Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, with founding members consisting of vocalists
Danny Hutton,
Cory Wells, and
Chuck Negron. This lineup was soon augmented by
Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards),
Joe Schermie (bass),
Michael Allsup
Michael Rand Allsup (born March 8, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a member of the rock and roll band Three Dog Night. Background
Allsup's parents were originally from Oklahoma, but relocated to the small town of Empire, Californ ...
(guitar), and
Floyd Sneed (drums). The band had 21 ''Billboard'' Top 40 hits between 1969 and 1975, with three hitting number one. Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, and they helped to introduce mainstream audiences to writers such as
Randy Newman
Randall Stuart Newman (born November 28, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, arranger, composer, and pianist known for his Southern-accented singing style, early Americana-influenced songs (often with mordant or satirical lyrics), and vari ...
("
Mama Told Me Not to Come"),
Paul Williams ("
An Old Fashioned Love Song"), and
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Wayne Axton (March 25, 1938 – October 26, 1999) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor. He became prominent in the early 1960s, establishing himself on the West Coast as a folk singer with an earthy style and powerful voic ...
("
Joy to the World", "
Never Been to Spain").
Name origin
The official commentary included in the CD set ''Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965–1975'' states that vocalist Danny Hutton's girlfriend, actress
June Fairchild
June Edna Fairchild (born June Edna Wilson; September 3, 1946 – February 17, 2015) was an American dancer and actress. Fairchild starred or co-starred in more than a dozen film roles before her addictions to drugs and alcohol effectively ended h ...
(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
Aboriginal Australians are the various Indigenous peoples of the Australian mainland and many of its islands, such as Tasmania, Fraser Island, Hinchinbrook Island, the Tiwi Islands, and Groote Eylandt, but excluding the Torres Strait ...
, in which it was explained that on cold nights they would customarily sleep while embracing a
dingo
The dingo (''Canis familiaris'', ''Canis familiaris dingo'', ''Canis dingo'', or ''Canis lupus dingo'') is an ancient ( basal) lineage of dog found in Australia. Its taxonomic classification is debated as indicated by the variety of scienti ...
, a native species of wild dog. On colder nights they would sleep with two dogs and, if the night were freezing, it was a "three dog night".
Musician
Van Dyke Parks, an arranger at
Warner Bros Records, disputed the above story and claimed that he coined the name. He wrote, "I wuz nuts about Hutton's girlfriend. Quite a dancer. Yet, she didn't read ''Mankind'' magazine, nor have an inkling of anthropology and the cold aboriginal nights that inspired my suggestion."
History
Background
The three vocalists,
Danny Hutton (who got his start with
Hanna-Barbera Records
Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, Inc. ( ) was an American animation studio and production company which was active from 1957 to 2001. It was founded on July 7, 1957, by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera following the decision of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to c ...
in 1964),
Chuck Negron, and
Cory Wells (who landed a recording contract with Dunhill Records) first came together in 1967. They initially went by the name of Redwood and made some recordings with
Brian Wilson
Brian Douglas Wilson (born June 20, 1942) is an American musician, singer, songwriter, and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often Brian Wilson is a genius, called a genius for his novel approaches to pop music, pop composition, ex ...
while
the Beach Boys
The Beach Boys are an American rock band that formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine. Distinguished by the ...
were working on the album ''
Wild Honey''.
Redwood were briefly poised to be one of the first artists signed to the Beach Boys'
Brother Records
Brother Records, Inc. (BRI) is an American holding company and record label established in 1966 that owns the intellectual property rights of the Beach Boys, including "The Beach Boys" trademark. It was founded by brothers Brian, Carl and Den ...
. According to Beach Boy
Mike Love, "
rianhad them in the studio for several days, and he was really funny. They didn't meet up to his expectations. ... They'd go in and they wouldn't sing well enough for him. ... but they went off and made billions." Brian attempted to produce an album for Redwood, but after the recording of three songs, including "
Time to Get Alone" and "
Darlin'", this motion was halted by his bandmates, who wanted Brian to focus on the Beach Boys' contractual obligations. According to Negron, due to the commercial failure of ''
Smiley Smile'' and Brian's waning commitment to his band, "the other Beach Boys wanted Brian's immense songwriting and producing talents used strictly to enhance their own careers".
Negron then noted that he would have done the same thing if in the Beach Boys' position.
Shortly after abandoning the Redwood moniker in 1968, the vocalists hired a group of backing musicians – Ron Morgan on guitar,
Floyd Sneed on drums,
Joe Schermie from the Cory Wells Blues Band on bass, and
Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards – and soon took the name Three Dog Night. Morgan left the band before its first album was recorded and subsequently joined the
Electric Prunes
The Electric Prunes are an American psychedelic rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1965. Much of the band's music was, as music historian Richie Unterberger described it, possessed of "an eerie and sometimes anguished ambiance." ...
.
Michael Allsup
Michael Rand Allsup (born March 8, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a member of the rock and roll band Three Dog Night. Background
Allsup's parents were originally from Oklahoma, but relocated to the small town of Empire, Californ ...
was quickly recruited to replace Morgan on guitar.
1968–1972
Three Dog Night made its official debut in 1968 at the
Whisky a Go Go, at a 5 p.m. press party hosted by
Dunhill Records
Dunhill Records was started in 1964 by Lou Adler, Jay Lasker, Pierre Cossette and Bobby Roberts as Dunhill Productions to release the music of Johnny Rivers on Imperial Records. It became a record label the following year and was distribute ...
. They were still in the process of making their first album ''
Three Dog Night'' when they heard the favorable reactions from the hypercritical audience.
[Orloff, Kathy. "Three Dog Night—A Howling Success Story". ''Los Angeles Times'', May 23, 1971, pp. 1-q16.]
The album ''Three Dog Night'' was a success with its hit songs "Nobody", "
Try A Little Tenderness", and "
One
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...
" and helped the band gain recognition and become one of the top-drawing concert acts of their time.
In December 1972, Three Dog Night hosted
Dick Clark's first New Year's Eve special, which was then entitled Three Dog Night's New Year's Rockin' Eve.
1973–1979
In 1973, Three Dog Night filed a $6 million lawsuit against their former booking agent, American Talent International (ATI), for continuing to advertise in the media that the band was still with their agency when in fact they signed with
William Morris Agency in October 1972. Other damages were sought due to ATI taking deposits for booking Three Dog Night, whom they no longer represented.
Joe Schermie left in early 1973 due to "problems arising that were apparently unresolvable". His replacement was Jack Ryland in 1973, and the band then became an eight-piece with the inclusion of a second keyboard player,
Skip Konte (ex-
Blues Image
Blues Image was an American rock band. They had a hit in 1970 with "Ride Captain Ride", which reached No. 4 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM magazine charts.
Career
Blues Image was formed in Tampa, Florida in 1966 b ...
), in late 1973. In late 1974, Allsup and Sneed left to form a new band, SS Fools, with Schermie and
Bobby Kimball
Robert Troy Kimball (born March 29, 1947) is an American singer and songwriter best known as the original and longtime frontman of the rock band Toto from 1977 to 1984 and again from 1998 to 2008. Kimball has also performed as a solo artist and ...
of
Toto. New guitarist James "Smitty" Smith and drummer Mickey McMeel were recruited, but by 1975, Smith was replaced by
Al Ciner from
Rufus and
the American Breed, and Ryland by Rufus bassist Dennis Belfield. Mickey McMeel would go on to co-star as "Turkey", the drummer of
Kaptain Kool and the Kongs, in the children's television series ''
The Krofft Supershow''.
For the albums
''Cyan'', ''
Hard Labor'', and ''
Coming Down Your Way'', Hutton did not show up for many of the recording sessions. Cory Wells became fed up with his frequent absence and Hutton was fired from the band in late 1975. He was replaced by
Jay Gruska.
Hours before the first concert of their 1975 tour,
Chuck Negron was arrested for the possession of narcotics but was soon released on $10,000 bond.
''
Coming Down Your Way'', released in May 1975, failed to sell well in the United States, likely due to poor promotion on account of the band's recently switched label,
ABC, and the growing popularity of
disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric p ...
music. Disappointed by this, the band decided "
Til The World Ends" would be the only single released off the album, which ended up being the group's last
Billboard Hot 100
The ''Billboard'' Hot 100 is the music industry standard record chart in the United States for songs, published weekly by '' Billboard'' magazine. Chart rankings are based on sales (physical and digital), radio play, and online stream ...
Top 40 hit.
Jay Gruska toured with the band to promote their last album, ''
American Pastime'', released in March 1976. Still, the album did not sell well for the same reasons as before. However, the only single released off the album, "
Everybody's a Masterpiece" became an
Adult contemporary
Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul, R&B, quie ...
hit. Another former Rufus band member, Ron Stockert, was recruited as second keyboardist after Konte left in the first half of 1976. The group played their final show at the
Greek Theatre
Ancient Greek theatre was a theatrical culture that flourished in ancient Greece from 700 BC. The city-state of Athens, which became a significant cultural, political, and religious place during this period, was its centre, where the theatre w ...
in Los Angeles on July 26, 1976.
In 1979, NBC reported that the band's accountant "was shot in the arm and paralyzed, in what the police believe was a mob dispute over Three Dog Night." Joe Ulloa, a "reputed mob enforcer from New York", was investigated as being involved.
1981–1990s
In 1981, Three Dog Night reunited and released the
ska-inspired ''
It's a Jungle
''It's a Jungle'' is an EP by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1983.
Track listing
Personnel
*Mike Allsup - guitar
*Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboards
* Richard Grossman - bass
*Danny Hutton - vocals
*Chuck Negron - vocals
*Floyd ...
'' in 1983 on the small
Passport Records label, which garnered some airplay on the
new wave circuit. The EP failed to sell after Passport went bankrupt. The reunion featured all of the original members, except
Joe Schermie, who was succeeded by Mike Seifrit until 1982, and then by Richard Grossman, who stayed until 1984. Two guitarists, Paul Kingery and Steve Ezzo, occasionally played with the band, filling in for Allsup on dates he was not able to make between 1982 and 1984. Ezzo replaced Allsup when he departed in late 1984 to take care of some personal and family matters. Sneed was let go from the band at the same time. In early 1985, keyboardist Rick Seratte (formerly of
Poco
Poco was an American country rock band originally formed in 1968 after the demise of Buffalo Springfield. Guitarists Richie Furay and Jim Messina, former members of Buffalo Springfield, were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassis ...
and later with
Whitesnake
Whitesnake are an English hard rock band formed in London in 1978. The group was originally put together as the backing band for singer David Coverdale, who had recently left Deep Purple. Though the band quickly developed into their own en ...
and others) filled in for Greenspoon, who was ill, and the band hit the road with a revised lineup that included Seratte, Steve Ezzo, bassist Scott Manzo and drummer Mike Keeley.
The band toured all through 1985, but in late '85, Negron was forced back into rehab. Seratte left the band to pursue other offers and Greenspoon rejoined the band with Negron in late 1985 and were back touring with the group.
By December 1985, after a relapse into his drug habit, Negron was let go, and the group continued with Wells and Hutton fronting the band and Paul Kingery was brought back on guitar to cover Chuck's vocal harmonies. In 1986, their song "In My Heart" was featured in ''
Robotech: The Movie''.
More changes in personnel occurred when guitarist T. J. Parker and vocalist and bassist Gary Moon replaced Kingery and Manzo in 1988, and were replaced themselves by Mike Cuneo and
Richard Campbell during 1989.
Allsup returned to the group to replace Cuneo in the spring of 1991. Negron entered drug rehab, but did not return to the band.
Pat Bautz succeeded Keeley as drummer in 1993.
In 1993, Three Dog Night performed for
The Family Channel show ''Spotlight on Country'', filmed in
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Myrtle Beach is a resort city on the east coast of the United States in Horry County, South Carolina. It is located in the center of a long and continuous stretch of beach known as "The Grand Strand" in the northeastern part of the state. Its ...
. Kingery returned to the band as their bass player in 1996 following Campbell's departure.
2000–2012
Original bassist Joe Schermie died on March 26, 2002. In May 2002 the band released ''Three Dog Night with The London Symphony Orchestra''. The album was recorded in Los Angeles and in London at Abbey Road Studios and includes two new songs: "Overground" and "Sault Ste. Marie". They also released a DVD of a filmed symphony performance from 2000 titled ''Three Dog Night Live With the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra'' in May 2002. In the summer of 2004, 80s bassist Scott Manzo returned briefly to fill in for Paul Kingery.
In October 2004, Three Dog Night released ''The 35th Anniversary Hits Collection Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra''. The album includes live versions of "Eli's Coming", "Brickyard Blues", "Try a Little Tenderness", and "Family of Man". In August 2008, they released ''Three Dog Night Greatest Hits Live'', a compilation of previously unissued live recordings from concerts in
Frankfurt, Germany and
Edmonton, London
Edmonton is a town in north London, England within the London Borough of Enfield, a local government district of Greater London. The northern part of the town is known as Lower Edmonton or Edmonton Green, and the southern part as Upper Edmo ...
in 1972 and 1973.
On October 24, 2009, they released three new songs: "Heart of Blues", "Prayer of the Children", and "Two Lights In The Nighttime". They issued two new songs on their ''35th Anniversary Hits Collection Featuring The London Symphony Orchestra''.
2012–present
In the summer of 2012, guitarist Allsup was hospitalized for an intestinal disorder, forcing Kingery to move back to guitar, while Danny's son Timothy Hutton played bass. This happened again during the summer of 2015 when Allsup was forced to miss some shows. On March 11, 2015, Jimmy Greenspoon died from cancer, aged 67. His place at the keyboards was taken by Eddie Reasoner who had substituted for him when he took ill in mid-2014.
On October 21, 2015, Cory Wells died at his home in Dunkirk, New York at age 74. In November 2015, the band announced that singer David Morgan would be joining them on the road. He was a former member of
the Association
The Association is an American sunshine pop band from California. During the late 1960s, the band had numerous hits at or near the top of the ''Billboard'' charts (including " Windy", " Cherish", " Never My Love" and " Along Comes Mary") a ...
. In April 2017, Howard Laravea replaced Eddie Reasoner on keyboards. He was formerly with
Frankie Valli
Francesco Stephen Castelluccio (born May 3, 1934), better known by his stage name Frankie Valli, is an American singer, known as the frontman of the Four Seasons beginning in 1960. He is known for his unusually powerful lead falsetto voice.
...
and
the Four Seasons.
When Three Dog Night returned to touring in August 2021, it was without Michael Allsup, who was replaced with Tim Hutton on bass. Paul Kingery switched back to guitar. Danny Hutton has stated during concert appearances that Three Dog Night has been recording a new album, before performing their new song "Prayers of the Children".
Personnel
Members
Current members
*
Danny Hutton – vocals
(1967–1975, 1981–present)
* Paul Kingery – vocals, guitar, bass
(1982-1983 as substitute; 1985–1988, 1996–present)
* Pat Bautz – drums, vocals
(1993–present)
* David Morgan – vocals
(2015–present)
* Howard Laravea – keyboards
(2017–present)
* Timothy Hutton - bass, vocals
(2021-present)
Former members
*
Cory Wells – vocals, rhythm guitar
(1967–1976, 1981–2015; his death)
*
Chuck Negron – vocals
(1967–1976, 1981–1985)
*
Michael Allsup
Michael Rand Allsup (born March 8, 1947) is an American guitarist, best known as a member of the rock and roll band Three Dog Night. Background
Allsup's parents were originally from Oklahoma, but relocated to the small town of Empire, Californ ...
– guitar
(1967–1974, 1981–1984, 1991–2021)
*
Jimmy Greenspoon – keyboards
(1968–1976, 1981–2015; his death)
*
Floyd Sneed – drums
(1968–1974, 1981–1984)
*
Joe Schermie – bass
(1968–1973; died 2002)
* Jack Ryland – bass
(1973–1975; died 1996)
*
Skip Konte – keyboards
(1973–1976)
* Mickey McMeel – drums
(1974–1976)
* James "Smitty" Smith – guitar
(1974–1975)
* Dennis Belfield – bass
(1975–1976)
*
Al Ciner – guitar
(1975–1976)
* Jay Gruska – vocals
(1976)
* Ron Stockert – keyboards
(1976)
* Mike Seifrit – bass
(1981–1982)
* Richard Grossman – bass
(1982–1984)
* Rick Seratte – keyboards (1985)
* Mike Keeley – drums
(1985–1993)
* Scott Manzo – bass
(1985–1988, 2004)
* Steve Ezzo – guitar
(fill-in for Allsup 1983–1984, 1985)
* Gary Moon – bass, vocals
(1988–1989)
* T.J. Parker – guitar
(1988–1989)
*
Richard Campbell – bass, vocals
(1989–1996)
* Eddie Reasoner – keyboards
(2015–2017; substitute – 2014–2015)
* Mike Cuneo – guitar
(1989–1991)
Timeline
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Lead vocal credits
*"
An Old Fashioned Love Song" – Negron
*"
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" – Hutton
*"
Celebrate" – Hutton (Verse 1), Negron (Verse 2), Wells (Verse 3), who sings melody through the end refrain
*"
Easy to Be Hard" – Negron
*"
Eli's Coming" – Wells
*"
Joy to the World" – Negron
*"
Let Me Serenade You
"Let Me Serenade You" is a song written by John Finley. The original version of the song was entitled "I Will Serenade You" and performed by Rhinoceros, appearing on their 1968 self-titled album. It was later covered by Three Dog Night and featu ...
" – Wells
*"
Liar" – Hutton
*"
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" – Wells
*"
Never Been to Spain" – Wells
*"
One
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" – Negron
*"
One Man Band" – Hutton sings melody with Negron on harmony on verses, then Negron takes the lead through the end refrain
*"
Out in the Country
"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, and was featured on their 1970 album, '' It Ain't Easy''. In the US, "Out in the Country" peaked at ...
" – Group vocal in unison
*"
Pieces of April
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" – Negron
*"
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)" – Wells
*"
Shambala" – Wells
*"
Sure As I'm Sittin' Here
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" – Wells
*"
The Family of Man
''The Family of Man'' was an ambitious exhibition of 503 photographs from 68 countries curated by Edward Steichen, the director of the New York City Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) Department of Photography. According to Steichen, the exhibitio ...
" – Hutton (Verse 1), Negron (Verse 2), Wells (Verse 3)
*"
The Show Must Go On" – Negron
*"
Til the World Ends" – Negron
*"
Try a Little Tenderness" – Wells
*"
Your Song" – Hutton
Lineups
Discography
* ''
Three Dog Night'' (1968)
* ''
Suitable for Framing'' (1969)
* ''
Captured Live at the Forum'' (1970)
* ''
It Ain't Easy'' (1970)
* ''
Naturally'' (1970)
* ''
Harmony
In music, harmony is the process by which individual sounds are joined together or composed into whole units or compositions. Often, the term harmony refers to simultaneously occurring frequencies, pitches ( tones, notes), or chords. Howeve ...
'' (1971)
* ''
Seven Separate Fools'' (1972)
* ''
Cyan
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In the subtractive color system, or CMYK col ...
'' (1973)
* ''
Hard Labor'' (1974)
* ''
Coming Down Your Way'' (1975)
* ''
American Pastime'' (1976)
* ''
It's a Jungle
''It's a Jungle'' is an EP by American rock band Three Dog Night, released in 1983.
Track listing
Personnel
*Mike Allsup - guitar
*Jimmy Greenspoon - keyboards
* Richard Grossman - bass
*Danny Hutton - vocals
*Chuck Negron - vocals
*Floyd ...
'' (1983)
* ''The Road Ahead'' (TBD)
Awards and recognition
* Three Dog Night was inducted into The
Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2000.
References
Sources
*''Three Dog Nightmare''.
Chuck Negron. Renaissance Books 1st edition (June 1999)
*''One Is the Loneliest Number: On the Road and Behind the Scenes With the Legendary Rock Band Three Dog Night''. Greenspoon, Jimmy and Bego, Mark. Pharos Books (January 1991).
* Lawrence, Guy (2006)
"Yogi Bear's Nuggets: A Hanna-Barbera 45 Guide" ''Spectropop.com''
Bubblegum University
External links
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