come It Ain't Easy	DE12 (6 weeks) DE	-	UK3 (14 weeks) UK	US1 gold (15 weeks)US
	Out in the Country It Ain't Easy	-	-	-	US15 (11 weeks) US
	One Man Band Naturally	-	-	-	US19 (11 weeks) US
1971	Joy to the World Naturally	DE17 (9 weeks) DE	-	UK24 (9 weeks) UK	US1 gold (17 weeks)US
	Liar Naturally	-	-	-	US7 (12 weeks) US
	To Old Fashioned Love Song Harmony	-	-	-	US4th gold (11 weeks)US
	Never Been to Spain Harmony	-	-	-	US5 (12 weeks) US
1972	The Family of Man Harmony	DE38 (1 week) DE	-	-	US12 (9 weeks) US
	Black and White Seven Separate Fools	DE24 (11 weeks) DE	AT8 (12 weeks) AT	-	US1 gold (11 weeks)US
	Pieces of April Seven Separate Fools	-	-	-	US19 (14 weeks) US
1973	Shambala cyan	DE38 (2 weeks) DE	AT17 (4 weeks) AT	-	US3 gold (16 weeks)US
	Let Me Serenade You Cyan	-	-	-	US17 (12 weeks) US
1974	The Show Must Go On Hard Labor	DE12 (14 weeks) DE	-	-	US4th gold (19 weeks)US
	Sure As I'm Sittin 'Here Hard Labor	-	-	-	US16 (13 weeks) US
	Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) Hard Labor	-	-	-	US33 (12 weeks) US
1975	Til the World Ends Coming Down Your Way	-	-	-	US32 (9 weeks) US

gray hatching : no chart data available for this year

more publishments

• 1968: Nobody
• 1976: Everybody Is a Masterpiece
• 1983: It's a Jungle Out There
• 2009: Heart of Blues
• 2017: This Is Your Captain Calling

literature

• Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul . 3rd revised edition, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989, pp. 687f - ISBN 0-312-02573-4 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ For more information on this title, see Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 277.
2. ^ Bronson, Fred: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits . 3rd revised and expanded edition. New York City, New York: Billboard Publications, 1992, p. 291
3. ^ Jimmy Greenspoon dead: Three Dog Night keyboardist loses cancer battle at 67. In: syracuse.com , accessed on March 16.
4. ↑ US singer Cory Wells died at the age of 73. In: zeit.de. Die Zeit / AFP , October 22, 2015, accessed on October 22, 2015 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b c d} Chart sources: DE AT UK US
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} Awards: US

Web links

Commons : Three Dog Night  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website (English)