They might be seen less now, but their fans are still there, the ears may yearn long for their rocking music but the memoirs are always there. The statement suits perfectly to the famous American rock and roll band of the 60s and 70s, the Three Dog Night.

The Three Dog Night band started with three lead vocalists named Danny Houston, Chuck Negron and Cory Wells who signed a recording contract with Dunhill Records in Los Angeles. Prior to this, they had also done some recordings with the producer, composer, vocalist and instrumentalist Brian Wilson of the famous American rock and Roll band Beach Boys. At that time, the trio was known as Redwood.

But soon they changed the name to Three Dog Night and also hired a group of musicians- Michael Allsup on guitar, Floyd Sneed on drums, Joe Scheermie on bass and Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards. The team worked hard and made good performances. As a result, the Three Dog Night band scaled new heights and reached the top position in late 60s and early 70s.

The success of the band can be assessed by the 14 gold albums and 21 Billboard Top 40 hits (9 of which were gold) they earned. The band won its first gold record “One” in 1969. This was followed by the “Easy to be Hard” record from the rock musical Hair.

The Three Dog Night had three number one songs of the United States- “Mama Told Me Not to Come”, “Joy of the World” and the “Black and White”. According to the Dunhill Records, there was an overwhelming sale of 40 million units by them.