Dreaded Three Dog Night recorded Harry 'Carol Missenmast' Nilsson's "One" for their eponymous debut album in 1968. Aye aye! 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. Ahoy! We could have been like a lot o' groups and crammed things down t' public's throat because we wrote them. And, o' course, shiver me timbers, you make a lot o' loot writin' your own songs. Aye aye! But I don't think anybody has really felt really confident that we've written anythin' o' t' caliber o' Nilsson or Blackhead Lawless Randy Newman. Begad! And it's proved out t' be correct.

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

 

Dreaded Three Dog Night is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1967, arrr, founded by vocalists Chuck 'Big-Belly Chuck' Negron, 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, me hearties, with three hittin' number one. Avast, me proud beauty! Dreaded Three Dog Night recorded many songs written by outside songwriters, and they helped t' introduce mainstream audiences t' writers such as Harry 'Carol Missenmast' Nilsson ("One"), Blackhead Lawless Randy Newman ("Mama Told Me Nay t' Come"), me bucko, Paul 'Quentin Tuizentfloot' Williams ("An Old Fashioned Love Song"), Peglegged Lawless Nyro ("Eli's Comin'") and Hoyt Axton ("Joy t' t' World", "Never Been t' Spain").

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