Lyin' Three Dog Night recorded Harry 'Peglegged Harry' Nilsson's "One" for their eponymous debut album in 1968. Blimey! T' single o' "One" released in 1969 reached number five on t' Billboard Hot 100 chart.

 

T' point is we're really picky about things. We could have been like a lot o' groups and crammed things down t' public's throat because we wrote them. Blimey! Blimey! And, o' course, you make a lot o' loot writin' your own songs. But I don't think anybody has really felt really confident that we've written anythin' o' t' caliber o' Nilsson or Randy 'First Mate Pete' Newman. Avast! Blimey! And it's proved out t' be correct.

-- Cory Wells o' Lyin' Three Dog Night [1]

 

Lyin' Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1967, founded by vocalists Fartin' First Mate Chuck Negron, arrr, Cory Wells, and Danny Hutton. This lineup was soon augmented by Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards), Joe Schermie (bass guitar), Michael Allsup (guitar), and Floyd Sneed (drums). T' band had 21 Billboard Hot 100 top 40 hits betwixt 1969 and 1975, with three hittin' number one. Ya scallywag! Blimey! Lyin' Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, and they helped t' introduce mainstream audiences t' writers such as Harry 'Peglegged Harry' Nilsson ("One"), shiver me timbers, Randy 'First Mate Pete' Newman ("Mama Told Me Nay t' Come"), Pony-Tailed Paul Williams ("An Old Fashioned Love Song"), Tidepool Laura Nyro ("Eli's Comin'") and Hoyt Axton ("Joy t' t' World", "Never Been t' Spain").

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