Thursday music corner: Three Dog Night are a Los Angeles-formed band that were at their prime from their formation in 1967 until their initial split in 1976. The band featured three vocalists: Danny Hutton (who still leads the group in its current incarnation), Cory Wells and Chuck Negron. Three Dog Night has released 12 studio albums, the first six of which hit the top 20 of the US album charts from 1968 to 1972. The band scored 21 US top 40 singles from 1969 to 1975, including three number ones: Mama Told Me Not To Come (1970, originally written by Randy Newman for Eric Burdon), Joy To The World (1971, written by Hoyt Axton), and Black And White (1972, written by David Arkin and Earl Robinson).
Hippie pop anthem Shambala was the first single released from Three Dog Night's 1973 album Cyan. Written by Joe Cocker songwriter Daniel Moore, Shambala sold a million copies in the US and reached number three in the Billboard charts. It also topped the New Zealand pop charts.
Three Dog Night - Shambala (1973)
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