Jamel, I just want to thank you for the entertainment, smiles, and good memories you bring to me with each and every one of your videos. You might not hear it often, but what you do brightens the day of many people all around the world.
The ink is black , the page is white , together we learn to read and write . A child is black , a child is white , together we look upon a sight , a beautiful sight .....
"One (Is the Loneliest Number)" has been one of my favorites of Three Dog Night. Also, "Eli's Coming" is another good one. Try either one. You won't be disappointed.
this was my grandmas favorite song back in the day when she was about 80, wearing her Marilyn Monroe wig and Hollywood sunglasses. I can still see all four foot 11 of her, singing Joy to the World. she meant it. we wish it, still. thank you for this music, full of memories.
Imagine an 80-year-old getting to this back in the day. Posting 2-19-23. Chuck Negron, the lead singer on this, is now 80 himself. What I wouldn't give for this to chart again! It was #1 for six weeks in 1971, and I'm pretty sure it was the #1 for the year. It even crossed over to the R &B charts.
We DO understand. We experienced the same feeling. Seeing yours takes us back. Some of us like seeing a young person's introduction to our music. I hope your evening is peaceful.
Three Dog night was the most successful band of the late 60's early 70's. 21 consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits during that time period. Should be in the R & R hall of fame.
I was born in '65, this was my FAVORITE song when I was in first grade and it was also the favorite of my first new friend. We're still friends, and I still love this song. Been a lot of years. Some things stand the test of time.
Three Dog Night was one of my daddy's favorite bands. I've been missing him today, been 6 months without him, thank you for magically popping up and making me feel better
An iconic song. Everyone knows this, no matter how young, or old. Three Dog Night tried to unite people through their music. And, isn’t it just obvious. ☮️💗
"Who is that?" The guy who is singing those high "yeah's" at the end is Chuck Negron, who sang the lead vocal on this song. Another 3DN fun song is "Never Been to Spain" in which all 3 singers take a verse.
"Liar" is another good one by Three Dog Night. While listening to the radio when I was a kid it would frustrate me when I heard a new song and didn't get to hear who the artist was. lol That was the hardships we went through in the '70's and '80's. Until MTV came along.
When this song hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, Hoyt Axton and his mother, Mae Axton, became the first mother and son to each have written a number one pop single in the rock era. Mae Axton co-wrote "Heartbreak Hotel", which was the first number one hit for Elvis Presley.
It always reminded me of a church song, only made a LOT more fun! My Grandmother would have looked at it crosseyed, then dismissed it as... _"Nuthin' but The BLUES."_ 😁
This really brings me back! My dad came home after a party at the neighbors one night and burst-in singing this one. We all died laughing! Then my brother & I got to dog-pile him. I was probably 8 years old.
I was riding in a limo in West Hollywood with Lowell George from Wally Heiders to Sunset Sound in the '70s and we picked up this guy who stuck his head out of the sunroof and started singing this song. I said, "Hey, you sound just like that guy!" And he laughed and said, "I am that guy!" We all three laughed because he sang for Three Dog Night! A couple of weeks later, Lowell introduced me to Hoyt Axton,, the writer of that song at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood. Great reactions, Jamal! I love all of your videos! 🕊☮
It's so fun watching your reactions, especially when you've heard the song before but didn't remember. Keep being real please, it's so great watching your joy.
Three Dog Night, more songs. "One", "Ely's Coming" "Liar", "Out in the country", "Easy to be hard", Pieces of April", "Try some tenderness", "Never been to Spain", "Heavy Church".....
This song was written by Hoyt Axton. He also is the same Hoyt Axton the actor who played the Dad in GREMLINS! He also said the first two lines, yes the two that everyone knows about - "Jeremiah was a bull frog, he was a good friend of mine" were only holding lyrics when he was writing the song. But everyone loved them so much they stuck. But he said in an interview that they don't make any sense with the rest of the song.
This song was written by singer/writer/actor Hoyt Axton. You should react to some of his songs. Wild Bull Rider is a good one. He also wrote I never been to Spain which was a big hit for Three Dog Night. He was a long time actor, been in many, many movies and TV shows, probably best know as the dad who gave his son the gremlin in the movie Gremlins. Wrote a lot of songs too. Doesn't get the credit he deserves, a true all around talent.
By the way, UA-cam Family, Hoyt Axton's Mother, Mae Boren Axton, was also a songwriter... She co-wrote one of Elvis Presley's biggest hits, "Heartbreak Hotel"... She was a librarian & substitute teacher at DuPont High School in Jax, Fla. My Dad was one of her students... 🤗 ✨🌟💖🇺🇸💙🌟✨
One of the greatest songs of the Progressive era. You can dance to it; you can sit and close your eyes; you can do bong hits to it; and as we just saw you can sing along your first time hearing it. Plus the greatest opening line in music history
When I was 16 years old my dad would drop me off at veterans hall. I would meet my friends there. There was a public dance every Saturday night. Now I'm Mexican American born and raised. Three dog night and other rock was all they played. Me and my friends would tear up the dance floor. I am 64 and I love this music,hip hop,old school,rap. If I can dance to it I love it
Have you reacted to Roy Orbison yet? If not, I'd rec: Crying, Only The Lonely, You Got It, In Dreams. Thank you for the Joy. We all need a little now and then.
@@jelmore3141 BS&T had the best horns, and the vocals of DCT were hard to beat. The song writing was based around improv, but was amazing, too! It's too bad John Lennon wasn't crazy about them.
In 1971, this was my Senior Class song, but the teachers wouldn’t let us sing this song. We had to sing “Everything Is Beautiful” by Ray Steven. Nice song, but we did not want to sing that song. Ha! 😁 At every class reunion we sing “Joy To The World” by Three Dog Night.I actually got to see them in concert when I went to college that Fall. They rocked the place! Great group. Thank you for reacting to this song. Made me smile! 😊☮️💕
Interestingly, this song made Billboard's R&B chart. I don't know how high it got nor how long it stayed there, but reach that chart it did. If I were ever a singer (which is the farthest thing in the world I'm from), I'd consider it a supremem honor to make the R&B charts.
I was 14 when this hit the charts back in 1971, and that was my freshman year in high school. Well, we had a separate freshman high, but it was still high school. Anyway, we had a resource room at school where you could go during study hall and check out a reel to reel tape of music, sit in an assigned cubicle, put the tape in the reel to reel tape player, and stick some headphones on and rock out while doing homework. You'd be sitting there in your bell bottoms, jean shirt, peace symbols all over your notebook, while rocking to Three Dog Night and other bands like the Beatles. In 2014, Japan remastered and repackaged the entire Three Dog Night library on SHM CD in mini lp format, and I bought their entire catalog. Great buy. That band was the first band I ever danced to with a girlfriend. And when you're 14 and you're slow dancing with a girl for the first time, it's "Easy to be Hard." I know, shame on me for the innuendo. Couldn't pass it up. Love Three Dog Night. Glad you did this song...it's the song that put them on the map.
I was just starting high school when this song was a hit. The band's name is derived from an expression about how cold it is. A three-dog night is cold, requiring three dogs sleeping with you to keep you warm. A five-dog night would be exceptionally cold.
Dear Jamel-Jamal both bearded-and-baseball-capped The dear Three Dog Night are a resource so untapped They are among the sonic treasures of your land We dig how this is something you so understand We truly keep watching What you keep bringing And there you are, as a lovely brutha-we-know-can-actually-in-different-octaves-sing In his bearded-and mellow beauty but chooses to unto the world other singers bring !!! We only appreciate the understated power of the Jamal-of-Jamel We only appreciatively kiss him and appreciatively wish him well
The boys used to sing this in the back of the bus on the way home from school. I was a little kid, and they were in Choir and Music. I loved it. Amazing memories from way-way back. LOL.
This is a great song! You,ve got to check out Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In, same vibe, mainly Let The Sunshine In, amazing lead and backing vocals
I sometimes sing the first few bars of Let the Sunshine In when I’m opening the living room curtains in the morning so our chihuahua can sit on the back of the couch and watch for our neighbor. He picks her up almost every day for a play date with her brother at his house.
Good for him! I guess back then, Three Dog Night's target audience was mainly teens and early '20s, but I don't think they ever would've told anyone not to listen to their music.
Great song from 1971. So funny that others here mention singing this in elementary school... I thought our class was the only one! Our fifth grade teacher would start us off with about 20 minutes of music in the mornings. We would sing along to this song and others on the portable school record player. Ha... we also sang "One Toke Over The Line" by Brewer and Shipley and we didn't really know what it meant. Our poor teacher would probably be reprimanded for something harmless like that today. Thanks, Jamel for the memories.
I went to most of the major rock concerts in the 70's ans 80's. I still maintain that Three Dog Night gave the most exciting concert of them all. Just amazing.
"Joy to the World" was kind of a silly pop song but Three Dog Night produced many classic songs. Because the band was composed of three different singers, the band would often sound different on different songs depending on who took the lead. Here's the must listen list: "Try a Little Tenderness", "One", "Easy to Be Hard", "Eli's Comin", "Celebrate", "Momma Told me Not to Come", "Out in the Country", "Liar", "Old Fashioned Love Song", "Never Been to Spain", "Shambala" and more!
Also, different songwriters. Joy to the World and Never been to Spain was written by the great Hoyt Axton. Who by the way wrote Pusher man for Steppenwolf.
In 1978 we moved 350 miles away from my hometown, and somehow things got lost or broken. The only thing that worked on our stereo was the 8 track. We had three 8 tracks in the box, "Three Dog Night", "Eagles", and "Boston"... That's all we got to listen to for three months. Anytime I hear one of these bands it takes me right back to 1978! Thanks for these reactions to Three Dog Night!
This song is one of my all time favorites since I was a child back in the 70s, and my favorite from Three Dog Nite. It does bring me joy every time I hear it. God bless them Chuck, Danny, and Cory, may he Rest In Peace.
Imagine being 4 years old in 1969 and seeing Three Dog Night on a variety show for the first time, what a trip that was. I was instantly hooked. My parents listened to a lot of 50's and 60' music because that's what they grew up on and when I got exposed to 3 Dog Night, Sly and the Family Stone and the messages in those songs, I was hooked forever. Great music and filled with messages of hope, peace, and love. Rock on and continue to find this great music from those years ago.
Music is like a time machine, its like when you hear the older songs It takes you back to when you heard it and what you were doing then as well 👍 joy to the world was my favorite song away back when I was a 11 year old kid 😊👏
I got to see the lead singer of Three Dog Night about 20 years ago, and he performed their hits. It was fantastic ! My parents and I sang along, we had a blast.
Three Dog Night was one of my late father's favorite groups and this has been a favorite song of mine literally since I was baby. My dad used to tell the story, when I was about three years old, of coming into the den while I was playing on the floor. He put this song on the turntable and he said as soon as the song started, my head immediately turned towards the music, I smiled ear to ear, got up, and started dancing.
I'm feeling pretty ill today, and these classic songs from my childhood are really cheering me up. These are the records my mom would put on in the 70s and 80s, and we'd dance around the house like fools without a care in the world.
Another shout-out for the (Young) Rascals! They had a lot of funky/groovy hits, like “Good Lovin’”, “Groovin’”, “People Got To Be Free”, “How Can I Be Sure”, “A Beautiful Morning”
This song was written by legendary songwriter Hoyt Axton. He was also an occasional actor and played the dad in the movie Gremlins who brings home Gizmo.
You are getting ready to go down a deep enjoyable rabbit hole 💖💖 This was my very first concert in 1972!! Please do “Out in the Country”. Very fitting for today’s events ♥️ I look forward to your videos every evening 🤘🏼 Thank you Jamal for taking the time each day to entertain us all 💙
Oh...this song....instant memories of my mom. She owned & operated a truck stop in the early '70s (dating myself a bit....). I used to play this song on the juke box over & over until she'd yell from the kitchen for me to stop. LOL!!! Thank you for playing this♥️
When Hoyt Axton had his first recording session he was paying for the studio time himself. When he got done recording all the songs he had planned, he had some time left over. So he and the accompanying musicians sat down and wrote and recorded this song in the *8 MINUTES* he had left on the clock.
yeah heard that story too,On Bobby Bare and friends Hoyt said they were just kinda temp lyrics he had the chorus,so he kinda never finished the song,funny how classics are born
@bob - I say 'Thank You' to the recording engineer who was paying attention & had tape going when Booker T & the MGs were 'playing around/warming up' and he recorded _Green Onions_...
Play Black and White, by 3 dog night. I was born in 1963 during civil rights. Made a big difference in a little girls life hrowing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. This song I remember today.
"It"s For You" from their Live at the Forum album is a great vocal workout. It's actually a little known Lennon & McCartney song that The Beatles didn't record.
You already know how enjoyable it is to watch this band; please keep watching all their videos, even if you don't share them. You owe it to yourself to have that much fun. 3 dog night are and always have been amazing. They're smart enough to be that much fun.
Me to Frank I was born early fall September 1966 in Springfield Ohio I was living with my Grandmother and this is one of the very first if not the first song I remember I was probably 4 or 5 great memories.
Blake Shelton said in an interview that he asked Hoyt what these lyrics meant. Hoyt started to give him a deep metaphysical explanation, stammered a little, and just settled it by saying, “You know, I did a lot of drugs back then.”
I was in JR high when this came out..And whenever this song came on the radio on the school bus ride home,,,Everyone on the bus would sing along ,,even the bus drive,,,Just one of those songs..
Folk legend: Woman's teenagers acting up in Walmart. She stopped in the middle of the aisle and started singing "Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog." She can take those kids anywhere with no problems now.
@@phyllisb4634 oh gosh, I forgot about that response. My daughter would have definitely taken this as a challenge. My son would have been waiting in the car. probably listening to the radio. lol
I was driving my son to high school and he was being somewhat difficult. I rolled down all the windows and blared my Rancid CD to embarrass him. He got home and took all my punk rock collection and has been a punk rock fan since. Kinda backfired, but serves me right.
@@rodcampbell5766 punk rock...your son is a rokke star! rofl I remember being in England in the early 80's and the young punk rockers were sticking safety pins in their ears. This fascinated those of us in uniform and we spent hours discussing why on the flight back to the states. I wonder what music your grandson, his son will listen to.
Neil young, 'southern man', 'cortez the killer', "the needle and the damage done', old man, 'hey hey my my'; down by the river--- Townes Van Zandt, 'Lungs'
PURE JOY!!!!✌❤ Have always really loved this. Wish modern songs had this positive energy. Just a very FUN song. Enjoyed your reaction. Keep up the good work!!👍💟💕🌷💕🌷🌷
I used to work with a young man named Jeremiah. Every time he clocked in, you could hear someone singing in the background, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog..." & he'd get so aggravated, because he'd heard it so many times in his life.
When I was in 2nd Grade, 1971, our teacher asked the class what song we should sing, we all yelled "Joy to the World,' so we sang it. Now that I look back and think about that, it is crazy that a class of 2nd graders knew the words to this song. It was played on the radio a lot.
When this first aired, there was a DJ on a Denver station that played this song at least 10 times back to back. The song would end & he'd say, One More Time !! It was hilarious !!
I wish you could have seen them live. I’ve been to a lot of concerts but none of them has stayed with me like TDN. They were great showmen as well as great musicians and singers. I saw them in West Palm Beach in 1974. I can still see them like it was yesterday. Cory Wells was an entertainer to the core. They had huge personality’s and seemed to really enjoy themselves.
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The way your face lights up when you're enjoying a song is just a delight. Thank you so much for your videos.
Love watching this guy and all the great tunes 😀👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
As much as you enjoy this music, you were born in the wrong era. The music of the 60's and 70's knocks it out of the park.
Born in 1964. We had the best music back then. Can't beat the late 60's through the 70's and 80's.
Agreed - I was born in '62. Had no idea that I was listening to the best music of my life.
Ditto.’64 also
We won't have that great music again.
Jamel, I just want to thank you for the entertainment, smiles, and good memories you bring to me with each and every one of your videos. You might not hear it often, but what you do brightens the day of many people all around the world.
@Republic Of Texas
Hello fellow Texan!
@Republic Of Texas double same
DITTO -- you are a treasure!
Love the name of course now I have copperhead road playing in my mind
EXACTLY
This song was IT in 1971...was played for MONTHS..EVERYWHERE...was a great year..Graduated in 1971..amazing this song is 50 years old..
Dr. Hook is another fun band to listen to. "Cover of the Rollingstone."
Absolutely love me some Dr. Hook
Sylvias Mother is a classic.
GREAT song
And it's the song that got them on the cover lol
Cover of the rolling stone. Would be cool.
The ink is black , the page is white , together we learn to read and write . A child is black , a child is white , together we look upon a sight , a beautiful sight .....
"One (Is the Loneliest Number)" has been one of my favorites of Three Dog Night. Also, "Eli's Coming" is another good one. Try either one. You won't be disappointed.
A Nilsson and a Nyro. You can't go wrong.
Agreed 100 miles an hour!
The live 1969 versions of each are tight. The live 1975 version of Eli's Coming is longer but good too.
Dokken does a really good cover of One
this was my grandmas favorite song back in the day when she was about 80, wearing her Marilyn Monroe wig and Hollywood sunglasses. I can still see all four foot 11 of her, singing Joy to the World. she meant it. we wish it, still. thank you for this music, full of memories.
That must’ve been really something
Imagine an 80-year-old getting to this back in the day. Posting 2-19-23. Chuck Negron, the lead singer on this, is now 80 himself. What I wouldn't give for this to chart again! It was #1 for six weeks in 1971, and I'm pretty sure it was the #1 for the year. It even crossed over to the R &B charts.
We DO understand. We experienced the same feeling. Seeing yours takes us back. Some of us like seeing a young person's introduction to our music.
I hope your evening is peaceful.
Three Dog night was the most successful band of the late 60's early 70's. 21 consecutive Billboard Top 40 hits during that time period. Should be in the R & R hall of fame.
" Shambala" & " Black & White"- ( 70s ) r both good songs by them!
....And "The Show Must Go On"
Shambala is my favorite Three Dog night Song. Love that song!
Those are great choices! Also would nominate "Liar", "One", "Never Been To Spain", and "Easy To Be Hard".
@@luckymustard Yeah! "I kinda like the music..."😉
@@luckymustard You know what - my favorite is Never Been To Spain. Totally slipped my mind! Shambala would be second. Lol.
I was born in '65, this was my FAVORITE song when I was in first grade and it was also the favorite of my first new friend. We're still friends, and I still love this song. Been a lot of years. Some things stand the test of time.
Three Dog Night was one of my daddy's favorite bands. I've been missing him today, been 6 months without him, thank you for magically popping up and making me feel better
Right on Rose! 🌹
@@reallymysterious4393 Thank you. I'm still walking through that valley. I'll make it.
@@allisonyoung4007 Our annual Florida road trip was 60 and 70's rocks plus country
🌹 blessings for you
I'm so sorry for your loss. ♥️✌️
Joy to the World was the number 1 pop hit for 1971.. Great song!
We forget how good 3 Dog Night's harmonies were.
An iconic song. Everyone knows this, no matter how young, or old. Three Dog Night tried to unite people through their music. And, isn’t it just obvious. ☮️💗
I can't decide which is more fun, watching you discover amazing music or realizing you've known all these awesome sounds all along.
The #1 song of the year 1971. As a 12 year old boy, I memorized the words to this great song. What a great year for music 1971 was. Thank you Jamel.
It was in the top 5 years EVER IM Sure, The 1st would be 1979 IT WAS HUGE
Give Rare Earth a try, "Get Ready" and "I Just Want to Celebrate" (both are pretty short, but among the best the 70's had to offer!)
Mithril Biscuit Almost forgot about them , good call .
"Tobacco Road" 😊
The only white band in Motown
Rare Earth also covered. I Know I'm Losing You, originally by the temptations I think
There's a 21 minute version of Get Ready, well worth listening to.
I've always loved this band. They have great music.
"Who is that?" The guy who is singing those high "yeah's" at the end is Chuck Negron, who sang the lead vocal on this song.
Another 3DN fun song is "Never Been to Spain" in which all 3 singers take a verse.
Yes! Never been to spain is a classic.
+1000 for "Never Been To Spain." That song was so badass, Elvis and Waylon Jennings had to cover it too.
Both Hoyt Axron songs
@@stereo999 Yep.
@@bryansimmons4550 Hoyt Axton has a nice singing style as well.
This is such a FUN song, probably the definitive sing-along song of my childhood! Thank you so much for listening, Jamal!
"Liar" is another good one by Three Dog Night. While listening to the radio when I was a kid it would frustrate me when I heard a new song and didn't get to hear who the artist was. lol That was the hardships we went through in the '70's and '80's. Until MTV came along.
"Liar" is originally an Argent song.
When this song hit number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1971, Hoyt Axton and his mother, Mae Axton, became the first mother and son to each have written a number one pop single in the rock era. Mae Axton co-wrote "Heartbreak Hotel", which was the first number one hit for Elvis Presley.
This reminds me of The Rascals! "People Got To Be Free"
More Blue Eyed Soul. One of the tightest! r&b funk drummers.
It always reminded me of a church song, only made a LOT more fun! My Grandmother would have looked at it crosseyed, then dismissed it as... _"Nuthin' but The BLUES."_ 😁
Awesome song 😍🕶😷 Joy to the World. Oldies goodies.
This really brings me back! My dad came home after a party at the neighbors one night and burst-in singing this one. We all died laughing! Then my brother & I got to dog-pile him. I was probably 8 years old.
Same here Michael..........man!!
Was a little tyke when this song came out. Was hooked immediately. So many great songs by them
I was riding in a limo in West Hollywood with Lowell George from Wally Heiders to Sunset Sound in the '70s and we picked up this guy who stuck his head out of the sunroof and started singing this song. I said, "Hey, you sound just like that guy!" And he laughed and said, "I am that guy!" We all three laughed because he sang for Three Dog Night! A couple of weeks later, Lowell introduced me to Hoyt Axton,, the writer of that song at the Palomino Club in North Hollywood. Great reactions, Jamal! I love all of your videos! 🕊☮
It's so fun watching your reactions, especially when you've heard the song before but didn't remember. Keep being real please, it's so great watching your joy.
These videos are helping at a difficult time. I forget everything else and love seeing you love these great songs. Even just for a little. Thanks✌
Three Dog Night, more songs. "One", "Ely's Coming" "Liar", "Out in the country", "Easy to be hard", Pieces of April", "Try some tenderness", "Never been to Spain", "Heavy Church".....
Celebrate.
Never been to Spain!!
If you get a friend request from Jeremiah "He was a good friend of mine "
yeah, they were legit...
American Woman
This song was written by Hoyt Axton. He also is the same Hoyt Axton the actor who played the Dad in GREMLINS! He also said the first two lines, yes the two that everyone knows about - "Jeremiah was a bull frog, he was a good friend of mine" were only holding lyrics when he was writing the song. But everyone loved them so much they stuck. But he said in an interview that they don't make any sense with the rest of the song.
This song was written by singer/writer/actor Hoyt Axton. You should react to some of his songs. Wild Bull Rider is a good one. He also wrote I never been to Spain which was a big hit for Three Dog Night. He was a long time actor, been in many, many movies and TV shows, probably best know as the dad who gave his son the gremlin in the movie Gremlins. Wrote a lot of songs too. Doesn't get the credit he deserves, a true all around talent.
Hoyt had the songs Jealous Man and Della and the Dealer! Unfortunately enough they aren’t available on iTunes
By the way, UA-cam Family, Hoyt Axton's Mother, Mae Boren Axton, was also a songwriter... She co-wrote one of Elvis Presley's biggest hits, "Heartbreak Hotel"... She was a librarian & substitute teacher at DuPont High School in Jax, Fla. My Dad was one of her students... 🤗
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I recall him singing those very two songs during his guest appearance on WKRP.
Tejas Rob He also wrote The Pusher by Steppenwolf
@@GratefulZen No way... that's crazy.
One of the greatest songs of the Progressive era. You can dance to it; you can sit and close your eyes; you can do bong hits to it; and as we just saw you can sing along your first time hearing it. Plus the greatest opening line in music history
You stay safe too. We really are all in this together. Joy and peace.
When I was 16 years old my dad would drop me off at veterans hall. I would meet my friends there. There was a public dance every Saturday night. Now I'm Mexican American born and raised. Three dog night and other rock was all they played. Me and my friends would tear up the dance floor. I am 64 and I love this music,hip hop,old school,rap. If I can dance to it I love it
Have you reacted to Roy Orbison yet? If not, I'd rec: Crying, Only The Lonely, You Got It, In Dreams.
Thank you for the Joy. We all need a little now and then.
And don't forget Pretty Woman and his time with the Traveling Wilburys.
@@ffjsb It's hard for me to watch those Wilburys vids. Too many are now gone.
He should also do a reaction to Roy Orbison's version of "Ooby-Dooby"
Yes! Crying is a masterpiece.
@@thewheel73 All of us will be gone someday. The point is we can still enjoy this stuff, not that they're gone.
#1 song of 1970...probably of the 70s. How fortunate I have had to live and experience the music of the 70s!
Love me some Three Dog Night, any day or any night!!! They have an amazing catalog of music, & you can never go wrong with these guys!!!
This was huge when I was a kid. HUGE! I can still see our neighbor with a transistor radio listening to that tune on the radio. Joy to the world.
Jamel- The first three seconds of the song- the look on your face was PRICELESS! Wait until you hear Blood, Sweat & Tears!
Jeremiah was a bullfrog - J's look was great!
Blood Sweat and Tears-- when I die' God bless the child--spinning wheel-- rabbit hole material Jamel aka jamal !
@@jelmore3141 BS&T had the best horns, and the vocals of DCT were hard to beat. The song writing was based around improv, but was amazing, too! It's too bad John Lennon wasn't crazy about them.
In 1971, this was my Senior Class song, but the teachers wouldn’t let us sing this song. We had to sing “Everything Is Beautiful” by Ray Steven. Nice song, but we did not want to sing that song. Ha! 😁 At every class reunion we sing “Joy To The World” by Three Dog Night.I actually got to see them in concert when I went to college that Fall. They rocked the place! Great group. Thank you for reacting to this song. Made me smile! 😊☮️💕
It makes me so happy that you’re discovering 70s classic rock not the metal side of it but the rock ‘n’ roll bluesy side of it although I like both
Interestingly, this song made Billboard's R&B chart. I don't know how high it got nor how long it stayed there, but reach that chart it did. If I were ever a singer (which is the farthest thing in the world I'm from), I'd consider it a supremem honor to make the R&B charts.
I was 14 when this hit the charts back in 1971, and that was my freshman year in high school. Well, we had a separate freshman high, but it was still high school. Anyway, we had a resource room at school where you could go during study hall and check out a reel to reel tape of music, sit in an assigned cubicle, put the tape in the reel to reel tape player, and stick some headphones on and rock out while doing homework. You'd be sitting there in your bell bottoms, jean shirt, peace symbols all over your notebook, while rocking to Three Dog Night and other bands like the Beatles. In 2014, Japan remastered and repackaged the entire Three Dog Night library on SHM CD in mini lp format, and I bought their entire catalog. Great buy. That band was the first band I ever danced to with a girlfriend. And when you're 14 and you're slow dancing with a girl for the first time, it's "Easy to be Hard." I know, shame on me for the innuendo. Couldn't pass it up. Love Three Dog Night. Glad you did this song...it's the song that put them on the map.
I was just starting high school when this song was a hit. The band's name is derived from an expression about how cold it is. A three-dog night is cold, requiring three dogs sleeping with you to keep you warm. A five-dog night would be exceptionally cold.
I was a "freshman" also...Great times...Great song!
TDN was my first concert 😊 I was 13.
I was just going to add that fact, thanks
Thought the dog was a cockney for degrees
ME TO seems like it was just yesterday 1973 I was just starting high-school
Dear Jamel-Jamal both bearded-and-baseball-capped
The dear Three Dog Night are a resource so untapped
They are among the sonic treasures of your land
We dig how this is something you so understand
We truly keep watching
What you keep bringing
And there you are, as a lovely brutha-we-know-can-actually-in-different-octaves-sing
In his bearded-and mellow beauty but chooses to unto the world other singers bring !!!
We only appreciate the understated power of the Jamal-of-Jamel
We only appreciatively kiss him and appreciatively wish him well
This song always makes my soul sing.
The boys used to sing this in the back of the bus on the way home from school. I was a little kid, and they were in Choir and Music. I loved it. Amazing memories from way-way back. LOL.
This is a great song!
You,ve got to check out Fifth Dimension - Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In, same vibe, mainly Let The Sunshine In, amazing lead and backing vocals
I sometimes sing the first few bars of Let the Sunshine In when I’m opening the living room curtains in the morning so our chihuahua can sit on the back of the couch and watch for our neighbor. He picks her up almost every day for a play date with her brother at his house.
My Dad loved this group. He was born in 1934 and gave us a love for good music of all kinds.
Good for him! I guess back then, Three Dog Night's target audience was mainly teens and early '20s, but I don't think they ever would've told anyone not to listen to their music.
Great song from 1971. So funny that others here mention singing this in elementary school... I thought our class was the only one! Our fifth grade teacher would start us off with about 20 minutes of music in the mornings. We would sing along to this song and others on the portable school record player. Ha... we also sang "One Toke Over The Line" by Brewer and Shipley and we didn't really know what it meant. Our poor teacher would probably be reprimanded for something harmless like that today. Thanks, Jamel for the memories.
I went to most of the major rock concerts in the 70's ans 80's. I still maintain that Three Dog Night gave the most exciting concert of them all. Just amazing.
"Joy to the World" was kind of a silly pop song but Three Dog Night produced many classic songs. Because the band was composed of three different singers, the band would often sound different on different songs depending on who took the lead.
Here's the must listen list: "Try a Little Tenderness", "One", "Easy to Be Hard", "Eli's Comin", "Celebrate", "Momma Told me Not to Come", "Out in the Country", "Liar", "Old Fashioned Love Song", "Never Been to Spain", "Shambala" and more!
Great must listen to list. Made my girlfriend listen to four of them. :)
Also, different songwriters. Joy to the World and Never been to Spain was written by the great Hoyt Axton. Who by the way wrote Pusher man for Steppenwolf.
Play Something Sweet
Easy too be hard was their best!
In 1978 we moved 350 miles away from my hometown, and somehow things got lost or broken. The only thing that worked on our stereo was the 8 track. We had three 8 tracks in the box, "Three Dog Night", "Eagles", and "Boston"... That's all we got to listen to for three months. Anytime I hear one of these bands it takes me right back to 1978! Thanks for these reactions to Three Dog Night!
This song is one of my all time favorites since I was a child back in the 70s, and my favorite from Three Dog Nite. It does bring me joy every time I hear it. God bless them Chuck, Danny, and Cory, may he Rest In Peace.
Also, Floyd Sneed, who passed away last January 27 at age 80. Posting 2-19-23.
Three Dog Night was the first of MANY concerts I was so lucky to experience. Great music is eternal.
Love your reactions, your joy is clear for all to see! This makes the songs even more enjoyable, keep it up man.
Memories of skating at the roller rink as a young teen. Pure joy!
Stay safe, Jamel! You're one of the people getting me through this.
Imagine being 4 years old in 1969 and seeing Three Dog Night on a variety show for the first time, what a trip that was. I was instantly hooked. My parents listened to a lot of 50's and 60' music because that's what they grew up on and when I got exposed to 3 Dog Night, Sly and the Family Stone and the messages in those songs, I was hooked forever. Great music and filled with messages of hope, peace, and love. Rock on and continue to find this great music from those years ago.
This was played as the closing song of my eldest brother's funeral. Man I miss that dude!
I know the feeling. I also have a brother waiting for me on the other side
songs that made you feel happy, lord how I miss the good old days,,
Music is like a time machine, its like when you hear the older songs
It takes you back to when you heard it and what you were doing then as well 👍 joy to the world was my favorite song away back when I was a 11 year old kid 😊👏
I got to see the lead singer of Three Dog Night about 20 years ago, and he performed their hits. It was fantastic ! My parents and I sang along, we had a blast.
I really love watching Jamal's reaction when he realizes that he has heard the song before.
It was the number one song the year released. I think 73. As kids we were all singing it. You can't even imagine how popular it was.
Another great song by them, though there are many, is "never been to spain"
Lol.....When I was little , I danced tothis song EVERY time it came on the radio in Dads Garage...lol 😍🤟🤟🤟👍👍👍👍🥳🥳🥳🥳
"Easy to Be Hard" is a classic and puts their love of R&B on full display. "Shambala" is great vibes and harmonies
This song even reached the Billboard R & B charts. I'm not at all surprised.
Many of their Musical works are great .
Back when I was a kiddo in the 70's, my brother played this and Smoke on the Water ALL THE TIME!
This was the very first record I ever bought as a child. What a wonderful memory. 😀
Three Dog Night was one of my late father's favorite groups and this has been a favorite song of mine literally since I was baby. My dad used to tell the story, when I was about three years old, of coming into the den while I was playing on the floor. He put this song on the turntable and he said as soon as the song started, my head immediately turned towards the music, I smiled ear to ear, got up, and started dancing.
The song was written by Hoyt Axton. That is Chuck Negron singing lead on this one. Hoyt Axton was in the film, Gremlins.
What would've blown my mind is if Mr. Axton had a guest spot on this and "Never Been to Spain".
He played the Grandpa that gave the kids the Gremlin.
@@stevekile1919 I know he was in Gremlins, but having never watched the movie, I didn't know what role. Thanks for the info.
Hoty Axton, who said Oklahoma was the cultural center of the universe.
Axton also had a very amusing guest starring appearance on WKRP In Cincinnati..
I'm feeling pretty ill today, and these classic songs from my childhood are really cheering me up. These are the records my mom would put on in the 70s and 80s, and we'd dance around the house like fools without a care in the world.
Another shout-out for the (Young) Rascals! They had a lot of funky/groovy hits, like “Good Lovin’”, “Groovin’”, “People Got To Be Free”, “How Can I Be Sure”, “A Beautiful Morning”
Yep
This song was written by legendary songwriter Hoyt Axton. He was also an occasional actor and played the dad in the movie Gremlins who brings home Gizmo.
You are getting ready to go down a deep enjoyable rabbit hole 💖💖 This was my very first concert in 1972!! Please do “Out in the Country”. Very fitting for today’s events ♥️ I look forward to your videos every evening 🤘🏼 Thank you Jamal for taking the time each day to entertain us all 💙
Oh...this song....instant memories of my mom. She owned & operated a truck stop in the early '70s (dating myself a bit....). I used to play this song on the juke box over & over until she'd yell from the kitchen for me to stop. LOL!!! Thank you for playing this♥️
When Hoyt Axton had his first recording session he was paying for the studio time himself. When he got done recording all the songs he had planned, he had some time left over. So he and the accompanying musicians sat down and wrote and recorded this song in the *8 MINUTES* he had left on the clock.
yeah heard that story too,On Bobby Bare and friends Hoyt said they were just kinda temp lyrics he had the chorus,so he kinda never finished the song,funny how classics are born
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Listen carefully. It sure sounds like Hoyt in the background.
@bob - I say 'Thank You' to the recording engineer who was paying attention & had tape going when Booker T & the MGs were 'playing around/warming up' and he recorded _Green Onions_...
Play Black and White, by 3 dog night. I was born in 1963 during civil rights. Made a big difference in a little girls life hrowing up in Little Rock, Arkansas. This song I remember today.
"It"s For You" from their Live at the Forum album is a great vocal workout. It's actually a little known Lennon & McCartney song that The Beatles didn't record.
You already know how enjoyable it is to watch this band; please keep watching all their videos, even if you don't share them. You owe it to yourself to have that much fun. 3 dog night are and always have been amazing. They're smart enough to be that much fun.
I think this was the first rock song I can remember hearing a lot
Me to Frank I was born early fall September 1966 in Springfield Ohio I was living with my Grandmother and this is one of the very first if not the first song I remember I was probably 4 or 5 great memories.
@@ronaldknisley9792 I'm from Dayton was born at WPAFB in 1960.
BABE, This is the GREAT Music I grew up on... Keep diggin through the 70's.there's so much more to hear... God Bless..
Blake Shelton said in an interview that he asked Hoyt what these lyrics meant. Hoyt started to give him a deep metaphysical explanation, stammered a little, and just settled it by saying, “You know, I did a lot of drugs back then.”
What does “high flying flier and a rainbow rider” mean?!
Hoyt was great in Gremlins, too. ua-cam.com/video/kgfgiLlW-yw/v-deo.html
I was in JR high when this came out..And whenever this song came on the radio on the school bus ride home,,,Everyone on the bus would sing along ,,even the bus drive,,,Just one of those songs..
Folk legend:
Woman's teenagers acting up in Walmart. She stopped in the middle of the aisle and started singing "Jeremiah Was A Bullfrog."
She can take those kids anywhere with no problems now.
I have never heard this urban legend but I wish I had when my children were young. rofl
That is too funny. I'm afraid my son would have taken it as a challenge to out-embarrass me.
@@phyllisb4634 oh gosh, I forgot about that response.
My daughter would have definitely taken this as a challenge.
My son would have been waiting in the car. probably listening to the radio. lol
I was driving my son to high school and he was being somewhat difficult. I rolled down all the windows and blared my Rancid CD to embarrass him.
He got home and took all my punk rock collection and has been a punk rock fan since.
Kinda backfired, but serves me right.
@@rodcampbell5766 punk rock...your son is a rokke star! rofl
I remember being in England in the early 80's and the young punk rockers were sticking safety pins in their ears. This fascinated those of us in uniform and we spent hours discussing why on the flight back to the states.
I wonder what music your grandson, his son will listen to.
My name is Jerimiah, This song has been forced down my throat since childhood. And I still love it!!
Neil young, 'southern man', 'cortez the killer', "the needle and the damage done', old man, 'hey hey my my'; down by the river---
Townes Van Zandt, 'Lungs'
PURE JOY!!!!✌❤ Have always really loved this. Wish modern songs had this positive energy. Just a very FUN song. Enjoyed your reaction. Keep up the good work!!👍💟💕🌷💕🌷🌷
I saw these guys back in the day, high on acid. that was pretty amazing.
Same. Pink Floyd too. Oh yeah.... Good times.
You, them or all of you??
That is a fun song...thats one where you take your girl to the Concert...I saw them in 1973...it was great. Thanks for the Great Music....PEACE !!!
With Three Dog, do Eli's Comin' and Easy to be Hard.
Hide your heart girl!
I used to work with a young man named Jeremiah. Every time he clocked in, you could hear someone singing in the background, "Jeremiah was a bullfrog..." & he'd get so aggravated, because he'd heard it so many times in his life.
Check out The Fabulous Thunderbirds - "Wrap It Up" and "Tough Enough". Awesome guitar work! Awesome work all the way around!
Yesssss
Great call!
When I was in 2nd Grade, 1971, our teacher asked the class what song we should sing, we all yelled "Joy to the World,' so we sang it. Now that I look back and think about that, it is crazy that a class of 2nd graders knew the words to this song. It was played on the radio a lot.
"Pieces of April" showcases Chuck Negron's vocals. Beautiful song. "Joy to the World" one of their most notable hits.
YES. This. Pieces of April is beautiful.
IF the 70s wasnt rhe best decade what was AND PROVE IT
When this first aired, there was a DJ on a Denver station that played this song at least 10 times back to back. The song would end & he'd say, One More Time !! It was hilarious !!
"Eli's coming " another great 3 dog night tune!
I wish you could have seen them live. I’ve been to a lot of concerts but none of them has stayed with me like TDN. They were great showmen as well as great musicians and singers. I saw them in West Palm Beach in 1974. I can still see them like it was yesterday. Cory Wells was an entertainer to the core. They had huge personality’s and seemed to really enjoy themselves.