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1. The band formed in 1965, even though it really wasn't much of a 'band' at the time. They were just three young men who fancied themselves singers (without, at first, anything as necessary as a drummer or a guitarist in the mix). They headed to Los Angeles and took on the name Three Dog Night. It has only been strongly suggested - and has never been challenged - that the trio's name came as a result of which of the following?
2. In the UK Three Dog Night only had one Top Ten single during the course of their career; it was "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" in 1970. However, in the USA they had 21 Top 40 hits (and nine of those were gold records). Which of these popular tunes, according to 'Billboard' magazine, reached the highest position in terms of American sales/airplay over thirty years ago?
3. Jimmy Greenspoon, who served as the keyboard player for the band once they formed one as such, was fiercely dedicated to the combo during its time in the spotlight and remained so even after they disbanded in 1977. In 1991 he assembled a book about Three Dog Night and their early years. What was the title of Greenspoon's book?
4. "Jeremiah was a bullfrog, was a good friend of mine! I never understood a single word he said, but I helped him a-drink his wine..." Those lyrics are probably recognizable as the opening to the song "Joy to the World", recorded by Three Dog Night in 1971. The lyrics are certainly memorable but could you please tell me what the inspiration for those words happened to be?
5. An eventual pop music superstar has said that Three Dog Night was largely, if not entirely, responsible for launching his career. The band actually gave boosts to many new artists - because of their visibility, covering an unknown song would often draw massive amounts of attention to the musician responsible for the words or music of a heretofore obscure tune. Such was the case here. Of the following, which singer was 'discovered' because TDN took on one of his songs, toured it and, finally, helped make it a hit for him at the early stage of his now lofty musical career?
6. "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" was a major hit for Three Dog Night in 1970. The tune was written by Academy Award-winning songwriter Randy Newman (who has had a few hits on his own as a singer, too) and he recorded a solo version of it prior to 1970; it never cracked the Top 100, though. When TDN added some funk and some rock-and-roll stylings to it the public rallied for most of the summer that year. 1970 was a time of very eclectic musical tastes, it can be said loud and clear. What song immediately followed "Mama Told Me (Not to Come)" as number one on the US charts that July? Hint: the correct song of the choices was also the biggest popular/financial success of the group/artist's entire career!
7. Three Dog Night's third album was one that nearly everyone owned when I was a boy. "Captured Live At The Forum" was released in 1969 and capitalized on the new group and their burgeoning number of hit songs. That it was live, too, was a most special bonus - hearing crowd noises, getting to hear the band actually say stuff, marginally experiencing the rawness that one can't detect on a studio recording. To us, it was heaven on a vinyl disk back then! The Forum was (and still is) an active venue for athletics and concerts in Los Angeles County, California. In which suburb of that bustling area does it stand?
8. "Shambala" was a feel-good hit by the band, the title location being a land based on a mythical place in the Himalayas. When there, it was said, all is peace and cooperation and everything ideal that mankind can dream a world to be. It was released not long after the end of the turbulent 1960s and struck a chord with the 'hippie' generation then suddenly struggling with the Vietnam war. The lyrics, in part, went like this:
Wash away my troubles, wash away my pain
With the rain in Shambala
Wash away my sorrow, wash away _________
With the rain in Shambala.
What are the missing words there?
9. The comedy film "Drowning Mona" (2002), starring Bette Midler and Danny DeVito, brought some Three Dog Night songs back to the public eye in its soundtrack. There were four TDN songs on that soundtrack - "Shambala", "Sure As I'm Sitting Here" and "Joy To The World". What was the other one?
10. The original members were those three vocalists Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells. Once they began getting work, they added instrumentalists to the combo and were a full-throttle touring band by 1967. Who were those initial bandsmen (not counting the original three vocalists)?
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