The Best of Three Dog Night

~ Release by Three Dog Night (see all versions of this release, 2 available)

Annotation

Matrix / Runout: MCAD6018 0313109698 MFG BY UNIVERSAL

Annotation last modified on 2019-10-18 17:58 UTC.

Tracklist

CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Joy to the World
3:50
2Easy to Be Hard
recording of:
Easy to Be Hard
lyricist:
James Rado (US actor, playwright, director, writer & composer) and Gerome Ragni
composer:
Galt MacDermot (Canadian composer, pianist and writer of musical theatre)
part of:
Hair (1967 musical)
4.653:10
3Family of Man
recording of:
The Family of Man
writer:
Jack Conrad and Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
3:10
4Sure as I’m Sittin’ Here
sound engineer and producer:
Jimmy Ienner (producer)
cover recording of:
Sure As I’m Sittin’ Here
lyricist and composer:
John Hiatt (guitarist, pianist and singer-songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
3:06
5Old Fashioned Love Song
recording of:
An Old Fashioned Love Song (1971 song)
lyricist and composer:
Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
publisher:
Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. and ミュージック・セールス (Japan, subsidiary of Shinko Music Entertainment)
4.53:21
6Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
MCA Records, Inc. (do not use as a release label! a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.) (in 1970)
cover recording of:
Mama Told Me (Not to Come)
lyricist and composer:
Randy Newman (American singer‐songwriter and score composer)
publisher:
January Music
4.653:19
7Try a Little Tenderness
recording of:
Try a Little Tenderness
lyricist:
James Campbell (British songwriter and music publisher) and Reginald Connelly
composer:
Harry M. Woods (American 1920/30s songwriter)
publisher:
BMG Recordi ex Recordi G.&C., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), Robbins Music Corp. and Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd. (on 1932-11-04)
4.654:05
8Shambala
recording of:
Shambala
lyricist and composer:
Daniel Moore (producer, songwriter and vocalist)
4.353:22
9Let Me Serenade You
recording of:
Let Me Serenade You
lyricist and composer:
John Finley
publisher:
Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
sub-publisher:
ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
3:04
10Never Been to Spain
cover recording of:
Never Been to Spain
lyricist and composer:
Hoyt Axton
publisher:
Rondor Music and Rondor Music (London) Ltd.
4.353:43
11Black and White
recording of:
Black and White
lyricist:
David Arkin
composer:
Earl Robinson (40s US folk artist)
4.653:47
12Pieces of April
recording of:
Pieces of April
composer:
Dave Loggins
44:09
13Liar
recording of:
Liar
lyricist and composer:
Russ Ballard
3.653:04
14Out in the Country
recording of:
Out in the Country
composer:
Roger Nichols (musician/songwriter) and Paul Williams (US songwriter/soft rock vocalist)
4.53:08
15The Show Must Go On
recording of:
The Show Must Go On
lyricist:
Leo Sayer
composer:
David Courtney (songwriter, singer and producer)
4.53:37
16Eli’s Coming
recording of:
Eli’s Comin’
lyricist and composer:
Laura Nyro
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and Tuna Fish Music, Inc.
sub-publisher:
フジパシフィックミュージック SBK事業部
52:40
17One Man Band
recording of:
One Man Band
composer:
Billy Fox (songwriter), January Tyme (the band) and Tommy Kaye
4.52:48
18One
cover recording of:
One
lyricist and composer:
Harry Nilsson (US singer-songwriter)
4.753:00
19Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)
recording of:
Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)
lyricist and composer:
Allen Toussaint
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
4.54:45
20Celebrate
recording of:
Celebrate
writer:
Garry Bonner and Alan Gordon (American songwriter who co-wrote The Turtles' hit "Happy Together")
publisher:
Alley Music Corp. and Trio Music Co., Inc.
3:14