''Naturally'' is the fifth album by American
rock
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band
Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, founded by vocalists Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sn ...
, released in 1970. It produced two top ten hits: "
Joy to the World
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" (#1 in February 1971) and "
Liar" (#7). "
One Man Band
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" reached the top 20 (#19).
Three Dog Night, "One Man Band" Chart Positions
Retrieved February 16, 2015 The only original by the band is the instrumental "Fire Eater".
Track listing
Side one
#"I Can Hear You Calling" (Pentti Glan
Pentti "Whitey" Glan (July 8, 1946 – November 7, 2017) was a Finnish-Canadian rock drummer, best known for his work with Alice Cooper and Lou Reed.
Musical career
Glan's first serious band was the Canadian soul band The Rogues (later called M ...
, Roy Kenner, Hugh Sullivan, Domenic Troiano
Domenic Michele Antonio Troiano (January 17, 1946 – May 25, 2005) was an Italian–Canadian guitarist and songwriter, best known as a member of Mandala, Bush, James Gang, and The Guess Who. He also recorded music for film and television, oft ...
) – 2:56
#"One Man Band
A one-man band is a musician who plays a number of instruments simultaneously using their hands, feet, limbs, and various mechanical or electronic contraptions. One-man bands also often sing while they perform.
The simplest type of "one-man ban ...
" (Billy Fox, January Tyme, Thomas Jefferson Kaye) – 2:51
#"I'll Be Creeping" ( Andy Fraser, Paul Rodgers
Paul Bernard Rodgers (born 17 December 1949) is an English-Canadian singer. He was the lead vocalist of numerous successful rock bands, including Free (band), Free, Bad Company, The Firm (rock band), the Firm and The Law (English band), the L ...
) – 3:31
#"Fire Eater" ( Mike Allsup, Jimmy Greenspoon, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed
Floyd Chester Sneed (November 22, 1942 – January 27, 2023) was a Canadian drummer, best known for his work with the band Three Dog Night.
Born on November 22, 1942, in Calgary, Sneed grew up in a musical family (his parents were both musicia ...
) – 3:55
#"Can't Get Enough of It" (Jimmy Miller
Jimmy Miller (March 23, 1942 – October 22, 1994) was an American record producer and musician. While he produced albums for dozens of different bands and artists, he is known primarily for his work with several key musical acts of the 1960s ...
, Steve Winwood
Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a guitarist, keyboard player, and vocalist prominent for his dis ...
) – 2:53
Side two
#"Sunlight" (Jesse Colin Young
Perry Miller (November 22, 1941 – March 16, 2025), known professionally as Jesse Colin Young, was an American singer and songwriter. He was a founding member and lead singer of the 1960s group the Youngbloods. After their dissolution in 1972, ...
) – 3:48
#"Heavy Church" (Alan O'Day
Alan Earle O'Day (October 3, 1940 – May 17, 2013) was an American singer-songwriter, best known for writing and singing "Undercover Angel (song), Undercover Angel," a million-selling Gold-certified American No. 1 hit in 1977. He also wrote son ...
) – 3:38
#" Liar" (Russ Ballard
Russell Glyn Ballard (born 31 October 1945) is an English rock singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Originally rising to prominence as the lead singer and guitarist of the band Argent, Ballard became a prolific songwriter and producer b ...
) – 3:53
#"I've Got Enough Heartache" (Mike Kellie
Michael Alexander Kellie (24 March 1947 – 18 January 2017) was an English musician, composer and record producer.
In a career that spanned more than 50 years, Kellie was a member of the rock bands the V.I.P.s, Spooky Tooth and the Only ...
, Gary Wright
Gary Malcolm Wright (April 26, 1943 – September 4, 2023) was an American musician and composer best known for his 1976 hit songs " Dream Weaver" and " Love Is Alive". Wright's breakthrough album, '' The Dream Weaver'' (1975), came after he h ...
) – 3:59
#"Joy to the World
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" (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 ...
) – 3:40
Personnel
* Cory Wells – lead vocals (tracks A3, A5), background vocals
* Chuck Negron – lead vocals (tracks B1, B5), background vocals
*Danny Hutton
Daniel Anthony Hutton (born September 10, 1942) is an Irish-American singer, best known as one of the three lead vocalists in the band Three Dog Night. Hutton was a songwriter and singer for Hanna-Barbera Records from 1965 to 1966. Hutton had a ...
– lead vocals
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(track B3), background vocals
* Mike Allsup – background vocals
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(track B5), guitar
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*Joe Schermie – background vocals (track B5), bass guitar
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*Floyd Sneed
Floyd Chester Sneed (November 22, 1942 – January 27, 2023) was a Canadian drummer, best known for his work with the band Three Dog Night.
Born on November 22, 1942, in Calgary, Sneed grew up in a musical family (his parents were both musicia ...
– background vocals (track B5), drums
The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...
* Jimmy Greenspoon – background vocals (track B5), keyboards
Production
* Producer: Richard Podolor
*Engineer
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: Bill Cooper
*Arranger
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: Three Dog Night
Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in 1967, founded by vocalists Chuck Negron, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sn ...
*Photography
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: Ed Caraeff
* Roadie, lighting
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: Dennis Albro
*Roadie, sound
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: Lee Carlton
Charts
Album – ''Billboard'' (United States)
Singles – ''Billboard'' (United States)
Certifications
References
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Three Dog Night albums
1970 albums
Albums produced by Richard Podolor
Dunhill Records albums