Fun Trivia : Three Dog Night

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Three Dog Night

'How can people be so heartless, how can people be so cruel?'

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Easy To Be Hard. This one was written by Galt MacDermot, James Rado, and Gerome Ragni. This song was originally recorded by Jennifer Warnes, and was also a hit from the Broadway musical 'Hair'.



'So hard, what the devil are we coming to? I said so hard, so little time and so much to do.'

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The Family Of Man. Written by Paul Williams and Jack Conrad, with lead vocals by all three of them, this was another ecological themed song that was very important to Cory.



'...but now I find my love has gone away. Why didn't you stay? I want to know why didn't you stay?'

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Never Dreamed You'd Leave In Summer. Also released on 'Harmony' this song was written by Stevie Wonder and Syreeta Wright. They played a concert with Stevie at Madison Square Garden where he made them happy by telling them 'you did a wonderful job with my song'.



Which song by Three Dog Night contains these lyrics? "No is the saddest experience you'll ever know Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know"

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One. "One" was included on the album entitled "Three Dog Night", which was released in 1969. "One" reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and was Three Dog Night's first gold record. "One" was written by Harry Nilsson. Chuck Negron was the lead vocalist for the song.



Can you give me the name of the Three Dog Night song which contains these lyrics? "And now a child can understand That this is the law of all the land All the land"

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Black and White. "Black and White" was included on the Three Dog Night album entitled "Seven Separate Fools", which was released in 1972. "Black and White" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Black and White" was written by David I. Arkin and Earl Robinson. The song was inspired by the 1954 Supreme Court decision "Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka", which banned racial segregation of public schools. Danny Hutton was the lead vocalist for "Black and White".



This another of my favourite Three Dog Night songs. Can you tell from these lyrics which song I mean? "Especially people who care about strangers Who care about evil and social injustice"

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Easy to be Hard. "Easy to be Hard" was included on two Three Dog Night Albums. The first was entitled "Suitable for Framing" and was released in 1969. The second was entitled "Golden Biscuits" and was released in 1971. "Easy to be Hard" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1969, and it was the second gold record for Three Dog Night. Chuck Negron was the lead vocalist for "Easy to be Hard".



What upbeat Three Dog Night song contains these lyrics? "You know I love the ladies Love to have my fun I'm a high night flier and a rainbow rider"

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Joy to the World. "Joy to the World" was included on the Three Dog Night album entitled "Naturally", which was released in 1970. "Joy to the World" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Joy to the World" was written by Hoyt Axton. Chuck Negron was the lead vocalist for the song.



Can you sing these lyrics in your head to figure out the name of this song by Three Dog Night? "Well I never been to heaven But I been to Oklahoma"

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Never Been to Spain. "Never Been to Spain" was included on the Three Dog Night album entitled "Harmony", which was released in 1971. "Never Been to Spain" reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Hoyt Axton wrote "Never Been to Spain". Cory Wells was the lead vocalist for the song.



Can you tell me which love song by Three Dog Night contains these lyrics? "To underscore our love affair With tenderness and feeling that we've come to know"

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An Old Fashioned Love Song. "An Old Fashioned Love Song was included on the album entitled "Harmony", which was released in 1971. "An Old Fashioned Love Song" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "An Old Fashioned Love Song" was written by Paul Williams. Chuck Negron was the lead vocalist for the song.



These lyrics are from my very favourite Three Dog Night song. Which song is my favourite? "April gave us springtime and the promise of the flowers And the feeling that we both shared and the love that we called ours"

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Pieces of April. "Pieces of April" was included on the Three Dog Night album entitled "Seven Separate Fools", which was released in 1972. "Pieces of April" reached number nineteen on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Pieces of April" was written by Dave Loggins. Chuck Negron was the lead vocalist for the song.



Do you know which song by Three Dog Night contains these lyrics? "Baby, I wish you'd help me escape Help me get away"

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The Show Must Go On. "The Show Must Go On" was included on the Three Dog Night album entitled "Hard Labor", which was released in 1974. "The Show Must Go On" reached number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. "The Show Must Go On" was written by Leo Sayer and David Courtney. Chuck Negron was the lead vocalist for the song.



Three Dog Night's first of seven gold records was "One", which was a cover of a song written by whom?

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Harry Nilsson. "One" was written by Harry Nilsson and originally appeared on his 1967 album called "Aerial Ballet". Three Dog Night covered the song in 1969 and turned it into a number five hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts.



Most of the group's major hits were covers of songs by other artists. What song, originally written by country singer/songwriter Hoyt Axton, did they turn into a number one song?

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Joy To The World. "Joy to the World" was written by Hoyt Axton in 1970 and released as a single but the song went nowhere. Three Dog Night took the song, famous for its opening line "Jeremiah was a bullfrog", and propelled it not only to number one on the charts U.S. charts for six weeks, but to the number one song on the charts for the entire year of 1971. The song has made it onto Billboard Magazine's list of the "Greatest Hits of All Time" at position number 100.



The group only had one top ten song in the U.K. It was also a number one song in the U.S. Which one is it?

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Mama Told Me Not To Come. "Mama Told Me Not To Come" was a song written by Randy Newman originally intended for Eric Burdon, who was recording his first solo album called "Eric Is Here", in 1966. The song was not released as a single at that time. Newman recorded his own version in 1970 on an album called "12 Songs", but the most famous and most popular version was that of Three Dog Night later that same year. One little known trivial fact: This song was the first number one song on Casey Kasem's legendary American Top 40 weekly radio countdown when the show debuted in 1970.



The group also had a hit with a song from a Broadway show called "Hair". What song was this?

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Easy To Be Hard. All the songs listed were part of the show. "Easy to Be Hard" is the song done by Three Dog Night. Off the "Suitable for Framing" album, it was a number four hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts in 1970. "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" was by The Fifth Dimension, "Hair" was by The Cowsills, and "Good Morning Starshine" was done by Oliver.



Another of the group's biggest hits was a cover of a song with racial overtones. What song was that?

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Black and White. "Black and White" was a song originally penned in 1954 by two men named David Arkin and Earl Robinson. It was alledged to have been inspired by the U.S. Supreme Court's decision concerning racial segregation in schools. The original version had a verse which specifically referred to that sad chapter in U.S. history. The first recording of the song was by Sammy Davis Jr. in 1957. The most popular version, with the reference verse removed, was the Three Dog Night version, which became a number one U.S. Billboard Hot 100 hit for them in 1972.



Short in stature, but big in the world of songwriting, Paul Williams penned and first recorded this song that Three Dog Night made into a top five hit. What song was it?

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An Old Fashioned Love Song. "An Old Fashioned Love Song" was first recorded by Williams in 1971 for his album of the same name. Three Dog Night got a hold of this song and took it to number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 charts late that same year. Williams also wrote another of the group's hits called "Out In The Country' which peaked at number 15 in 1970 and also "The Family Of Man" which became another Top 20 hit for the group in 1972. He was responsible for a number of other hits in the 1970s such as the Carpenters' "Rainy Days and Mondays" and "We've Only Just Begun".



Three of the group's albums made it to the Top 10 on Billboard's Top 200 during their successful run. Which one of the listed album did NOT crack the Top 10?

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Naturally. "Seven Separate Fools" was an album which appeared in late 1972 and early 1973 and became their highest charting album at number six and also their last Top 10 album. "Harmony" and "It Ain't Easy" both checked in at number eight, and oddly, "Naturally" was the lowest charting album of the four listed, although it did contain their biggest hit ever, "Joy To The World".



In 1985, Chuck Negron, an original member of the group and one of the lead vocalists left the group for good. What was the reason for this?

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Uncontrolled substance abuse. Unfortunately Negron had substance abuse problems dating back to the 1970s as did other members of the group. The group had actually disbanded in part due to this, but reunited in 1981. In 1985, a tour had to be canceled in order for Negron to check into a rehab center for treatment of his continuing substance abuse problem, after which they returned to touring. However, in 1985 Negron has a relapse of the problem, and was asked to leave the band permanently because of his violation of the band's agreement that they all had entered into concerning substance abuse. After this, Negron never again performed with the band.